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Position
  
Defence

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Shoots
  
Left-handed

Name
  
Dmitri Kalinin

Career start
  
1995

Playing career
  
1995–present

Weight
  
97 kg

National team
  
Height
  
1.90 m


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Born
  
July 22, 1980 (age 44) Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, URS (
1980-07-22
)

KHL teamFormer teams
  
SKA Saint PetersburgKHLSalavat Yulaev UfaNHLNew York RangersBuffalo SabresPhoenix CoyotesRSLMetallurg MagnitogorskTraktor Chelyabinsk

NHL Draft
  
18th overall, 1998Buffalo Sabres

Current teams
  
Russian National Ice Hockey Team (#7 / Defenseman), SKA Saint Petersburg (#7 / Defenseman)

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Dmitri Vladimirovich Kalinin (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Калинин; born July 22, 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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Playing career

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He was drafted by the Sabres 18th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He had an injury plagued 2005–06 season, but did not miss a game in the 2006–07 season. He scored the NHL's first goal in the 2006–07 season, at 9:09 of the first period in the season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes.

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Kalinin became an unrestricted free agent July 1, 2008 and two days later signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers.

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On March 4, 2009, Kalinin was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes along with Petr Průcha and Nigel Dawes for Derek Morris. On July 21, 2009, Kalinin signed a two-year contract with the Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Kalinin was named a member of Russia's hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Kalinin had a successful two seasons with Salavat before signing with SKA St. Petersburg. He continued his success in the KHL with SKA and gained recognition as one of the most feared defensemen in the KHL. He won KHL Defenseman of the Month multiple times, was 2nd in KHL defensemen scoring in the 2011–12 season. Prior to the beginning of the 2012–13 season, he was named St. Petersburg's captain, after being a major factor in his team's Gagarin Cup victory the season before. His only season as captain was a success in returning SKA to the playoffs.

On July 2, 2016 Kalinin signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow.

References

Dmitri Kalinin Wikipedia


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