Adolph Frank "Aggie" Kukulowicz (April 2, 1933 – September 26, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and Russian-language interpreter.

He was fluent in Russian and Polish, had a brief coaching career with GKS Katowice in Poland, and later worked as a European scout for the Philadelphia Flyers.

He was honoured by the IIHF with the Paul Loicq Award in 2004, in recognition of significant contributions to international ice hockey.

[1][2][3] He was raised in the north end of Winnipeg by his parents who were Polish Canadians, and began playing hockey at age seven.

He was a right-handed pitcher for the Canadian Ukrainian Athletic Club team in the Baseball Manitoba senior league until the mid-1950s.

[4] By age 16, Kukulowicz had drawn the attention of National Hockey League (NHL) scouts, and had grown to his full height of 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) tall.

[5] On August 18, 1955, the New York Rangers traded the NHL rights to Kukulowicz and Billy Dea to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Bronco Horvath and Dave Creighton.

[5] He played for the New Westminster Royals during the 1956–57 season, and reached the finals for the Lester Patrick Cup in the WHL playoffs.

[5] Kukulowicz returned home for the 1962–63 season, and played senior ice hockey for the Winnipeg Maroons coached by Gord Simpson.

[10] The Maroons went on a playing tour of Europe in early 1964, and the team was unsure if it would have enough players to participate in the 1964 Manitoba Senior Hockey League playoffs.

[10][11] Kukulowicz and his teammates were not paid salaries for the season, and the team donated proceeds from tickets to its home games to charities in Winnipeg.

[6] In March 1965, Kukulowicz was offered a job as a coach in Poland, due to his ability to speak the Polish language fluently combined with his playing experience.

[3][18] He moved into the Hotel Metropol Moscow when he arrived, then later lived in an apartment complex designated for foreign persons when his family joined him.

During this time, he acquired the Canadian distribution rights to the Soviet song "No Coward Plays Hockey" written by Aleksandra Pakhmutova.

[18] He attended all five Canada Cup tournaments from 1976 to 1991, and was able to provide sports broadcasts with information on Soviet players who were not well known at the time.

[6] During a pre-taped interview on Hockey Night in Canada for the Super Series '76, he translated while off-camera and speaking into an earpiece worn by Valeri Kharlamov.

[22] He also coordinated trips for NHL teams going to the Soviet Union, and was a reference for hotels, meals and cultural programs.