Vitali Yeremeyev
Introduction '''Vitali Mikhailovich Yeremeyev''' (; born September 23, 1975) is a Kazakhstani former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 2000–01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2014, was spent in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Yeremeyev played for the Kazakhstani national team at several World Championships and the 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics.
Playing career Yeremeyev with Barys Astana in 2011.Yeremeyev was drafted the 9th round (209th overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers after his third season with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in which he won the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship's award for best goalie. He then played three seasons with CSKA Moscow, posting an incredible 1.66 GAA in 25 games during 1995-96.He bounced around the leagued a bit for the next few seasons, playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and CSKA Moscow before landing with Dynamo Moscow.In 2000, he powered the club to a league title, posting a 1.24 GAA in 26 games during the regular season, and a stunning 1.27 GAA during the playoffs. The next year, he got a shot at the National Hockey League with the Rangers, but was unable to replicate his performance and returned to Russia with Dynamo Moscow.In 2004-05, he won the Russian Superleague title again with Moscow, as well as the league's award for best goalie. Impressively, he managed to post an even better GAA in this season's playoff effort, starting 10 games and averaging just .90 goals against per game. He played another five years with Dynamo Moscow, until he was traded to Barys Astana in 2010.
International play Yeremeyev has competed for Kazakhstan more times than any other goalie in the country's history by far. In the 1994 World Championships, he was Evgeni Nabokov's teammate for the three years with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk as well as the lone international competition that Nabokov represented Kazakhstan. He has competed at two Olympics as well as 10 World Championships.Yeremeyev's top international performance came at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he carried an upstart Kazakhstan team all the way to the quarterfinals where Team Canada beat them 4–1.
Career statistics ===Regular season and playoffs===Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP  W  L  T  OTL  MIN  GA  SO  GAA  SV% GP  W  L  MIN  GA  SO  GAA  SV% 1991–92 Torpedo Ust-Kamengorsk-2 USSR-3 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1991–92 Torpedo Ust-Kamengorsk USSR —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1992–93 Torpedo Ust-Kamengorsk-2 RUS-2 28  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1992–93 Torpedo Ust-Kamengorsk RUS 2  —  —  —  —  120  12  0  6.00  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1993–94 Torpedo Ust-Kamengorsk RUS 19  —  —  —  —  1015  38  —  2.24  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1994–95 CSKA Moscow RUS 49  —  —  —  —  2733  97  7  2.13  — 2  —  —  120  8  —  4.00  — 1995–96 CSKA Moscow RUS 25  —  —  —  —  1339  37  5  1.66  — 3  —  —  179  7  0  2.34  .936 1995–96 CSKA Moscow-2 RUS-2 10  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1996–97 CSKA Moscow RSL 14  —  —  —  —  635  35  0  3.31  — 1  —  —  59  3  0  3.05  — 1997–98 Torpedo Yaroslavl RSL 17  —  —  —  —  979  19  3  1.16  — 4  1  2  —  —  —  2.38  — 1997–98 Torpedo Yaroslavl-2 RUS-2 2  —  —  —  —  —  4  —  —  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1998–99 CSKA Moscow RSL 19  11  5  1  —  1100  33  4  1.16  — —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 1999–00 Dynamo Moscow RSL 26  17  5  3  —  1564  32  7  1.23  .937 17  13  4  1039  22  4  1.27  .941 2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 4  0  4  0  —  213  16  0  4.52  .846 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 36  16  15  3  —  1977  98  2  2.97  .903 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2000–01 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 5  3  2  0  —  298  21  0  4.23  .898 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2001–02 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 3  1  2  0  —  179  9  0  3.01  .878 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2001–02 Dynamo Moscow RSL 20  10  7  3  —  1219  33  3  1.62  .932 3  0  3  177  11  0  3.73  .861 2002–03 Dynamo Moscow RSL 32  15  9  5  —  1836  65  4  2.12  .921 5  2  3  —301  12  0  2.39  .918 2003–04 Dynamo Moscow RSL 45  20  14  10  —  2745  86  6  1.88  .918 1  0  0  31  0  0  0.00  1.000 2004–05 Dynamo Moscow RSL 27  21  3  2  —  1595  33  9  1.24  .948 10  8  1  —599  9  3  0.90  .966 2005–06 Dynamo Moscow RSL 26  11  10  —  4  1561  50  3  1.92  .928 4  1  3  260  0  1  2.30  .933 2006–07 Dynamo Moscow RSL 34  16  12  —  2  1947  78  2  2.40  .916 3  0  4  179  11  0  3.69  .861 2007–08 Dynamo Moscow RSL 36  15  19  —  0  —  —  3  2.29  .920 8  4  3  —  —  0  2.61  .904 2008–09 Dynamo Moscow KHL 32  22  7  —  2  1859  69  2  2.23  .904 12  8  4  —  —  1  1.63  .927 2009–10 Dynamo Moscow KHL 33  16  11  —  2  1770  70  4  2.37  .920 4  1  3  —  —  0  2.61  .915 2010–11 Barys Astana KHL 35  15  15  —  4  2035  78  2  2.30  .927 2  0  2  119  7  0  3.53  .910 2011–12 Barys Astana KHL 32  15  11  —  2  1703  70  2  2.47  .925 7  3  4  424  17  0  2.41  .925 2012–13 Barys Astana KHL 23  12  7  —  2  1249  64  2  3.07  .897 4  2  2  254  12  0  2.84  .915 2013–14 Barys Astana KHL 20  9  8  —  1  1132  58  0  3.07  .901 10  6  4  576  22  0  2.29  .920 NHL totals 4  0  4  0  —  213  16  0  4.52  .846 —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —===International=== Year Team Event  GP  W  L  T  MIN  GA  SO  GAA  SV% 1994 Kazakhstan WC-C 4  —  —  —  —  6  —  1.64  .931 1995 Kazakhstan WC-C 3  —  —  —  —  4  —  1.50  — 1996 Kazakhstan WC-C 7  —  —  —  —  10  —  1.53  — 1997 Kazakhstan WC-B 6  —  —  —  —  17  —  2.92  .915 1998 Kazakhstan OLY 7  1  3  1  292  28  0  5.76  .835 1998 Kazakhstan WC 3  0  2  0  143  11  —  4.61  .876 1999 Kazakhstan WC-B 3  —  —  —  145  5  1  2.07  .953 2004 Kazakhstan WC 5  1  3  1  221  12  1  3.26  .887 2006 Kazakhstan OLY 3  1  2  0  180  10  0  3.33  .914 2010 Kazakhstan WC 5  0  5  0  300  21  0  4.20  .850 2011 Kazakhstan WC-I 4  4  0  0  243  6  0  1.49  .925 2012 Kazakhstan WC 4  0  3  0  181  12  0  4.00  .892 2014 Kazakhstan WC 4  0  3  0  197  12  0  3.65  .890 WC and OLY totals 31  3  21  2  1514  106  1  4.20  —
Awards and achievements *Russian Superleague: 1999–00, 2004–05 (with Dynamo Moscow)*IIHF European Champions Cup: 2006 (with Dynamo Moscow)*Spengler Cup: 2008 (with Dynamo Moscow)*Golden Helmet Award: 1999–00, 2004–05
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