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Anton Khudobin

Anton Khudobin
Anton Khudobin AHL.jpg
Khudobin as a member of the Houston Aeros
Born (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 30)
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR,
Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams
Boston Bruins
Providence Bruins (AHL)
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Minnesota Wild
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Carolina Hurricanes
Anaheim Ducks
National team  Russia
NHL Draft 206th overall, 2004
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2004–present

Anton Valerievich Khudobin (Russian: Антон Валерьевич Худобин; born 7 May 1986) is a KazakhstaniRussian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing under contract with the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in the seventh round, 206th overall, at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, playing for the organization for three-and-a-half years before joining the Bruins via a trade in 2011. He signed as a free agent with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2013 and was extended before being traded to the Anaheim Ducks in 2015.

Khudobin began his hockey career in his native Kazakhstan, but moved to Russia at a young age and joined the Metallurg hockey school in Magnitogorsk in order to develop his game at a higher level. He was a consistent starter for Russia's national junior squads, earning a gold medal with the under-18 team at the 2004 IIHF World Under-18 Championships and silver medals with the junior team at the 2005 and 2006 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. At the end of this 2003–04 hockey season, Khudobin was drafted by the Minnesota Wild at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round, 206th overall.


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