Igor Vyazmikin Explained

Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:190
Played For:HC CSKA Moscow
Khimik Voskresensk
Cape Breton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
Milwaukee Admirals
Phoenix Roadrunners
Fargo-Moorhead Express
HC Fassa (Italy)
Hermes HT
Ilves
HC Severstal
Ntl Team:Soviet Union
Birth Date:January 8, 1966
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Draft:252nd overall
Draft Year:1987
Draft Team:Edmonton Oilers
Career Start:1983
Career End:1999

Igor Viktorovich Vyazmikin (Russian: Игорь Викторович Вязьмикин; January 8, 1966 – October 30, 2009) was a professional ice hockey forward, who played for CSKA. He was the final player selected in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, going in the twelfth round, 252nd overall, to the Edmonton Oilers, and went on to play four NHL games with that team. Additionally, Vyazmikin played extensively in European and North American minor leagues.

Vyazmikin was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, and represented the Soviet Union twice internationally, at the 1984 and 1986 World Junior Championships. He died on October 30, 2009, from a long illness.[1] [2] He was 43 years old.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84CSKA MoscowSoviet38 8 12 20 4
1984–85CSKA MoscowSoviet26 6 5 11 6
1985–86CSKA MoscowSoviet19 7 6 13 6
1986–87CSKA MoscowSoviet4 0 0 0 0
1987–88CSKA MoscowSoviet8 1 0 1 16
1988–89CSKA MoscowSoviet30 10 7 17 20
1989–90Khimik VoskresenskSoviet34 11 13 24 26
1990–91Khimik VoskresenskSoviet23 7 12 19 17
1990–91Edmonton OilersNHL4 1 0 1 0
1990–91Cape Breton OilersAHL33 12 19 31 214 3 2 5 10
1991–92Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL8 3 5 8 2
1991–92Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL6 0 3 3 8
1992–93Fargo-Moorhead ExpressAmHA24 17 39 56 57
1993–94Rungsted Ishockey KlubDNK28 28 31 59 60
1994–95HC FassaITA12 8 17 25 6
1994–95HC SelvaITA.212 10 20 30 24
1995–96HermesFIN.229 18 20 38 12910 7 14 21 22
1996–97IlvesSM-l36 8 13 21 763 0 0 0 2
1997–98CSKA MoscowRSL25 6 7 13 16
1998–99Severstal CherepovetsRSL18 3 4 7 313 1 0 1 10
Soviet totals182505510595
NHL totals41010

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1983Soviet UnionEJC593128
1984Soviet UnionWJC76396
1984Soviet UnionEJC5114158
1986Soviet UnionWJC755106
Junior totals2431154628

Awards

Notes and References

  1. http://fhr.ru/content/news/4697.html Игорь Вязьмикин умер
  2. Web site: News And Notes From The Hockey World (page 2). . December 2009 . April 30, 2013.