Igor Chibirev

Ihor Viktorovich "Igor" Chibirev (Ukrainian: Ігор Вікторович Чибирєв; born April 19, 1968) is a retired Ukrainian ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers.

Igor Chibirev
Born (1968-04-19) April 19, 1968
Penza, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Hartford Whalers
National team  Ukraine
NHL Draft 266th overall, 1993
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 19862002

Chibirev began his career in the Vysshaya Liga for SKA Kalinin before moving to the Soviet Hockey League for CSKA Moscow. After a spell in the International Hockey League for the Fort Wayne Komets, Chibirev was drafted 266th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and over two seasons he played 45 regular season games for the Whalers, scoring 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points. Three of those goals came in an 8-4 Hartford road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 5, 1995. In 1995, he moved to Switzerland's Nationalliga A and signed for HC Ambri-Piotta and spent three seasons with the team, which included a short spell in Austria with EC KAC. Chibirev later moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron for one season before moving to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Hannover Scorpions where he remained until his retirement in 2002. He represented the Ukraine national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 ShVSM Kyiv USSR-3 617
1986–87 SKA MVO Kalinin USSR-2 60112
1987–88 CSKA Moscow USSR 285168
1988–89 CSKA Moscow USSR 34791616
1989–90 CSKA Moscow USSR 48821012
1990–91 CSKA Moscow USSR 40109194
1991–92 CSKA Moscow CIS 3016163212 851624
1991–92 CSKA Moscow-2 CIS-3 10000
1992–93 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 603336692 12713202
1993–94 Hartford Whalers NHL 37411152
1993–94 Springfield Indians AHL 362823514
1994–95 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 5634286210
1994–95 Hartford Whalers NHL 83140
1995–96 HC Ambrì-Piotta NDA 3536336912 656114
1996–97 HC Ambrì-Piotta NDA 291526412
1996–97 EC KAC AUT 82572
1997–98 HC Ambrì-Piotta NDA 4035417624 13914238
1998–99 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NDA 3213142725
1999–00 Hannover Scorpions DEL 5225255024
2000–01 Hannover Scorpions DEL 582534596 62244
2001–02 Hannover Scorpions DEL 481019294
USSR/CIS totals 17846378352 851624
NHL totals 45712192

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Ukraine OG 4 2 1 3 2
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