Alexander Nikulin

Alexander Nikulin is a Russian center on Amur Khabarovsk.

Nikulin was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2004, after putting up 23 goals, 50 points and 60 penalty minutes in the Russian Third league. He spent the next three seasons with CSKA Moscow in the Super League, including a 10 goal, 20 point season in 2005-06. He joined the Senators in 2007, but spent most of the season in the AHL, where he had 50 points in 71 games. He was traded to Phoenix in 2008, but again played most of the season in the AHL, and returned to CSKA Moscow in 2009. He had 20 points in his first year back in Russia, but was traded to Amur Khabarovsk early in the 2010-11 season.