Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Éric Fichaud. In his one season with the Oilers, he shared the starting goaltender role with Bob Essensa, but was acquired by the Phoenix Coyotes at the end of the season and served as Nikolai Khabibulin's back up. After only a handful of games in Phoenix in late 1999, Shtalenkov was traded once more to the Florida Panthers for Sean Burke. In 2000, Shtalenkov returned to Dynamo Moscow and eventually retired from hockey in 2002. International play Shtalenkov excelled internationally over his career in which he represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team and Russia many times in the World Championships, Canada Cup, World Cup of Hockey and Winter Olympics. He also played in the 1991 Super Series for Dynamo Moscow versus various NHL teams. At the 1991 Canada Cup, while playing on a team that was missing most of its elite stars, he still managed to hold an undefeated Canada to a 3-3 tie in their last game. At the 1992 Winter Olympics he won a gold medal with the Unified Team as the starting goaltender. He was the 3rd Goalie at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey for Russia, though he did play against Germany in one of Russia's Exhibition games in which they won 4-2 in Landshut, Germany. On a team that was missing many of their top stars due to players declining and injuries, Shtalenkov carried the team to a silver medal with Russia with 4 wins in 5 games in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Personal life On March 27, 2012, Shtalenkov went missing after arriving to Moscow on a flight from Magnitogorsk two days earlier. Shtalenkov's wife phoned the police after her husband did not come home from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on Sunday and reported him missing. However, after being informed of the reports of his disappearance, Shtalenkov phoned his wife and informed her of his well being, according to police sources. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Transactions June 26, 1993 - Anaheim drafts Shtalenkov. June 26, 1998 - Nashville selects Shtalenkov in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft. October 1, 1998 - Nashville trades Shtalenkov and Jim Dowd to Edmonton in exchange for Drake Berehowsky, Greg De Vries and Éric Fichaud. March 11, 1999 - Edmonton trades Shtalenkov to Phoenix for a conditional draft choice. November 18, 1999 - Phoenix trades Shtalenkov to Florida along