Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kolkunov ya buga kakar wasa daya tare da Krylja Sovetov na Superleague na Rasha kafin Pittsburgh Penguins ya zaba shi na 154 a cikin 1995 NHL Entry Draft
Ka yi haƙuri. Zai kasance a Rasha har zuwa kammala kakar 1997-98 RSL. A ranar 13 ga Yuli 1998, Penguins sun sanya hannu kan Kolkunov zuwa kwangilar shekara uku. Bayan watanni da yawa, ya halarci sansanin tare da Penguins amma daga baya aka sanya shi zuwa Syracuse Crunch, wanda ya kasance Penguins 'AHL affiliate a lokacin. Kolkunov zai kasance a Arewacin Amurka har zuwa farkon kakar 2000-01 ECHL, inda ya zaɓi komawa gida bayan wasanni takwas maimakon ci gaba da wasa tare da Wheeling Nailers. Kolkunov zai gama kakar wasa tare da Ak Bars Kazan na RSL.