Andrei Viktorovich Schefer

Andrei Schefer
Date of birth	July 26, 1981
place of birth	Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR
size	184 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	defender
number	# 18
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 2nd round, 43rd position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 1999	Severstal Cherepovets
1999-2000	Halifax Mooseheads
2000-2006	Severstal Cherepovets
2001-2002	SKA Saint Petersburg
2006-2008	HK CSKA Moscow
2008–2012	Severstal Cherepovets
2012-2013	HK Spartak Moscow
2013-2014	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2014-2016	Severstal Cherepovets

Andrei Wiktorowitsch Schefer ( Russian Андрей Викторович Шефер ; born July 26, 1981 in Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Severstal Tscherepowez in the Continental Hockey League until September 2016 .

Career

Andrei Schefer began his career as a hockey player in the junior division of Severstal Tscherepowez , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Super League in the 1998/99 season . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1999 in the second round as a total of 43 players by the Los Angeles Kings and spent the 1999/2000 season with the Halifax Mooseheads in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL . Due to the language barrier and personal problems, Schefer returned to his ex-club Severstal Tscherepowez for the 2000/01 season . After 20 games he was loaned to the SKA Saint Petersburg due to the lack of an ice age , where the Schefer, who was trained as a striker, was used as a defender for the first time. Shortly before the playoffs, he was ordered back to Severstal, but received few opportunities and played either in the third or fourth row or again as a defender. In the following season he was loaned again to the SKA Saint Petersburg, but returned to Cherepovets after 28 games. In the following four and a half years he played for his home club in the super league, but had to go on the ice in the second team at times or watch the games from the stands as a surplus player.

From 2006 to 2008 Schefer was under contract with the capital club HK CSKA Moscow , where he received significantly more Ice Age and significantly increased his points. Because of these performances, Schefer was again committed to the 2008/09 season by Severstal Tscherepowez. For his home club he was on the ice for the next four years in the newly formed Continental Hockey League . He returned to Moscow in May 2012 when he was signed by HK Spartak Moscow for two years . However, he did not fulfill the second year of the contract, but then played for HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk before returning to his home club in May 2014. There he was appointed team captain.

International

For Russia , Schefer took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 1999 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 .

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	9	342	37	69	106	252
KHL playoffs	2	10	1	0	1	4th
Super League main round	9	354	31	48	79	222
Super League Playoffs	4th	22nd	1	2	3	2

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Andrei Schefer at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Andrei Schefer at russianprospects.com