Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov

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Andrei Trefilow
Date of birth August 31, 1969
place of birth Kirovo-Chepetsk , Russian SFSR
size 183 cm
Weight 93 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 12th lap, 261st position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
until 1989 Olimpija Kirovo-Chepetsk
1989-1992 HK Dynamo Moscow
1992-1995 Calgary Flames
1995-1997 Buffalo Sabers
1997-1999 Chicago Blackhawks
1999 Calgary Flames
Ak Bars Kazan
1999-2000 Chicago Wolves
2000-2006 DEG Metro Stars

Andrei Wiktorowitsch Trefilow ( Russian Андрей Викторович Трефилов ; born August 31, 1969 in Kirovo-Chepetsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey goalkeeper . After seven years in North America and six years with the DEG Metro Stars in the German Ice Hockey League , he ended his career there.

Career

Career in Russia

Trefilow at the farewell game in Düsseldorf

Andrei Trefilow began his professional career in 1990 with Dynamo Moscow , one of the most traditional ice hockey clubs in Russia. Not least because of his good performances, Dynamo became Russian champions in 1991 and 1992 . On June 22, 1991 Trefilow was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 261st place by the Calgary Flames .

After Trefilow had already participated in his first World Cup and the Canada Cup in 1991 , he ran for the CIS at the Winter Olympics in Albertville in the spring of 1992 . Although the young Russian only played 39 minutes in the entire tournament, he and his teammates won the Olympic ice hockey tournament and from then on could call themselves Olympic champion .

Career in North America

Only one year later, the Calgary Flames brought the 1.83 m tall Russian to North America, where he was mostly part of the farm team, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , in the IHL . For his services in the goal of the Golden Eagles Trefilow was rewarded on November 4, 1992 with his first game in the NHL . Despite conceding five goals in the 5: 5 after extra time against the Vancouver Canucks , the 23-year-old was able to fend off a total of 34 shots on goal and made a good first impression in the NHL.

In the following NHL season Trefilow came to a total of 11 missions with the Calgary Flames. After he replaced the weak Trevor Kidd against the Montréal Canadiens on December 31, 1993 , Trefilow played another 10 games in January 1994. Before he could get the chance to be used again, he injured himself on February 2, 1994 in the game against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on the right knee and was not available for the next Flames games. As a result, Trefilow had to wait over a year for his return to the NHL. Meanwhile, he played for the Saint John Flames . It was not until March 7, 1995 when the Calgary Flames played against the Chicago Blackhawks that he was used again in the best ice hockey league in the world. This was followed by another five games for the Flames by the end of April 1995. He did not succeed in convincing the Flames' club management of a contract extension.

In the summer of 1995, the Buffalo Sabers signed the then 26-year-old Trefilow. At the Sabers, Trefilow should be number 2 behind the Czech Dominik Hašek , one of the best NHL goalkeepers. For two years Trefilow came sporadically with the Buffalo Sabers and their farm team, the Rochester Americans , in the AHL . In 25 NHL games for the Sabers he achieved a good average of 3.59 goals conceded per game, as well as a respectable catch rate of 90%.

In December 1996 Andrei Trefilow was seriously injured again. This time, an injury to his right shoulder put him out of action until the summer of 1997. Trefilow did not return to the team. In November 1997, the Buffalo Sabers exchanged him for a draft right to the Chicago Blackhawks . There he came in the following 12 months to just 12 NHL games for the Blackhawks and 19 games in the IHL for Indianapolis Ice .

Despite the difficult time in the NHL, Trefilow was again honored to represent his country at the Winter Olympics in Japan. After the Olympic gold in 1992, the Russian team reached the final again. However, the Russians had to admit defeat to the team from the Czech Republic 1-0 in the final of the Olympic ice hockey tournament , so they had to travel home with the silver medal in their luggage.

After Trefilow could not assert himself in Chicago, he moved back to the Calgary Flames in December 1998. There he came to his last four NHL appearances. Trefilow's NHL career ended with three defeats and a stake of just 50 seconds. In contrast, Trefilow posted his greatest successes in North America with the Detroit Vipers in the IHL. In addition to his nomination for the IHL All-Star Game in 1999, he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy with Kevin Weekes in the 1998/99 season as the goalkeeper with the fewest goals against.

The Chicago Wolves then secured the services of Trefilow for the 1999/2000 season . The now 30-year-old Russian was also able to convince there and received the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy for the most valuable player in the play-offs with an average goal against 1.35 and a catch rate of 95 percent in nine games and was thus one of the Guaranteed to win the Turner Cup with the Chicago Wolves. This rounded off Trefilow's departure from North America.

Career in Germany

After his last season in North America, the 93 kg Russian moved back to Europe. His new home should be the ice rink on Brehmstrasse in Düsseldorf . Trefilow played his way into the hearts of the Düsseldorf fans already in the first missions of the 2000/01 season for the Düsseldorfer EG . Thanks in part to Trefilow, the Düsseldorf team convinced in the first year after being promoted to the DEL again . In the following 2001/02 season , the team of the meanwhile renamed DEG Metro Stars only narrowly missed the play-off participation. Trefilow shone with a once again good catch rate of over 91% and an average goal against 2.27.

From the 2002/03 season came back injury problems at Trefilow. In the years that followed, the Russian would have repeated problems with the sciatic nerve and his back. Although the Dusseldorf made their first play-off participation since 1998, but despite home advantage they failed in the quarter-finals against the eventual champions from Krefeld with 1: 4 wins.

After a mixed season 2004/05 , in which Trefilow again had injury problems, the 2005/06 season was the most successful season for Andrei Trefilow in Germany. In February 2006, Trefilow and the DEG Metro Stars crowned the farewell year of the ice rink on Brehmstrasse by winning the German ice hockey cup for the first time and then being runner-up.

Despite the successful season, Trefilow's contract should not be renewed because they wanted to rely on a new goalkeeper in the following season . Andrei Trefilow drew his conclusions from this and announced his career end at the end of the season. He celebrated his farewell game together with the farewell game on Brehmstrasse, where he played in the DEG legends team with greats like Rick Amman, Peter John Lee, Benoit Doucet and Chris Valentine. He was given the honor of being the only non-master to play for the DEG legends and after his last third he was bid farewell to the fans with long chants and chants. In the goal of the DEG Metro Stars he was followed in the following season by the Canadian Jamie Storr , who - like Trefilow - quickly became a crowd favorite of the Düsseldorf fans.

Career as a coach and match agent

After his career with the DEG Metro Stars, Andrei Trefilow took over the position of goalkeeper coach with the Ratinger Ice Aliens . But there it only held him for a few months, as the club could not hold Trefilow shortly before the end of the game operations due to the club's financial weakness. Since then he has been working as a players agent.

Since the end of October 2009 he has been working as a goalkeeping coach for the regional league club EV Duisburg .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp GT SO GTS Sv% Sp GT SO GTS Sv%
1990/91 Dynamo Moscow RUS 20th 36 0 2.01 - - - - -
1991/92 Dynamo Moscow RUS 28 35 0 1.58 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 1 5 0 4.62 .872 - - - - -
Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 44 135 0 3.19 .896 - - - - -
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 11 26th 2 2.51 .915 - - - - -
St. John Flames AHL 28 93 0 3.42 .894 - - - - -
1994/95 Calgary Flames NHL 6th 16 0 4.07 .877 - - - - -
St. John Flames AHL 7th 20th 0 3.13 .915 - - - - -
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 22nd 64 0 3.51 .903 - - - - -
Rochester Americans AHL 5 13 0 2.61 .906 - - - - -
1996/97 Buffalo Sabers NHL 3 10 0 3.77 .898 1 0 0 0.00 1,000
1997/98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6th 17th 0 3.41 .883 - - - - -
Rochester Americans AHL 3 6th 0 2.59 .924 - - - - -
Indianapolis Ice IHL 1 3 0 3.03 .914 - - - - -
1998/99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 4th 0 9.60 .800 - - - - -
Calgary Flames NHL 4th 11 0 4.07 .869 - - - - -
Indianapolis Ice IHL 18th 39 0 2.37 .934 - - - - -
Detroit Vipers IHL 27 53 3 1.97 .926 10 22nd 0 2.04 .921
AK Bars Kazan RUS 3 6th 0 2.62 . ??? - - - - -
1999/00 Chicago Wolves IHL 37 81 3 2.36 .919 9 11 1 1.35 .950
2000/01 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 50 119 2 2.51 .916 - - - - -
2001/02 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 58 131 7th 2.27 .912 - - - - -
2002/03 DEG Metro Stars DEL 37 79 5 2.14 .911 5 17th 1 3.38 .855
2003/04 DEG Metro Stars DEL 35 78 4th 2.23 .908 4th 15th 0 3.57 .879
2004/05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 30th 85 3 2.92 .900 - - - - -
2005/06 DEG Metro Stars DEL 23 44 0 2.14 .918 14th 43 0 3.08 .854
NHL overall 54 153 2 3.45 .897 1 0 0 0.00 1,000

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Trefilow, Andrei Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Трефилов, Андрей Викторович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirovo-Chepetsk , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union