Sergei Iossifowitsch Wyschedkewitsch

Sergei Vyshedkevich
Date of birth	3rd January 1975
place of birth	Dedovsk , Russian SFSR
size	183 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
number	# 34
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1995 , 3rd round, 70th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
until 1996	HK Dynamo Moscow
1996-1999	Albany River Rats
1999-2001	Atlanta Thrashers
2001	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2001-2010	HK Dynamo Moscow
2010-2011	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Sergei Iossifowitsch Wyschedkewitsch ( Russian Сергей Иосифович Вышедкевич ; born January 3, 1975 in Dedovsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Continental Hockey League until 2011 .

Career

Sergei Wyschedkewitsch at the IIHF Continental Cup 2004/05

Sergei Wyschedkewitsch began his career as a hockey player at HK Dynamo Moscow , for which he was active in the Russian Super League until 1996 , and with whom he was CIS champion in the 1994/95 season . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1995 in the third round as a total of 70th player by the New Jersey Devils .

The defender moved to North America in the summer of 1995 and played for New Jersey's farm team , the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League , for three years without playing a single game for the Devils in the National Hockey League . After the Russian was transferred to the newly founded Atlanta Thrashers in the summer of 1999 , he made his NHL debut for them in the 1999/2000 season . All in all, Wyschedkewitsch stayed with the Thrashers for two years before he and goalkeeper Scott Langkow were sent to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in February 2001 , which in return gave Ladislav Kohn to Atlanta. With the Californians, the Russian came in the 2000/01 game year but only to missions with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in the AHL. Following this, Wyschedkewitsch returned to HK Dynamo Moscow. With Dynamo, the left-handed shooter won the Russian championship again in 2000 and 2005, the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2006 and the Spengler Cup in 2008 . In 2010 he moved to the league competitor Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod .

International

For Russia Vysheedkevich took part in the Junior World Championships in 1995 , as well as the World Championships in 2002 , 2003 and 2005 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1995 CIS master with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2005 Russian champion with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup - win with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2008 Spengler Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow

International

• 1995 silver medal at the Junior World Championship
• 2002 silver medal at the world championship
• 2005 bronze medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	2	30th	2	5	7th	16
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL main round	3	152	6th	32	38	142
KHL playoffs	2	16	0	0	0	10

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

Commons : Sergei Vysheedkevich  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sergei Wyschedkewitsch at hockeydb.com (English)
• Sergei Wyschedkewitsch at eurohockey.com