Yevgeny Viktorovich Nabokov

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Yevgeny Nabokov
Date of birth July 25, 1975
place of birth Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
Nickname Nabby, John
size 183 cm
Weight 93 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 20
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 9th lap, 219th position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1991-1994 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1994-1997 HK Dynamo Moscow
1997-1999 Kentucky Thoroughblades
1999-2000 Cleveland Lumberjacks
2004-2005 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2000-2010 San Jose Sharks
2010 SKA Saint Petersburg
2011-2014 New York Islanders
2014-2015 Tampa Bay Lightning

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Evgeni Wiktorovič Nabokov ( Russian Евгений Викторович Набоков , scientific transliteration Evgenij Viktorovič Nabokov ; born July 25, 1975 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Russian - Kazakh ice hockey goalkeeper and current scouting goalkeeper . Nabokow spent most of his career from 1991 to 2015 with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League , where he holds various franchise records and won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2001 . In addition, he was in the NHL, in which he played 783 games, active for the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning . Nabokov celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Russian national team by winning the 2008 World Cup .

Career

Junior time and Dynamo Moscow (until 1997)

Nabokov played during his junior years in his hometown for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk , where he made his debut in the Vysschaya League , the highest Russian division, in the 1991/92 season at the age of 16 . In addition to him, Vitaly Jeremejew , another talented Kazakh goalkeeper, was part of the squad. After three years in the first team squad and a Kazakh championship title in the 1993/94 game year , he was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft at position 219 - and thus shortly after his teammate Yeremejew . After the draft he was hired by HK Dynamo Moscow in the MHL , where he was regularly used and in his second year he won the title of IHL champion and in the third year there the title of IHL cup winner. He also played with the team in the 1996/97 season in the European Hockey League established by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The native Kazakh, who was named the best goalkeeper in the competition, led his team to the final, where it was defeated by the Finnish representative TPS Turku .

With the San Jose Sharks (1997-2010)

After three years at Dynamo, Nabokow moved to North America in the summer of 1997.

Nabokow in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks

There he was in the American Hockey League with the Kentucky Thoroughblades , who were then the farm team of the San Jose Sharks. After spending two full seasons there, he played his first game for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL on January 1, 2000, when he came on for Steve Shields 15 minutes before the end of the game . On January 19th he was allowed to stand between the posts for the first time from the start. Against the Colorado Avalanche it was still 0-0 after 60 minutes and nothing changed in the five minutes of extra time . He was able to celebrate his first shutout in his first game , but by the end of the season he still only had eleven games. From the 2000/01 season he was number 1 in the Sharks. For this, San Jose had invested a lot during the summer break. Both the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets were compensated with a total of two players and four draft picks so that they did not have to select the goalkeeper unprotected in the Expansion Draft . He completed 66 games in his rookie season , managed six shutouts and 32 wins, played in the NHL All-Star Game and at the end of the season was rewarded with the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie of the year . He is the only goalkeeper who was not born in North America to receive this honor. The following season was similarly positive and again Nabokow was able to move into the playoffs with the Sharks , which did not succeed in the 2002/03 season . Even before the season started, Nabokow had been fighting for better pay and was therefore involved in a so-called holdout shortly before the start of the season . After just a few games, however, the management of San Jose found that they were now very dependent on the services of the naturalized Russian and had offered him a new contract on better terms. But in the 2003/04 season , the Sharks reported back. Nabokow played a very good season again after the failed last year and showed outstanding performances in the playoffs. However, it was the end of the line in the conference finals.

Since the 2004/05 NHL season was canceled due to the lockout , Nabokow moved back to Russia for the season and joined the HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from the Super League. For the club he showed solid performances in 14 main round and 5 playoff games. For the 2005/06 season the goalkeeper returned to the NHL, but played the worst year of his career. Especially in the second half of the season he could no longer call up his performance potential and was ousted as number 1 by the Finn Vesa Toskala . Even so, he signed a new four-year contract in February 2006 with a total salary of $ 21.5 million. After Toskala made several mistakes in the playoffs that led to the elimination in the second round, both started as equal goalkeepers in the 2006/07 season and took turns regularly. Nabokov was in very good shape again. When Toskala injured himself in February 2007, Nabokow was in top form, managed three shutouts within four games and finally took over the post as regular goalkeeper again.

In the summer of 2007, the management of the San Jose Sharks finally decided to give up one of their two goalkeepers. Since the choice fell on Toskala and with Dimitri Pätzold initially only a moderately talented goalkeeper was in the squad for the 2007/08 season, the native of Kazakhstan received the undisputed regular place in goal. Due to his performance over the course of the season, he was invited back to the NHL All-Star Game for the first time in seven years and was one of the three finalists for winning the Vezina Trophy at the end of the season . In the election, however, he was defeated by Martin Brodeur , who he was able to outdo in naming the NHL First All-Star team . He was the first goalkeeper of the Sharks for the next two years and was the second goalkeeper to celebrate at least 40 wins in three consecutive seasons.

Nabokow in the gate of the New York Islanders

Change to the KHL and return to North America (2010-2011)

In July 2010, Nabokow left the San Jose Sharks after a total of eleven years and returned to Russia, where he received a four-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg from the Continental Hockey League . In Saint Petersburg, the Russian national goalkeeper was unable to match his form of previous years and had an average of 3.02 goals against in his 22 season appearances with a catch rate of 88.8 percent. Since the team as a whole fell short of expectations, Nabokow dissolved his contract with SKA in December 2010 after just five months. After a few weeks as a non-contract player, he returned to North America on January 20, 2011, when he signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings . However, according to the NHL regulations, Nabokow had to spend 24 hours on the waiver list, from where any of the other 29 teams could select him. Ultimately, the New York Islanders secured the goalkeeper's services on January 22nd, as the worst-placed team in the table that showed interest. However, this initially refused to play for the Islanders, whereupon they suspended him three days later until further notice. He finally made his NHL debut for the Islanders on October 15, 2011 in the game against the New York Rangers .

On January 14, 2012, Nabokow reached the milestone of 300 career victories during the regular season as the 26th player in NHL history .

In the summer of 2014 he left the Islanders and joined the Tampa Bay Lightning , where he only stayed half a season. He returned to the San Jose Sharks in February 2015, only to announce the end of his playing career a few days later. In September 2015, the management of the San Jose Sharks announced that Nabokow would stay with the franchise as a scout and goalkeeping coach.

International

Although Nabokow is a Russian citizen, the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF prevented him from playing for the Russian national team for a long time because he was a junior player for Kazakhstan at the 1994 Ice Hockey World Championship . Only in 2005 did the IIHF allow him to play for Russia. Therefore, he took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where he celebrated three shutouts and five wins in seven games. The Russian team finished fourth after losing to the Czech Republic. In 2008 he played his first World Cup games in 14 years, although he had already been in the Russian squad at the 2005 Ice Hockey World Championship . Nabokow joined the World Cup on his performance from the previous NHL season after he had joined the team at the beginning of the intermediate round. With two shutouts in the quarter-finals and semi-finals as well as strong parades in the final, he was instrumental in the Russians' first world title since the championship fights in 1993 . He was voted into the World Cup All-Star Team for his achievements and was named the best goalkeeper. The native of Kazakhstan was also nominated for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . As a renewed goalkeeper, he was partly responsible for the quarter-finals of the Russians with his fluctuating performance.

In addition, Nabokov was appointed to Russia's squad for the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . Since it was not a tournament organized by the World Federation, the Russian did not need an official start permit from the IIHF. Due to an injury, however, he had to cancel participation.

Achievements and Awards

Nabokov warming up

International

  • 2008 gold medal at the world championship
  • 2008 World Cup best goalkeeper
  • 2008 World Championship All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1991/92 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Vysschaya League 1 - 3 0 3.00 - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II Wtoraja League 5 - - - - - - - - -
1992/93 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Vysschaya League 4th - 109 5 0 2.75 - - - - - - - -
1992/93 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk II Pervaya League 19th - - - - - - - - -
1993/94 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Vysschaya League 11 - 539 29 0 3.23 - - - - - - - -
1994/95 HK Dynamo Moscow MHL 37 - 2075 70 1.89 - - - - - - - -
1994/95 HK Dynamo Moscow II Off. Soot. championship 2 - - - - - - - - -
1995/96 HK Dynamo Moscow MHL 37 - 1948 70 2.16 6th 298 7th 1.41
1995/96 HK Dynamo Moscow II Vysschaya League 1 - - - - - - - - -
1996/97 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 27 - 1588 56 2 2.12 4th 255 12 0 2.82
1996/97 HK Dynamo Moscow II Pervaya League 1 - - - - - - - - -
1997/98 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 33 10 21st 2 - 1866 122 0 3.92 87.2 1 0 0 23 1 0 2.59 92.3
1998/99 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 43 26th 14th 1 - 2429 106 5 2.62 90.9 11 6th 5 599 30th 2 3.00 90.7
1999/00 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 2 1 1 0 - 120 3 1 1.50 95.2 - - - - - - - -
1999/00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 20th 12 4th 3 0 1164 52 0 2.68 92.0 - - - - - - - -
1999/00 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 2 2 1 - 414 15th 1 2.17 91.0 1 0 0 20th 0 0 0.00 100.0
2000/01 San Jose Sharks NHL 66 32 21st 7th - 3700 135 6th 2.19 91.5 4th 1 3 217 10 1 2.75 90.3
2001/02 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 37 24 5 - 3901 149 7th 2.29 91.8 12 7th 5 711 31 0 2.61 90.4
2002/03 San Jose Sharks NHL 55 19th 28 8th - 3227 146 3 2.71 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2003/04 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 31 19th 8th - 3455 127 9 2.21 92.1 17th 10 7th 1052 30th 3 1.71 93.5
2004/05 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Super league 14th 7th 5 1 - 808 27 3 2.00 5 2 3 307 13 0 2.53
2005/06 San Jose Sharks NHL 45 16 19th - 7th 2575 133 1 3.10 88.5 1 0 0 11 1 0 5.00 75.0
2006/07 San Jose Sharks NHL 50 25th 16 - 4th 2777 106 7th 2.29 91.4 11 6th 5 700 26th 1 2.23 92.0
2007/08 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 46 21st - 8th 4560 163 6th 2.14 91.0 13 6th 7th 852 31 1 2.18 90.7
2008/09 San Jose Sharks NHL 62 41 12 - 8th 3686 150 7th 2.44 91.0 6th 2 4th 361 17th 0 2.82 89.0
2009/10 San Jose Sharks NHL 71 44 16 - 10 4194 170 3 2.43 92.2 15th 8th 7th 890 38 1 2.56 90.7
2010/11 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 22nd 8th 8th 5 - 1230 62 2 3.02 88.8 - - - - - - - -
2011/12 New York Islanders NHL 42 19th 18th - 3 2378 101 2 2.55 91.4 - - - - - - - -
2012/13 New York Islanders NHL 41 23 11 - 7th 2475 103 3 2.50 91.0 6th 2 4th 324 24 0 4.44 84.2
2013/14 New York Islanders NHL 40 15th 14th - 8th 2254 103 4th 2.74 90.5 - - - - - - - -
2014/15 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 11 3 6th - 2 553 29 0 3.15 88.2 - - - - - - - -
Wysschaja League overall 16 37 0 3.10 - - - - - - - -
MHL total 74 4023 140 2.09 6th 298 7th 1.41
Super league overall 41 2396 83 5 2.08 9 562 25th 0 2.66
AHL total 78 37 36 3 - 4415 231 6th 3.14 89.5 12 6th 5 622 31 2 2.98 91.0
NHL overall 697 353 227 29 57 40152 1630 59 2.44 91.1 86 42 42 5143 208 7th 2.43 90.8

International

Represented Kazakhstan at:

Represented Russia in:

year team event result Sp S. N U Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1994 Kazakhstan C-WM 4th Place 3 140 6th 2.57 85.7
2006 Russia Olympia 4th Place 7th 4th 2 0 359 8th 3 1.34 94.0
2008 Russia WM 1st place, gold 5 5 0 0 302 9 2 1.78 93.6
2010 Russia Olympia 6th place 3 2 1 - 144 10 0 4.16 85.3
2011 Russia WM 4th Place 4th 2 1 0 200 12 0 3.60 88.0
Men overall 22nd 1145 45 2.41 90.7

( 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)

Web links

Commons : Yevgeny Nabokov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com, Nabokov, Russian team part ways
  2. ↑ nhl.com: "Sharks acquire veteran goalie Nabokov from Lightning" (English, February 9, accessed on February 9, 2015)
  3. ^ "Evgeni Nabokov announces retirement from NHL" (English, February 11, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015)
  4. ^ Nabokov back with Sharks as goalie coach, scout. nhl.com, September 12, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Nabokow, Yevgeny Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nabokov, Evgeni; Nabokov, Jevgeni; Nabokov, Yevgeni (English spellings); Набоков, Евгений Викторович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-Kazakh ice hockey goalkeeper, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR