Vadim Sharifijanov
Vadim Rimowitsch Scharifjanow (Russian Вадим Римович Шарифьянов; born December 23, 1975 in Ufa, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who has played during his active career, among others, for the New Jersey Devils and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.
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Career
Scharifjanow played until the summer of 1994 with the club of his birthplace, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, where he had been during the 1992/93 season as a 17 -year-old made his debut in the first team, which belonged at the time of the International Hockey League. In autumn 1994, the striker finally changed within the league and joined the capital club CSKA Moscow to HK, who had been in the days of the USSR the most successful hockey club ever. However, in the previous summer he was in the NHL Entry Draft, was selected in the first round to 25th place in 1994 by the New Jersey Devils, which Scharifjanow not even stayed an entire season at CSKA.
Towards the end of the game in 1994 /95, the Devils had him brought to North America and used it in their farm team, the Albany River Rats in the American Hockey League. The River Rats of the Russian won in the same year the prestigious Calder Cup. But before he permanently made the jump to the National Hockey League, the right winger for another three seasons at Albany ran on. It was not until the 1998/99 season Scharifjanow received a permanent place in the squad of the New Jersey Devils, after he had already come in the course of the season 1996/97 in two matches to his NHL debut. He brought in his rookie season in the league it to 27 points in 53 games, which brought him in December 1998, the appointment as NHL rookie of the month. In January 2000 Scharifjanows ended time with the Devils - after nearly five years in the franchise. He was issued with and for some voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 League rival Vancouver Canucks. For the Canucks, however, the attacker was only 17 - times used. Before the start of season 2000/ 01 they pushed him into their farm team, the Kansas City Blades of the International Hockey League from. This was also the last season, spent the striker in North America.
In the summer of 2001 Scharifjanow returned to his native country after the Canucks had released from his current contract him. Between 2001 and 2004 he played with the HK Lada Togliatti, Severstal Cherepovets, HK Spartak Moscow Krylia Sovetov Moscow, Metallurg Novokuznetsk and SKA St. Petersburg for six different teams in the Super League within three years. For the season 2004 /05 the Russians ventured once again ventured abroad, when he ran aground for IFK Arboga IK in the second-rate, and the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan Gap Hockey Club in the French Ligue Magnus. For the season 2005/ 06 the repeated return to Russia followed. After he had spent two years at Sputnik Nizhny Tagil, he still went between 2007 and 2009 for Toros Neftekamsk in the subprime Wysschaja league on the ice. He then ended his career.
Internationally
Scharifjanow played exclusively at junior level for the selection of his country of birth. He first came at the Junior European Championships in 1992 for use in the Russia won the bronze medal. His eight goals in six tournament games also earned him election to the All- Star team of the tournament. The following year he was again represented at the Junior European Championships. This year, Russia won the silver medal. In addition Scharifjanow came at the Junior World Championships in 1994 and 1995 missions. Again he won a bronze and a silver medal. At the tournament of 1995 he drove in seven games in ten points after it had been in the previous year, four in as many games.