Sergei Zubov
Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Зубов; born July 22, 1970 in Moscow, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player, who works as a hockey coach since his career end of 2011.
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Career
As a player
Zubov began his career at HK CSKA Moscow and was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 in the fifth round at 85th overall position of the New York Rangers. In the 1993/94 NHL season, he won with the Rangers for the first time the Stanley Cup, for New York, it was the first championship since 1940. During the regular season the Russian had achieved 89 points scorer, more than any other player of Rangers this season. In August 1995 the defender was transferred together with Petr Nedvěd to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Rangers received in return the players Luc Robitaille and Ulf Samuelsson. In Pittsburgh Zubov completed another season before he was transferred to the Dallas Stars on June 22, 1996 in exchange for Kevin Hatcher. With the stars of the defender won in the 1998/99 season for the second time in his career, the Stanley Cup. In the following season Zubov reached with the stars again the Stanley Cup finals, but lost them in six games against the New Jersey Devils. The Russian defender was involved in this success largely in common with Ed Belfour, Brett Hull and Mike Modano.
Zubov was one of the leading players in Dallas and demonstrated valuable qualities as an offensive defender. He was also due to his fair play and collected a few penalty minutes. At the end of the 2002/03 season he reached with the stars of the Conference Semifinal in which they failed to 2:4 to the Anaheim Ducks. Zubov contributed to total 79 points scorer and was behind Modano second- best scorer of the team. In the following three years, the Stars game never got beyond the first playoff round. During the lockout in the 2004/05 season Zubov paused with ice hockey.
After the 2005/ 06 season he was nominated thanks to his good all-round skills for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. However, the trophy went to Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings, Zubov was in the vote the third most votes. In the 2008 playoffs he reached with the stars that the Western Conference Finals, where they lost to the Detroit Red Wings with 2:4. Previously, he had missed most of the regular season due to a hernia.
At the beginning of the NHL season 2008/ 09 underwent the defender hip surgery and missed the first twelve games of the season. After a game of stars against the San Jose Sharks is injured Zubov again at the hip, which had a further operation result. Sergei Zubov lacked the Stars for the remaining 60 games of the season, his expiring contract was not renewed. On 30 July 2009 the Russians signed a two -year contract with SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League.
On April 18, 2011 Zubov resigned because of persistent hip problems from active competitive sports, after missing the entire season before.
Internationally
At the international level Zubov first appeared at the Junior European Championships in 1988 in the Czech Republic in appearance. For the USSR, the then 17 -year-old completed all six tournament games and won with the team, which also belonged to Pavel Bure, the bronze medal behind Czechoslovakia and Finland. Despite only two assists in the tournament Zubov was named best defender of competition and appointed to the All- Star team. The following year played the offensively - gifted defender at the Junior World Cup in the United States again for the USSR. In the land of the archrival Sbornaja winning the gold medal celebrated just before the placed behind Sweden. Zubov contributed five assists in seven games with. The title could not repeat the team at the Junior World Championship 1990 in Finland. Canada defeated the Soviet Union, which thus had to settle for second place and the silver medal. The defender was with a goal and three other templates but again successful.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union Zubov played only at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France again internationally. For the United team - the national team of the Commonwealth of Independent States - he played eight games during the Olympic hockey tournament. Thanks to victories over the United States and Canada in the semifinals in the final, the team won the gold medal. With a Torvorbereitung Zubov contributed to this success.
In the same year Zubov was also nominated for the World Championships in Czechoslovakia. From then on he played but for Russia. However, the team disappointed - despite a nearly flawless first round - with a fifth place. Already in the quarter-finals, the Russians failed due to the eventual champions Sweden. For Zubov but it should be - in static terms - best tournament in the senior to be. In six games, a native Muscovite get four scorer points, including two goals. It took all of four years before Zubov aground again for Russia due to its North American engagements. As part of the inaugural World Cup of Hockey in 1996, the successor to the Canada Cup, the Russians reached the semi-finals. There she was defeated in the semi-finals to the USA. Zubov completed four of the five games in which he scored twice.
As a coach
In the 2011/12 season he was an assistant coach for the SKA Saint Petersburg. Since 2012 he has worked in the same capacity at HK CSKA Moscow.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 NHL All-Star Game ( injury-related cancellation )
- 2009 KHL Defender of the Month November
- 2010 KHL All-Star Game
- 2010 KHL Defender of the Month January
- 2010 KHL All- Star team
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the USSR at:
- U18 European Junior Championships 1988
- U20 World Junior Championships 1989
- U20 Junior World Cup 1990
Represented in the CIS:
- 1992 Winter Olympic Games
Represented Russia at:
- World Cup 1992
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
( 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 )