Nikolai Sergeevich Goldobin

Nikolai Goldobin
Date of birth	October 7, 1995
place of birth	Moscow , Russia
size	182 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2012 , 1st round, 8th position Metallurg Novokuznetsk
NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 1st round, 27th position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2010-2011	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2011–2012	Vityaz Chekhov
2012-2014	Sarnia Sting
2014-2015	HIFK Helsinki
2015	Worcester Sharks
2015-2017	San Jose Barracuda
2017-2020	Vancouver Canucks Utica Comets
since 2020	HK CSKA Moscow

Nikolai Sergejewitsch Goldobin ( Russian: Николай Сергеевич Голдобин ; English transcription: Nikolai Sergeyevich Goldobin ; born October 7, 1995 in Moscow ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK CSKA Moscow from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) since June 2020 there plays on the position of the right winger .

Career

Goldobin began with ice hockey in the Belje Medvedi sports school in Moscow and later moved to the youth department of HK CSKA Moscow . He spent the 2010/11 season with the U16 and U17 juniors of Krylya Sowetow Moscow . After a one-year interlude in the youth of Vityas Chekhov and the selection in eighth place in the first round in the KHL Junior Draft 2012 by Metallurg Novokuznetsk , the striker moved to North America. There he played from 2012 to 2014 for the Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League . In the NHL Entry Draft 2014 , the San Jose Sharks from the National Hockey League (NHL) finally selected him in the first round in 27th position.

The Sharks signed Goldobin in September 2014 and awarded him - in consultation with his advisor Igor Larionow - to HIFK Helsinki from the Finnish Liiga for the 2014/15 season . It wasn't until April 2015 that they brought the Russian back to California and from then on used him on their farm team , the Worcester Sharks , in the American Hockey League (AHL). With the relocation of the team, he came to the AHL for the San Jose Barracuda in autumn 2015 . He finished the 2015/16 season as the team's top scorer. He also came to his first nine NHL appearances for the San Jose Sharks, in which he managed a goal and an assist. The Russian spent the 2016/17 season , with the exception of two NHL appearances in February 2017, exclusively in the AHL with the Barracuda. There he was one of the leading players and played a key role in ensuring that the team was at the top of the league at the end of February. Shortly before the trade deadline , he was given to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for the Dane Jannik Hansen and a conditional four-round vote in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft .

In Vancouver, the Russian finally seemed to establish himself in the NHL from the 2018/19 season after commuting between the Canucks' NHL roster and the AHL roster of the Utica Comets farm team during the 2017/18 season . In the 2019/20 season , however, there was a step backwards with the transfer to the farm team. In June 2020, Goldobin ended his North American adventure when he returned to his home country and joined HK CSKA Moscow from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

International

Goldobin represented his homeland in the junior division at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in 2012 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2015 . There the Russian team took second place and won the silver medal. He himself contributed five scorer points in seven tournament games.

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 OHL Second All-Rookie Team
• 2014 Participation in the CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2015 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011/12	Russkije Vitjasi Chekhov	MHL		50	13	9	22nd	8th		9	2	1	3	0
2012/13	Sarnia Sting	OHL		68	30th	38	68	12		4th	0	1	1	0
2013/14	Sarnia Sting	OHL		67	38	56	94	21st		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga		38	11	10	21st	12		8th	1	5	6th	2
2014/15	Worcester Sharks	AHL		9	3	2	5	4th		4th	0	0	0	0
2015/16	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		60	21st	23	44	18th		4th	2	0	2	4th
2015/16	San Jose Sharks	NHL		9	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		46	15th	26th	41	16		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	San Jose Sharks	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Utica Comets	AHL		3	4th	0	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		12	3	0	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Utica Comets	AHL		30th	9	22nd	31	8th		5	0	6th	6th	4th
2017/18	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		38	8th	6th	14th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		63	7th	20th	27	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Utica Comets	AHL		51	19th	31	50	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
MHL total				50	13	9	22nd	8th		9	2	1	3	0
OHL total				135	68	94	162	33		4th	0	1	1	0
AHL total				199	71	104	175	60		13	2	6th	8th	8th
NHL overall				125	19th	27	46	24		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Russia in:

• Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2012
• U20 World Junior Championship 2015

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2012	Russia	HIMT	5th place		4th	1	2	3	0
2015	Russia	U20 World Cup			7th	2	3	5	2
Juniors overall					11	3	5	8th	2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Nikolai Goldobin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nikolai Goldobin in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Nikolai Goldobin at eliteprospects.com (English)