Serhiy Klymentiev

Serhiy Klymentiev
Serhiy Klymentiev
	Klymentiev in 2010
Born	April 5, 1975 (age 49); Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
BLR team; Former teams	Sokil Kyiv; Salavat Yulaev Ufa; Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod; Avangard Omsk; Ak Bars Kazan; Metallurg Magnitogorsk; HC MVD Moscow Oblast
National team	Ukraine
NHL draft	121st overall, 1994; Buffalo Sabres
Playing career	1994–2013

Serhiy Volodomyrovych Klymentiev (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Климентьєв; born April 5, 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Career

Klymentiev was named best defenceman at the C Pool of the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in Odense, Denmark. He played junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL during the 1993–1994 and 1994–1995 seasons. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres 121st overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and spent 3 seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate the Rochester Americans. In 1998, he signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and was once more sent to the AHL, suiting up for the Philadelphia Phantoms. He was traded to the Nashville Predators for cash in the same season, playing for the Milwaukee Admirals their International Hockey League affiliate. He returned to Russia in 1999 having never played in the National Hockey League. He only ever returned to North America once, where he played seven games for the IHL's Houston Aeros. He retired in 2013^[1] and as of that time works as an assistant coach of Sokil Kyiv.^[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	ShVSM Kyiv	CIS.3	8	1	1	2	4	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Sokil Kyiv	RUS	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
1992–93	Sokil–2 Kyiv	RUS.2	36	1	4	5	40	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	72	16	26	42	165	3	0	0	0	4
1994–95	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL	71	19	45	64	146	5	4	2	6	14
1994–95	Rochester Americans	AHL	7	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
1995–96	Rochester Americans	AHL	70	7	29	36	74	19	2	8	10	16
1996–97	Rochester Americans	AHL	77	14	28	42	114	10	1	4	5	28
1997–98	Rochester Americans	AHL	57	4	22	26	94	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	43	5	12	17	99	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL	35	4	11	15	59	2	0	0	0	6
1999–2000	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL	33	5	7	12	52	15	2	2	4	30
2000–01	Houston Aeros	IHL	7	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL	20	1	3	4	36	12	1	9	10	41
2000–01	Metallurg–2 Magnitogorsk	RUS.3	2	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL	47	6	24	30	46	9	1	3	4	14
2002–03	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL	45	4	10	14	88	2	0	0	0	6
2003–04	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	RSL	59	2	19	21	106	14	0	5	5	8
2004–05	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL	40	2	2	4	32	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Ak Bars–2 Kazan	RUS.3	5	3	4	7	2	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL	40	0	1	1	71	13	1	0	1	24
2006–07	HC MVD	RSL	54	12	27	39	116	3	0	1	1	6
2007–08	Avangard Omsk	RSL	51	3	9	12	87	3	0	0	0	8
2008–09	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	19	0	1	1	28	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	20	2	3	5	40	1	0	0	0	2
2009–10	Sokol Kyiv	BLR	48	5	21	26	141	8	0	2	2	18
2010–11	Sokol Kyiv	BLR	50	11	23	34	108	2	0	2	2	4
2011–12	Sokol Kyiv	UKR	24	3	17	20	6	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Sokol Kyiv	UKR	25	1	3	4	28	—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals			254	30	91	121	389	30	3	12	15	44
RSL totals			389	35	102	137	634	71	5	20	25	137

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993	Ukraine	WJC C	4	2	4	6	6
1993	Ukraine	EJC C	4	2	2	4	14
1999	Ukraine	WC	3	1	1	2	6
1999	Ukraine	WC Q	3	0	0	0	6
2000	Ukraine	WC	6	0	1	1	8
2001	Ukraine	OGQ	3	0	2	2	6
2001	Ukraine	WC	6	1	2	3	20
2002	Ukraine	OG	4	0	1	1	8
2002	Ukraine	WC	6	1	3	4	16
2003	Ukraine	WC	6	0	2	2	10
2005	Ukraine	WC	6	1	0	1	6
2006	Ukraine	WC	5	0	0	0	26
2007	Ukraine	WC	6	1	1	2	46
2008	Ukraine	WC D1	5	1	4	5	6
2009	Ukraine	OGQ	3	1	0	1	0
2009	Ukraine	WC D1	5	2	1	3	8
2010	Ukraine	WC D1	5	0	2	2	4
2011	Ukraine	WC D1	5	1	2	3	6
2012	Ukraine	WC D1A	5	1	1	2	2
2013	Ukraine	OGQ	3	0	1	1	0
Junior totals			8	4	6	10	20
Senior totals			85	11	24	35	184

References

^ "Климентьев завершил карьеру" (in Russian). 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "Сокол: Лубнин — главный тренер, Климентьев — ассистент" [Sokil: Lubnin - head coach, Klymentiev - assistant] (in Russian). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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[1] "Климентьев завершил карьеру" (in Russian). 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[2] "Сокол: Лубнин — главный тренер, Климентьев — ассистент" [Sokil: Lubnin - head coach, Klymentiev - assistant] (in Russian). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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