Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin

Igor Shestyorkin
Date of birth	December 30, 1995
place of birth	Moscow , Russia
size	185 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2012 , 2nd round, 43rd position HK Spartak Moscow
NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 4th round, 118th position New York Rangers
Career stations
2012-2014	HK Spartak Moscow
2014-2019	SKA Saint Petersburg
since 2019	New York Rangers Hartford Wolf Pack

Igor Olegowitsch Schestjorkin ( Russian Игорь Олегович Шестёркин , English transcription: Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin or Shesterkin ; born December 30, 1995 in Moscow ) is a Russian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) since May 2019 Contract and is used in parallel for their farm team , the Hartford Wolf Pack , in the American Hockey League (AHL). At the 2018 Winter Olympics , Shestyorkin won the gold medal with the Russian national team under a neutral flag .

Career

Igor Schestjorkin began his career at HK Spartak Moscow , for whose junior team MHK Spartak Moscow he guarded the goal from 2012 to 2014 in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga (MHL), after he scored a total of 43 in the second round of the 2012 KHL Junior Draft . Position was selected. In 2013 he reached the MHL playoff final with his team, which was lost with 3: 4 wins against Omskije Jastreby. The following season he made his first appearances on the professional team in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and won the 2013/14 MHL season with the junior team. He was also elected to the MHL All-Star Team. After his previous club withdrew from the KHL after the season, Schestjorkin was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Entry Draft 2014 by the New York Rangers in 118th place. However, he did not move to the NHL club on the US east coast, but moved with several teammates to SKA Saint Petersburg , for which he plays in the Wysschaja Hockey League in addition to assignments in the KHL also with its farm team SKA-Neva Saint Petersburg . In 2015 he won the Gagarin Cup , the championship trophy of the KHL, with the team from the northernmost metropolis in the world . In the 2015/16 season he achieved the best catch rate and the lowest average goal conceded in the Wysschaja Hockey League.

In 2017, Schestjorkin won the playoffs for the Gagarin Cup with St. Petersburg again and became Russian champions . After leading the KHL in the 2018/19 season with an average goal against 1.11 and a catch quota of 95.3%, he signed an entry contract with the New York Rangers in May 2019 . As expected, they used him for their farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL), the Hartford Wolf Pack , before he finally made his debut for New York in the National Hockey League (NHL) in January 2020 .

International

Igor Schestjorkin represented his home country in the junior division at the U18 World Cup in 2013 and the U20 World Cup in 2015 . He won the silver medal in the U20 selection in 2015 and achieved the tournament's second-best quota after the Canadian Zachary Fucale , after having had the third-best quota in the younger age group two years earlier after the Canadian Philippe Desrosiers and the Finn Juuse Saros .

At the 2016 World Cup , he was part of the Russian national team for the first time and won the bronze medal with it, even though he did not play himself. In 2017 , Schestjorkin won the bronze medal again, although he was without a commitment as in the previous year. Also as the third goalkeeper, he took part in the 2018 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag and won the gold medal there.

Achievements and Awards

2013 MHL goalkeeper of the month September 2014 participation in the MHL All-Star Game 2014 Kharlamov Cup win with the MHK Spartak Moscow 2015 Wysschaya Hockey League Goalkeeper of the Month for September 2016 Best catch quota and lowest goals against goals in the Wysschaja Hockey League 2016 KHL goalkeeper of the month October

2017 participation in the KHL All-Star Game 2017 Gagarin Cup win and Russian champion with SKA Saint Petersburg 2017 KHL First All-Star Team 2018 participation in the KHL All-Star Game 2019 Best catch quota and lowest goals against goals in the KHL 2020 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

International

• 2015 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2016 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2017 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2018 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	OTN	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2012/13	MHK Spartak Moscow	MHL		15th	9	1	4th	886	31	2	2.10	92.0		9	6th	3	529	14th	3	1.59	94.8
2013/14	MHK Spartak Moscow	MHL		23	14th	5	4th	1399	33	5	1.42	94.7		19th	12	7th	1134	33	4th	1.75	93.7
2013/14	HK Spartak Moscow	KHL		9	1	5	2	428	20th	1	2.80	90.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	SKA-1946 Saint Petersburg	MHL		3	2	0	1	159	6th	0	2.26	93.4		13	7th	6th	778	32	1	2.47	91.0
2014/15	SKA-Karelija Saint Petersburg	WysHL		8th	3	3	2	488	14th	1	1.72	94.3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		6th	3	0	3	231	9	0	2.33	91.7		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	SKA Neva Saint Petersburg	WysHL		25th	16	6th	3	1513	30th	6th	1.19	95.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		7th	5	2	0	419	18th	1	2.58	91.2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	SKA-1946 Saint Petersburg	MHL		2	1	1	0	119	3	0	1.51	94.6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		39	27	4th	6th	2191	60	8th	1.64	93.7		5	4th	1	228	7th	0	1.84	94.0
2017/18	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		28	20th	4th	4th	1593	45	7th	1.70	93.3		1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	100.0
2018/19	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		28	24	4th	0	1681	31	10	1.11	95.3		10	4th	5	522	17th	0	1.95	90.4
2019/20	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		25th	17th	4th	3	1455	46	3	1.90	93.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		12	10	2	0	692	29	0	2.52	93.2		1	0	1	59	3	0	3.10	90.0
MHL total				53	26th	7th	9	2563	73	7th	1.71	93.7		41	25th	16	2441	79	8th	1.94	93.1
Wysschaja Hockey League total				33	19th	9	5	2001	44	7th	1.32	95.1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				117	80	19th	15th	6543	183	27	1.68	93.5		16	8th	6th	751	24	0	1.91	91.9
NHL overall				12	10	2	0	692	29	0	2.52	93.2		1	0	1	59	3	0	3.10	90.0

International

Represented Russia in: Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2012 U18 Junior World Championship 2013 U20 World Junior Championship 2015

World Championship 2016 World Championship 2017 World Championship 2018

Represented the Olympic athletes from Russia at: Olympic Winter Games 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2012	Russia	HIMT	5th place		1						5.00	82.1
2013	Russia	U18 World Cup	4th Place		6th	4th	2	345	13	0	2.26	93.7
2015	Russia	U20 World Cup			5	3	2	242	8th	1	1.98	93.8
2016	Russia	WM			Without any effort
2017	Russia	WM			Without any effort
2018	OA from Russia	Olympia			Without any effort
2018	Russia	WM	6th place		4th	2	1	205	5	2	1.46	94.2
Juniors overall					11	7th	4th	587	21st	1	2.37	88.6
Men overall					4th	2	1	205	5	2	1.46	94.2

( 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 : Igor Schestjorkin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the New York Rangers website
• Igor Schestjorkin at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Igor Schestjorkin at hockeygoalies.org