Evgeni Nabokov
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Nabokov with the San Jose Sharks in 2008
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| Born |
July 25, 1975 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 202 lb (92 kg; 14 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
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NHL: San Jose Sharks New York Islanders Tampa Bay Lightning RSL/KHL: Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Dynamo Moscow Metallurg Magnitogorsk SKA Saint Petersburg |
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| National team |
 Kazakhstan  Russia
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| NHL Draft | 219th overall, 1994 San Jose Sharks |
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| Playing career | 1991–2015 | ||
 Nabokov at the 2010 Winter Olympics |
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| Representing Russia and Kazakhstan
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2008 Russia | Ice hockey |
Yevgeni Viktorovich Nabokov (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Набо́ков; born July 25, 1975), usually transliterated as Evgeni Nabokov, is a Kazakhstani-Russian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the San Jose Sharks, New York Islanders, and Tampa Bay Lightning of National Hockey League (NHL) and for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, HC Dynamo Moscow, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and SKA St. Petersburg of the Russian Super League (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from 1991 to 2015. During his time with the Sharks, Nabokov who was selected 219th overall 1994 NHL Entry Draft by San Jose, was regarded as one of the top goaltenders in the NHL, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best first-year player in 2001 and was voted a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as best goaltender in 2008. He departed the NHL for the first time in 2010 to play in Russia for SKA St. Petersburg, but returned soon after, and concluded his career there.
In his first nine seasons in the NHL, all with San Jose, Nabokov became the team leader in nearly every goaltending category, including games played, wins, and shutouts. At his retirement, he had the eighteenth most all-time NHL regular season wins. During a game in 2002 he scored a goal, the seventh goalie in NHL history to do so, and the first not from North America.
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