Sergei Gennadjewitsch Nikolajew

Sergei Nikolaev
Date of birth	June 8, 1972
place of birth	Saratov , Russian SFSR
size	177 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
until 1993	Crystal Saratov
1993-1994	Yaroslavl torpedo
1994-1995	Chimik Voskressensk
1996-1999	HK Lada Tolyatti
1999-2000	Severstal Cherepovets
2000-2002	SKA Saint Petersburg
2002-2006	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2006-2008	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2007-2008	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2008-2011	Ak Bars Kazan

Sergei Gennadjewitsch Nikolajew ( Russian Сергей Геннадьевич Николаев ; born June 8, 1972 in Saratov , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey goalkeeper who played for Ak Bars Kazan in the Continental Hockey League from 1992 to 2011 .

Career

Sergei Nikolajew began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth field of Kristall Saratow , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Russian Super League in the 1992/93 season . The goalkeeper then moved to his league rivals Torpedo Yaroslavl and Chimik Woskressensk for one year each . He then paused a season with ice hockey before he was under contract with HK Lada Tolyatti from 1996 to 1999 . With Tolyatti, the Russian won the European Cup in the 1996/97 season , before he and his team failed in the playoff final for the Russian championship at his ex-club Torpedo Yaroslavl.

After he had finished the 1999/2000 season at Severstal Tscherepowez , Nikolayev moved to SKA Saint Petersburg for two years . He then spent four seasons at Salawat Julajew Ufa . From 2006 to 2008, the Russian was at HK Sibir Novosibirsk between the posts, where he played five games in parallel for their league rivals Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the 2007/08 season . In the summer of 2008 Nikolayev was obliged by Ak Bars Kazan from the newly founded Continental Hockey League , where he was available as the third goalkeeper from 2008 to 2011 for the injury-related loss of the two regular goalkeepers, but did not play a single KHL game. Then he ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 CIS master with the HK Lada Tolyatti
• 1997 European Cup win with the HK Lada Tolyatti
• 1997 Russian runner-up with the HK Lada Tolyatti

Web links

• Sergei Nikolajew at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Sergei Nikolajew at eurohockey.com