Sergei Olegovich Zinovjev (; born March 4, 1980) is a

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former professional

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and

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of his original club,

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of the

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(KHL). He is two-time World Champion (2008, 2009) for the Russian national team. Zinovjev was selected 73rd overall by the

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in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Zinovjev has played ten career NHL games, scoring one assist. In 2004, Zinovjev was released from the Russian national team after testing positive for

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. In July 2009, he signed a five-year contract in a return with

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. He concluded his 16-year professional career following the 2013–14 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards & honors

* 2000 Junior World Silver medal: Russian national team * 2004 Russia Championship Bronze medal: Ak Bars Kazan * 2005 World Championship Bronze medal: Russian national team * 2006 RSL Champion: Ak Bars Kazan * 2007 European Champions Cup Winner: Ak Bars Kazan * 2007 World Championship Bronze medal: Russian national team * 2007–08 Continental Cup Winner: Ak Bars Kazan * 2008 World Champion: Russia national team * 2008 Spengler Cup Winner: Dynamo Moscow *2009 KHL All-Star * 2009 World Champion: Russia national team *2011

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Champion: Salavat Yulaev Ufa

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* 1980 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players HC Dynamo Moscow players Metallurg Novokuznetsk players HC Spartak Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Sportspeople from Prokopyevsk Providence Bruins players Russian ice hockey centres Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Ice hockey people from Kemerovo Oblast {{Russia-icehockey-centre-stub