Career
He most recently played for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Undrafted and after playing for three different teams in the Western Hockey League, the San Jose Sharks signed Boikov on April 22, 1996. However, it was not until signing with the Nashville Predators that he would make his National Hockey League debut.
Boikov played a total of 10 National Hockey League games over short stints in the 1999–2000 and 2000-2001 seasons.
Boikov returned to Russia in 2002 to play the next four seasons for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Super League.