Serhiy Volodymyrovych Varlamov (; born July 21, 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional

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player. He played for the

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and

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of the

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(NHL).

Playing career

Known as Sergei Varlamov during his North American career from the Russian-language version of his name, Varlamov came to North America to play junior hockey with the

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of the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hocke ...

(WHL). In

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, he won the

Bob Clarke Trophy The Bob Clarke Trophy is awarded annually to the player who leads the Western Hockey League in points scoring during the regular season. In both years Bobby Clarke, Bob "Bobby" Clarke played in the WHL, he captured the League scoring title. In 19 ...

as the WHL's top scorer with 119 points. He was also named the

Four Broncos Memorial Trophy The Four Broncos Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the Western Hockey League's Player of the Year. The trophy is named in honour of four members of the Swift Current Broncos who were killed on December 30, 1986 in the Swift Current Broncos ...

winner as the league's player of the year, and won the

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award. He signed with the

as a free agent in 1996 and spent three seasons in the Flames system from 1999 until 2001 when he was traded to the

. After spending a year in the

Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. The Canucks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conferenc ...

organization, Varlamov signed with

Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (, , ), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a professional ice hockey club based in Kazan, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded as Mashstroy Kazan in 1956, the n ...

of the

Russian Super League The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...

in 2004 and has also played with

HC Sibir Novosibirsk Hockey Club Sibir Novosibirsk Oblast (, ), also known as HC Sibir or Sibir Novosibirsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Novosibirsk, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Ice ...

Severstal Cherepovets Hockey Club Severstal is a professional ice hockey club based in Cherepovets, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). History Founded in 1956, the club was originally known as Stroitel (Builder) Cher ...

SKA Saint Petersburg Hockey Club SKA (), often referred to as SKA Saint Petersburg and literally as the Sports Club of the Army, is a professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

and

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk or HC Dinamo Minsk (; , ''Dynama-Minsk'') is a professional ice hockey club based in Minsk, Belarus. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playof ...

International play

Internationally, Varlamov played with the

Ukraine men's national ice hockey team The Ukrainian national ice hockey team () is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th ...

at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

and at three

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: 2000, 2004 and 2005.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and achievements

* Named to the WHL East First All-Star Team in 1998

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varlamov, Serhiy 1978 births Living people Ice hockey people from Kyiv Ak Bars Kazan players Calgary Flames players Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HC Budivelnyk players HC Dinamo Minsk players HC Donbass players HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Manitoba Moose players Olympic ice hockey players for Ukraine Saint John Flames players Severstal Cherepovets players SKA Saint Petersburg players Sokil Kyiv players St. Louis Blues players Swift Current Broncos players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ukrainian ice hockey left wingers Undrafted National Hockey League players Worcester IceCats players