Evgeni Nabokov

Evgeni Nabokov is a Kazakh-born Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender, born on 25 July 1975, nicknamed Nabby. He began with his hometown club Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, was selected 219th overall in the 1994 NHL draft by the San Jose Sharks, and played for the Sharks, the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning, as well as Dynamo Moscow, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and SKA Saint Petersburg in Russia. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best first-year player in 2001, was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy in 2008 and in 2002 became the seventh goaltender in NHL history to score a goal. Internationally he first played for Kazakhstan in 1994, then joined Russia, played at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and won gold at the 2008 World Championships. He later became goaltending coach of the Sharks.