Alexander Frolov

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Position Left Winger
Shoots Right
Nickname(s) Fro, A-Fro, Фрося
Height
Weight		 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
210 lb (95 kg/14 st 0 lb)
NHL Team Los Angeles Kings
Nationality Flag of Russia Russia
Born June 19, 1982 (1982-06-19) (age 25),
Moscow, USSR
NHL Draft 20th overall, 2000
Los Angeles
Pro career 2001 – present

Alexander Alexandrovich "Alex" Frolov (Russian: Александр Александрович "Алекс" Фролов; born on June 19, 1982 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings.

[edit] Career

Frolov was drafted in the first round (20th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft draft by the Los Angeles Kings. Alexander Frolov made his NHL debut in 2002 for the Kings, scoring his first NHL goal in his seventh game on 25 October 2002, against the New York Rangers.

Frolov became a restricted free agent before the 2005–06 NHL season, and he and the Kings had initial difficulties in agreeing on a new contract. He then signed a one-year contract with Avangard Omsk of the RSL, the league in which he played during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, saying that he would most likely go on to spend the 2005–06 season playing in Russia. However, a month later, he signed a 5 year, $14.5 million contract with the Kings.

During the Kings' 8–2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 13, 2005, Frolov scored the first hat-trick of his NHL career.

Frolov was named to Russia's 2006 Men's Ice Hockey team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. During a round-robin game versus Kazakhstan, he suffered a partially separated shoulder and missed the rest of Russia's games during the Olympics. He also missed 10 of the Kings' games once the NHL season resumed.

[edit] Stats

Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
2000/01 Team Russia (U18) U18 IIHF World Junior Championship 6 5 1 6 10
2000/01 Soviet Wings Moscow RSL 44 20 19 39 8
2001/02 Team Russia (U20) U20 IIHF World Junior Championship 7 6 2 8 4
2001/02 Soviet Wings Moscow RSL 42 17 12 29 18
2001/02 Soviet Wings Moscow RSL 39 17 12 29 18
2002/03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 14 17 31 34
2003/04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 24 24 48 8
2004/05 HC CSKA Moscow RSL 42 20 17 37 10
2004/05 HC Dynamo Moscow RSL 10 3 2 5 2
2004/05 Team Russia Sweden Games (EuroTour) 2 1 0 1 0
2005/06 Team Russia 2006 Winter Olympics 3 0 1 1 0
2005/06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 21 33 54 40
2006/07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 35 36 71 34
2007/08 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 23 44 67 22
NHL Totals: NHL 378 117 154 271 154
Statistics current as of April 26th 2008

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