Anatoly Vladimirovich Fedotov

Anatoly Fedotov
Date of birth	May 11, 1966
place of birth	Saratov , Russian SFSR
size	182 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1993 , 10th round, 238th position Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
1982-1985	Crystal Saratov
1985-1992	HK Dynamo Moscow
1992-1993	Moncton Hawks
1993-1995	San Diego Gulls
1995-1996	Shin Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
1996-1997	Tappara Tampere
1997-1998	HV71 Jönköping
1998-2000	Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
2000-2001	Vitjas Podolsk Molot-Prikamye Perm

Anatoly Vladimirovich Fedotov ( Russian Анатолий Владимирович Федотов * 11. May 1966 in Saratov , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player , who during his playing career, among other four NHL games for the Winnipeg Jets and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League and was extremely successful with the Soviet national team at junior level.

Career

Anatoly Fedotow first played from the 1982/83 season in his hometown Saratov for their ice hockey team Kristall Saratow in the second-rate Pervaya League and just missed promotion to the Wysschaja League in the first two seasons with the team . The defender made his debut in the top Soviet division during the 1985/86 season in the service of HK Dynamo Moscow . After the Moscow Army Club HK CSKA Moscow dominated the league and won thirteen Soviet championships in a row between 1977 and 1989, Fedotov managed to end this series with Dynamo at the end of the 1989/90 season and with the team the third Soviet title, the first since 1954 , to win. After he was inactive in the following season, in which Dynamo again won the Soviet league title, the defender signed a contract with the Winnipeg Jets in July 1991 with validity for the American Hockey League .

For the following season he returned to HK Dynamo Moscow. Fedotov finally made his debut during the 1992/93 season for the Winnipeg Jets in the National Hockey League . In his only appearance ever for the Jets, the defender posted two assists. The left-handed shooter spent the rest of the season with their AHL farm team , the Moncton Hawks . Then the National Hockey League decided that the Winnipeg Jets had illegally secured the services of Fedotow and therefore had no legal claim to his NHL rights. As a result, the Russian was available at the NHL Entry Draft in 1993 and selected in the tenth round at a total of 238th position by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . This marked a first in the history of the National Hockey League that a player had already been on the ice in a regular NHL game before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft.

For the Californians, he played three NHL games without a point or penalty in two seasons and otherwise played in the farm team with the San Diego Gulls in the International Hockey League . For the 1995/96 season Fedotow hired the Japanese first division club Shin Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu . The defender left this after a year of play for Europe and then completed one season each in the jersey of Tappara Tampere in the Finnish SM-liiga and in the Swedish HV71 Jönköping with league operation in the Elitserien . From 1998 to 2000, the Russian was again for his Japanese ex-club from Tomakomai on the ice, before Fedotov ended his active career in his home country with Vitjas Podolsk and Molot-Prikamje Perm during the 2000/01 season .

International

For the Soviet Union , Fedotov took part at the junior level in the U18 European Junior Championships in 1983 and 1984 and the Junior World Championships in 1985 and 1986 . Here Fedotow won precious metal at all four junior tournaments; After winning two gold medals at the U18 junior European championships, the defensive player secured a bronze medal at his first junior world championship tournament in calendar year 1985 and was able to decorate himself with the gold medal a year later at the renewed tournament thanks to the sovereign tournament victory of the Soviet Union. With one goal and five assists in the 1986 tournament, Fedotow completed his most successful Junior World Championship to date.

The defender represented the senior team of the Soviet Union at the 1987 Canada Cup . The tournament, which was considered to be one of the best editions in terms of play, ended with a narrow success for the Canadians. For Russia , the left shooter was on the ice at the 1997 World Cup . With two goals and two assists each , Fedotow was the best Russian defender on points, but missed a medal rank.

Achievements and Awards

• 1990 Soviet champion with HK Dynamo Moscow

International

• 1983 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 1984 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship
• 1985 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1986 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1987 silver medal at the Canada Cup

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	2	4th	0	2	2	0
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Anatoli Fedotow at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Anatoly Fedotow at eliteprospects.com (English)