Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Valentinovich Chomutow (Russian: Андрей Валентинович Хомутов; * April 21, 1961 in Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and current coach, who during his career for the HK CSKA Moscow in his native country and Fribourg- Gottéron in the Swiss National League A played. Chomutow with three Olympic victories and seven world and European championships one of the most successful hockey players at the international level.
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Career
As a player
Chomutow played from 1980 to 1990 for HK CSKA Moscow and was with CSKA 1981-1989 Soviet nine times in a row champion. NHL Entry Draft 1989, he was selected in the tenth round to 190th place by the Quebec Nordiques. Nevertheless, he did not go after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the National Hockey League, but played from 1990 to 1998 for Fribourg- Gottéron in the Swiss league. In all, he scored 197 goals in 421 games in the Soviet league.
Internationally
On April 16, 1980, he was in a game against Finland for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. On December 7, 1990 he played his last match for the USSR. The Ice Hockey World Championships, he was seven times with his team world champion (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 1990 and 1993). His international career was crowned with the gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 1984, 1988 and 1992. In 1982 he was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. He also received the 1988 Medal of the Soviet Union, 1984, the medal "For valorous work" as well as 1981, the medal "For distinction in the work."
As a coach
After an engagement in the youth department of the Lausanne Hockey Club, he took to the 2007/08 season as coach of HK MVD Balaschicha ( 11th place, Super League ) and moved to season 2008/ 09 to HK Sibir Novosibirsk ( Kontinental Hockey League KHL, former Super League ). There he was late December 2008, dismissed from office after the club did not come up to that time in the KHL over the last place in the division and 20th place out of 24 participating teams beyond. In October 2009 he took over the head coaching job at HK Dynamo Moscow, where he was until the end of March 2010 under contract. In June 2010 he was obliged by the Kazakh club Barys Astana. In October 2010 he took over parallel the Kazakh national ice hockey team. At the end of the season 2010/11, neither of the two agreements has been extended. In December 2012, he took over as coach at the Elite Junior A HC La Chaux -de-Fonds.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the USSR at:
- 1981 World Championship
- Canada Cup 1981
- World Cup 1982
- World Cup 1983
- 1984 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 1985
- World Cup 1986
- 1987 World Championships
- Canada Cup 1987
- Winter Olympics 1988
- World Cup 1989
- World Cup 1990
Represented the United team on:
- Winter Olympics 1992
Represented Russia at:
- World Cup 1993
- 1995 World Cup
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )