Sergei Fedorov

Sergei Fedorov, whose surname is also romanised Fyodorov, is a Russian former professional ice hockey player born in 1969, best known for 13 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, mainly as a centre. He was one of the first players to defect from the Soviet Union to play in the National Hockey League, won the Stanley Cup three times with Detroit and was the first European-trained winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy, in 1994. He played over 1,200 NHL games and scored 483 goals, later coached CSKA Moscow, entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015, and had his number 91 retired by the Red Wings in 2026.