Despite his high draft status, Kryukov has never played a professional game in North America, spending his entire career to date in his native Russia.

HC Sibir Novosibirsk, Vityaz Chekhov, and SKA Saint Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Kryukov missed the entire 2009–10 KHL season due to a knee injury suffered in the pre-season.

[1] On May 19, 2014, Kryukov signed a one-year contract as a free agent with expansion club HC Sochi.

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