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 |
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 | 1986–2002 | ||
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 | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984–85 | ShVSM Kyiv | USSR-3 | — | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | SKA MVO Kalinin | USSR-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 28 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 34 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 48 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | CSKA Moscow | CIS | 30 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | ||
| 1991–92 | CSKA Moscow-2 | CIS-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 60 | 33 | 36 | 69 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 37 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 36 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 56 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NDA | 35 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NDA | 29 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | EC KAC | AUT | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Ambrì-Piotta | NDA | 40 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NDA | 32 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Hannover Scorpions | DEL | 52 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Hannover Scorpions | DEL | 58 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2001–02 | Hannover Scorpions | DEL | 48 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USSR/CIS totals | 178 | 46 | 37 | 83 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | ||||
| NHL totals | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database