Andrei Nazarov
Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov (Russian: Андрей Викторович Назаров; May 22nd, 1974 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and current coach. During his active time he played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes and Minnesota Wild and in the Russian Super League for Dynamo Moscow, Metallurg Novokuznetsk and Avangard Omsk. Since 2012 he has been head coach of Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League.
Career
As a player
After two seasons with Dynamo Moscow in the early 1990s Nazarov has been selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1992 in the first round, the tenth of the San Jose Sharks. For the 1993/94 season he joined the NHL and remained until March 1998 in San Jose.
This was followed by the move to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Sharks gave him and a first-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 1998, Vincent Lecavalier was drawn with the later, and in return received from Bryan Marchment, David Shaw and also a first-round pick in the same draft. However, Nazarov was just ten months in Tampa, he was discharged to the Calgary Flames in January 1999 in exchange for Michael Nylander. After only eight months, followed by the third change in the NHL. This time he moved to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who sent him to the Boston Bruins in November 2000. The Bruins were so his fifth team in two and a half years. Also in Boston played the Russians not last long. After 15 months, in January 2002, he moved to the Phoenix Coyotes, where he remained until the end of the season 2003/ 04.
During the lockout the NHL season 2004/ 05 Nazarov returned to his home country, and ran in the Russian Super League for Avangard Omsk Metallurg Novokuznetsk and. With Omsk he won the beginning of 2005 in a convincing manner the inaugural IIHF European Champions Cup.
As a coach
For the 2005/06 season, signed a contract with the Nazarov Minnesota Wild in the NHL. After only two appearances in the regular season, he declared his resignation on 14 July 2006. He then worked manager of HC Traktor Chelyabinsk, before hitting the same club served as head coach between 2007 and 2010. From October 2010 to 2012, he was head coach of Vityaz Chekhov of the Kontinental Hockey League before moving within the league to Severstal Cherepovets.
Since 2013 Nazarov has been head coach at HK Donbass Donetsk.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 IIHF European Champions Cup win with the Avangard Omsk HK