Serhiy Varlamov Explained

Serhiy Varlamov
Birth Date:21 July 1978
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:203
Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
Played For:Calgary Flames
St. Louis Blues
Ak Bars Kazan
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Severstal Cherepovets
SKA Saint Petersburg
Sokil Kyiv
HC Dinamo Minsk
HC Donbass
Ntl Team:UKR
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1997
Career End:2016

Serhiy Volodymyrovych Varlamov (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Володи́мирович Варла́мов; born July 21, 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey player. He played for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Known as Sergei Varlamov during his North American career from the Russian-language version of his name, Varlamov came to North America to play junior hockey with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). In 1998, he won the Bob Clarke Trophy as the WHL's top scorer with 119 points. He was also named the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy winner as the league's player of the year, and won the CHL Player of the Year award.[1] He signed with the Calgary Flames as a free agent in 1996 and spent three seasons in the Flames system from 1999 until 2001 when he was traded to the St. Louis Blues.[2] After spending a year in the Vancouver Canucks organization, Varlamov signed with Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Super League in 2004 and has also played with HC Sibir Novosibirsk, Severstal Cherepovets, SKA Saint Petersburg and HC Dinamo Minsk.

International play

Internationally, Varlamov played with the Ukraine men's national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at three World Championships: 2000, 2004 and 2005.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1994–95Nelson LeafsRMJHL2611152656
1994–95Fort McMurray Oil BaronsAJHL51122
1995–96Swift Current BroncosWHL5523214465
1996–97Swift Current BroncosWHL724639859410381110
1996–97Saint John FlamesAHL10002
1997–98Swift Current BroncosWHL726653119132121051528
1997–98Calgary FlamesNHL10000
1997–98Saint John FlamesAHL30000
1998–99Saint John FlamesAHL762433576670448
1999–2000Calgary FlamesNHL73030
1999–2000Saint John FlamesAHL6820214188300024
2000–01Saint John FlamesAHL5521305126191582310
2001–02St. Louis BluesNHL5257122610002
2002–03St. Louis BluesNHL30000
2002–03Worcester IceCatsAHL722338617932020
2003–04Worcester IceCatsAHL437162318
2003–04Manitoba MooseAHL1242610
2004–05Ak Bars KazanRSL20002
2004–05Sibir NovosibirskRSL2722455
2005–06Novosibirsk SiberRSL4388165240226
2006–07Sibir Novosibirsk RSL481311247071016
2007–08Sibir NovosibirskRSL5519123154
2008–09Severstal CherepovetsKHL200338
2008–09SKA St. PetersburgKHL5011230000
2008–09HC VMF St. PetersburgRUS.220114
2009–10Sokil KyivBLR2911213258
2009–10Dinamo MinskKHL2373104
2010–11Dinamo MinskKHL3789171250002
2011–12Donbass DonetskVHL53192140241044816
2012–13Donbass DonetskKHL488101818
2012–13Donbass–2 DonetskPHL70336
2013–14Donbass DonetskKHL3931410131018
2015–16Donbass DonetskUHXL281732491272244
NHL totals6387152610002
RSL totals1754230722331112312
KHL totals172242953542110110

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2000UkraineWC605542
2002UkraineOG210114
2003UkraineWC501112
2004UkraineWC601118
2005UkraineWC62020
2008UkraineWC D1514570
2009UkraineOGQ33036
2009UkraineWC D1522435
2010UkraineWC D1524652
2013UkraineOGQ33362
2013UkraineWC D1B50446
2014UkraineWC D1A50004
2015UkraineWC D1A30114
Senior totals59142539265

Awards and achievements

Notes and References

  1. Book: Flett, Cory . Watts, Jessie. 2009–10 WHL Guide. Western Hockey League. 206–07.
  2. Web site: Sergei Varlamov player profile . Hockey Hall of Fame . 2010-04-28.