Russian goalie rejoins the NHL with the Red Wings

**Admin** Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:06 am

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland announced that the team has signed free agent goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to a one-year contract. As per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Originally selected by San Jose in the ninth round (219th) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, Nabokov appeared in 563 games with the Sharks over the course of his ten seasons with the team. A native of Kamenogorsk , Kazakhstan , the 34-year-old puck stopper has a posted a career record of 293-178-29-37 in addition to a 2.39 G.A.A. and 0.912 SV%. He is one of only two players in NHL history to win at least 40 games in three consecutive seasons (Martin Brodeur is the other).

In 80 career playoff appearances with San Jose , Nabokov earned 40 victories while registering a G.A.A of 2.29 and a SV% of 0.914. The 6’0”, 200 lb. netminder won the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year in 2001, was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender in 2008, and backstopped Russia to a Gold Medal at the 2008 IIHF World Championships after registering a tournament-best G.A.A. of 1.78 in addition to a 0.929 SV% and two shutouts.

Evgeni Nabokov

Goalie

Born Jul 25 1975 -- Kamenogorsk , Kazakhstan

Height 6.00 -- Weight 200 -- Shoots L

Selected by San Jose Sharks round 9 #219 overall 1994 NHL Entry Draft

Season Team League GP Min GA SO GAA W L T SV%

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1997-98 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 33 1866 122 0 3.92 10 21 2 0.872

1998-99 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 43 2429 106 5 2.62 26 14 1 0.909

1999-00 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 2 120 3 1 1.50 1 1 0 0.952

1999-00 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 20 1164 52 0 2.68 12 4 3 0.920

1999-00 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 414 15 1 2.17 2 2 1 0.910

2000-01 San Jose Sharks NHL 66 3700 135 6 2.19 32 21 7 0.915

2001-02 San Jose Sharks NHL 67 3901 149 7 2.29 37 24 5 0.918

2002-03 San Jose Sharks NHL 55 3227 146 3 2.71 19 28 8 0.906

2003-04 San Jose Sharks NHL 59 3455 127 9 2.21 31 19 8 0.921

2005-06 San Jose Sharks NHL 45 2575 133 1 3.10 16 19 7 0.885

2006-07 San Jose Sharks NHL 50 2778 106 7 2.29 25 16 4 0.914

2007-08 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 4561 163 6 2.14 46 21 8 0.910

2008-09 San Jose Sharks NHL 62 3686 150 7 2.44 41 12 8 0.910

2009-10 San Jose Sharks NHL 71 4194 170 3 2.43 44 16 10 0.922

2010-11 St. Petersburg SKA KHL 22 1230 62 2 3.02 8 8 5 0.888

NHL totals 563 32491 1294 50 2.39 293 178 66 0.912