Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Position Winger Name Serhiy Varlamov Career start 1997 | NHL Draft Undrafted Weight 92 kg Height 1.80 m | |
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KHL teamFormer teams HC DonbassCalgary FlamesSt. Louis BluesAk Bars KazanHC Sibir NovosibirskHC SeverstalSKA Saint Petersburg | ||
Serhiy Volodymyrovych "Sergei" Varlamov (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Володи́мирович Варла́мов; born July 21, 1978) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for HC Donbass of the KHL.
Playing career
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. 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. 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, HC Severstal, SKA Saint Petersburg and HC Dynamo Minsk.
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.