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Sergei Nemchinov

Sergei Nemchinov
Born (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 60)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for PHC Krylya Sovetov
HC CSKA Moscow
New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks
New York Islanders
New Jersey Devils
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
National team  Soviet Union and
 Russia
NHL draft 244th overall, 1990
New York Rangers
Playing career 1981–2004
Olympic medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team

Sergei Lvovich Nemchinov (Russian: Серге́й Львович Немчинов; born 14 January 1964) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils for twelve seasons, bookended by ten seasons in the Soviet Championship League with PHC Krylya Sovetov and HC CSKA Moscow, and two in the Russian Superleague with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Nemchinov works in the Admiral Vladivostok.[1][2]

Playing career

Nemchinov was one of the last picks of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft when he was selected in the 12th round, 244th overall by the Rangers. He went on to play in 761 regular season games in his NHL career, scoring 152 goals and 193 assists for 345 points, picking up 251 penalty minutes. He won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994 and again with the Devils in 2000. In 1994, Nemchinov, along with Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, and Sergei Zubov were the first Russians to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup.[3] He returned to Russia in 2002 and played there until his retirement in 2004.

Coaching career

Nemchinov was the general manager of HC CSKA Moscow from 2009 to 2011. Nemchinov has also coached the Russia men's national junior ice hockey team. In 2019 he joined the South Korean men's national ice hockey team as an assistant coach.[4]

During his visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Sergei Nemchinov from August 30 to September 7 conducted intensive training with the Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team.[5] Then he entered the coaching staff of the national team of Turkmenistan and has already drawn up a plan for preparing Turkmen hockey players for the 2020 IIHF World Championship Division III.[6][7]

In March 2020, he was appointed to the post of sports director of Admiral Vladivostok.

Awards and achievements

  • 1993-94 – Stanley Cup champion – New York Rangers
  • 1999-00 – Stanley Cup champion – New Jersey Devils
  • In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, was ranked No. 46 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 15 1 0 1 0
1981–82 Lokomotiv Moscow USSR II 6 1 0 1 0
1982–83 CSKA Moscow USSR 11 0 0 0 2
1983–84 CSKA Moscow USSR 20 6 5 11 4
1984–85 CSKA Moscow USSR 31 2 4 6 4
1985–86 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 39 7 12 19 28
1986–87 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 40 13 9 22 24
1987–88 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 48 17 11 28 26
1988–89 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 43 15 14 29 28
1989–90 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 48 17 17 34 34
1990–91 Krylya Sovetov Moscow USSR 46 21 24 45 30
1991–92 New York Rangers NHL 73 30 28 58 15 13 1 4 5 8
1992–93 New York Rangers NHL 81 23 31 54 34
1993–94 New York Rangers NHL 76 22 27 49 36 23 2 5 7 6
1994–95 New York Rangers NHL 47 7 6 13 16 10 4 5 9 2
1995–96 New York Rangers NHL 78 17 15 32 38 6 0 1 1 2
1996–97 New York Rangers NHL 63 6 13 19 12
1996–97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 6 2 3 5 4
1997–98 New York Islanders NHL 74 10 19 29 24
1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 67 8 8 16 22
1998–99 New Jersey Devils NHL 10 4 0 4 6 4 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 New Jersey Devils NHL 53 10 16 26 18 21 2 3 5 2
2000–01 New Jersey Devils NHL 65 8 22 30 16 25 1 3 4 4
2001–02 New Jersey Devils NHL 68 5 5 10 10 3 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 27 5 6 11 26 10 0 5 5 10
2003–04 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 54 5 19 24 38 3 0 0 0 4
USSR totals 341 99 96 195 180
NHL totals 761 152 193 345 251 105 11 20 31 24

International

Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
1982 Soviet Union EJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 4 2 6 4
1983 Soviet Union WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 4 3 7 2
1984 Soviet Union WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 5 6 11 2
1987 Soviet Union CC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 6
1989 Soviet Union WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 0 2 2
1990 Soviet Union WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 5 2 7 4
1991 Soviet Union WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 2 3 5 2
1996 Russia WCH SF 5 1 2 3 2
1998 Russia OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 0
1998 Russia WC 5th 6 0 1 1 8
Junior totals 19 13 11 24 8
Senior totals 49 11 8 19 24

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