David Semenovich Nemirovsky (

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: Дэвид Немировски; born August 1, 1976) is a Canadian former professional

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Playing career

Nemirovsky was born in Toronto, Canada, and is of

descent. As a youth, he played in the 1990

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with a

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team from

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. Nemirovsky was drafted 84th overall by the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

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in the

1994 NHL Entry Draft The 1994 NHL Entry Draft was the 32nd NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Hartford Civic Center on June 28–29, 1994. The last active players in the NHL from this draft class were Patrik Elias and Eric Boulton, who both played their last NHL ...

. Picked from the

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of the

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, he went on to play parts of four seasons with Florida, playing 91 games for the Panthers and scoring 16 goals and 22 assists for 38 points, he also picked up 42 penalty minutes. He played for Team Canada in the

1997 Maccabiah Games The 15th Maccabiah Games are remembered for being marred by a bridge collapse that killed several participants. The Maccabiah had more than 5,000 athletes from 33 countries competing in 36 sports. New sports for the Games included beach volleybal ...

in Israel, winning a gold medal. Nemirovsky then spent three seasons with the

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in the

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before moving to Europe. After short spells in Sweden and Russia, he spent two seasons in Finland before returning to Russia in 2003. In 2010, he played with

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

. Nemirovsky came out of retirement and signed with

of the KHL in 2013.

Executive and coaching career

Following his retirement from a 18-year playing career, Nemirovsky remained in Russia and moved into hockey management in accepting the role of Sports Director at the age of 38 for

Admiral Vladivostok Hockey Club Admiral, Also Known as The Admiral Vladivostok, (russian: Хоккейный клуб Адмирал)are a Professional ice hockey, professional ice hockey team based in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. They are members of the Che ...

of the KHL from 2015 to 2018. On May 7, 2018, Nemirovsky was announced as head coach for

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (russian: Торпедо Нижний Новгород) is a professional ice hockey club in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. The team's home arena is Trad ...

of the KHL beginning from the 2018–19 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nemirovsky, David 1976 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Barys Nur-Sultan players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Canadian people of Russian-Jewish descent Carolina Monarchs players Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games HC CSKA Moscow players HC Dinamo Minsk players Florida Panthers draft picks Florida Panthers players HC Khimik Voskresensk players HV71 players Ilves players Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish ice hockey players Jokerit players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Maccabiah Games competitors by sport Maccabiah Games competitors for Canada Ottawa 67's players St. John's Maple Leafs players SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Toronto Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Playing career

Executive and coaching career

Career statistics

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