Nik Anrtropov

[Frank E]

A number of online sources say Antropov became a Canadian citizen.  A couple are pay-locked but here's one that isn't:

Nik Antropov became a Canadian citizen in May. A month later, he accepted a two-year extension worth US$4-million to remain a Maple Leaf.

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His biography on Eliteprospects.com mentions it, as does his Wikipedia page.  A couple articles collected here from 2005 where he states his plans to become a Canadian citizen.

But has he formally changed his surname to Anrtropov?

Have you tried pronouncing that out loud?

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Yeah, I still think they're confusing him with Poni.

Not sure if being sarcastic, but if not, Ponikarovsky became a Canadian citizen in June 2007.

Nik Antropov and Alexei Ponikarovsky: Identified primarily by their birthplaces, Kazakhstan and the Ukraine, both players are Canadian citizens

http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=461551

Despite the distance between them during the season, the pair said they remain close and both have become Canadian citizens and make their off-season homes in Toronto.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ponikarovsky-puts-on-a-clinic-for-old-pal/article1205697/

 

[Kin]

Yeah...I still think they're confusing him with Poni. With Poni they wrote a story about the ceremony and everything.

 

[Bates]

I don't care what the others say Nik, I believed you pages ago.

Yeah...I still think they're confusing him with Poni. With Poni they wrote a story about the ceremony and everything.

 

[Bender]

Yeah...I still think they're confusing him with Poni. With Poni they wrote a story about the ceremony and everything.

Shetland Pony: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=131

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Yeah...I still think they're confusing him with Poni. With Poni they wrote a story about the ceremony and everything.

Maybe they were confusing Poni with Antropov...

If somebody feels so inclined, Antropov's son Danil is on Twitter;  you can maybe politely ask him about his dad's status in Canada.

 

[Kin]

Yeah...I still think they're confusing him with Poni. With Poni they wrote a story about the ceremony and everything.

Maybe they were confusing Poni with Antropov...

If somebody feels so inclined, Antropov's son Danil is on Twitter;  you can maybe politely ask him about his dad's status in Canada.

How sure can we be his son won't also confuse him with Ponikarovsky?

 

[hockeyfan1]

Here is retrospective article (dated March 2015) from a former senior editor of the Toronto Sun, (who was involved in the promotion of the 2001 Toronto Maple Leafs Daily Planner as a fundraiser for SickKids), and includes pictures, etc. of various Leafs players from that time including the Antropovs, as well as some updated info of each:

Today Nik is still playing hockey in the KHL where he is captain of Barys Astana in his native Kazakhstan (although he also became a Canadian citizen in 2007 while playing with the Leafs)

http://blogs.canoe.com/parker/news/the-leafs-15-years-ago/

 

[Joe S.]

I logged in to an old photubucket account in forgot about and I found this gem:

Ahh the good old days....