Oleg Fyodorovich Tverdowski
 Oleg Tverdowski 
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| Date of birth | May 18, 1976 |
| place of birth | Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
1994 , 1st round, 2nd position Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| Career stations | |
| until 1994 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
| 1994 | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 1994-1996 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| 1996 | Winnipeg Jets |
| 1996-1999 | Phoenix Coyotes |
| 1999-2002 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
| 2002-2003 | New Jersey Devils |
| 2003-2005 | HK Awangard Omsk |
| 2005-2006 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| 2006-2007 | Los Angeles Kings |
| 2007-2011 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa |
| 2011-2013 | HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
Oleg Tverdovsky ( Russian Олег Фёдорович Твердовский , Ukrainian Олег Федорович Твердовський / Oleh Fedorowytsch Twerdowskyj * 18th May 1976 in Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Russian - Ukrainian hockey player who most recently at Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Continental Hockey League contract was standing.
Career
Oleg Tverdowski began his career as a hockey player with Krylja Sowetow Moscow , for whose professional team he was active in the top Russian league from 1992 to 1994. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the first round as the second overall player by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . After he started the 1994/95 season shortened because of the lockout with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Canadian junior league Western Hockey League , the defender played for Anaheim in the National Hockey League for a year and a half . The 1995/96 season he ended with the Winnipeg Jets . The franchise was relocated to Phoenix in the US state of Arizona in the summer of 1996 , where the Ukrainian with a Russian passport stood on the ice for the Phoenix Coyotes for the next three years .
From 1999 to 2002 Twerdowski played again for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the NHL, before he won the prestigious Stanley Cup for the first time with the New Jersey Devils in the 2002/03 season. In the finals, the left-handed shooter prevailed in the best-of-seven series against his ex-club from Anaheim with 4-3 wins. Following this success, the national player returned to Russia, where he played for HK Awangard Omsk in the Super League for two years . With Omsk he first won the national championship in the 2003/04 season , before he was successful at international level with Awangard in the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2005 .
For the 2005/06 season Twerdowski received a contract with the Carolina Hurricanes , with whom he was able to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in his career. What followed was a less successful year with the Los Angeles Kings and their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Manchester Monarchs . As of 2007, the 2002 Olympian was on the ice for Salawat Julajew Ufa , with whom he became Russian champion in the 2007/08 season. From the 2008/09 season he joined the team from Ufa in the newly founded Continental Hockey League , whose championship title, the Gagarin Cup , he won with his team in the 2010/11 season. In November 2011, his contract in Ufa was dissolved, whereupon he switched to league rivals HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk a little later .
International
For Russia Tverdowski took part in the U18 Junior European Championships in 1993 and 1994 , the Junior World Championships in 1994 and the A-World Championships in 1996 , 2001 , 2004 and 2009 . He was also in Russia's squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and 2004 .
His international career was crowned with a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2009 World Cup.
Achievements and Awards
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International
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Career statistics
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 1992-93 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | IHL | 21st | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1993-94 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | IHL | 46 | 4th | 10 | 14th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1994-95 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL | 7th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1995-96 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 51 | 7th | 15th | 22nd | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 31 | 0 | 8th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1996-97 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 30th | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1997-98 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 9 | 8th | 6th | 14th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 46 | 7th | 12 | 19th | 12 | 6th | 0 | 7th | 7th | 0 | ||
| 1998-99 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 7th | 18th | 25th | 32 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6th | ||
| 1999-00 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 15th | 36 | 51 | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 82 | 14th | 39 | 53 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 73 | 6th | 26th | 32 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 50 | 5 | 8th | 13 | 22nd | 15th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | HK Awangard Omsk | RSL | 57 | 16 | 18th | 34 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004-05 | HK Awangard Omsk | RSL | 48 | 5 | 15th | 20th | 65 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 2005-06 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 72 | 3 | 20th | 23 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 26th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Manchester monarchs | AHL | 14th | 5 | 8th | 13 | 2 | 14th | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14th | |||
| 2007-08 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa | RSL | 43 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 61 | 16 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 10 | ||
| 2008-09 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 48 | 8th | 21st | 29 | 30th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 42 | 8th | 13 | 21st | 38 | 16 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 4th | ||
| 2010-11 | Salawat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 40 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 20th | 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| NHL overall | 713 | 77 | 240 | 317 | 291 | 45 | 0 | 14th | 14th | 6th | ||||
| Super league overall | 215 | 31 | 55 | 86 | 210 | 38 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 47 | ||||
| KHL total | 130 | 23 | 43 | 66 | 88 | 25th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 16 | ||||
International
Represented Russia in:
| year | team | event | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 1993 | Russia | U18 European Championship | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Russia | U20 World Cup | 7th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 6th | |
| 1994 | Russia | U18 European Championship | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22nd | |
| 1996 | Russia | WM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | Russia | WCH | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | Russia | WM | 7th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | |
| 2002 | Russia | Olympia | 6th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Russia | WM | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | |
| 2004 | Russia | WCH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Russia | WM | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | |
| Juniors overall | 18th | 3 | 16 | 19th | 28 | |||
| Men overall | 38 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 14th | |||
( 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
- Oleg Twerdowski at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Oleg Twerdowski at eliteprospects.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Tverdowski, Oleg Fyodorowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tverdovsky, Oleg (English spelling); Твердовский, Олег Фёдорович; Твердовский, Олег Федорович (Russian spelling); Twerdowski, Oleg Fedorowitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donetsk , Ukrainian SSR |