In the playoffs, he was 39-31 with a 2.40 GAA, .917 save percentage and six shutouts.The original Winnipeg Jets selected Khabibulin in the ninth round (No. Controversy arose after the CIS captured the gold medal when legendary Russian coach Viktor Tikhonov kept a medal for himself (coaches and management are not awarded medals in Olympic hockey) instead of allowing Nikolai to have one, as Khabibulin had not played a game in the tournament. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Nikolai Khabibulin, 1973-01-13 Yekaterinburg, RUS Russia. The officer noted various signs that suggested he could have been under the influence of alcohol, and proceeded to administer a field sobriety test. He appeared in the 1992 World Junior Championships the next year and won a gold medal with the CIS, appearing in six games.On February 8, 2010, Nikolai was pulled over in Arizona by a police officer for surpassing the legal speed limit by 25 miles per hour. Associated With. I have to play better and we must make some defensive adjustmentsNikolai Ivanovich Khabibulin (Russian: Николай Иванович Хабибулин; born January 13, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Family Life. In his five seasons with the Jets/Coyotes franchise, Nikolai played in 60 games three times (including two instances playing 70 games), a heavy workload for a goaltender.During this year, Nikolai played for the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League (IHL), earning the league's MVP trophy.However, injuries once again limited his action. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup, the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo, the Stanley Cup Final logo, Center Ice name and logo, NHL Conference logos, NHL Winter Classic name, and The Biggest Assist Happens Off The Ice are registered trademarks and Stanley Cup Qualifiers name and logo, NHL.TV, Vintage Hockey word mark and logo, The Game Lives Where You Do, NHL Winter Classic logo, NHL Heritage Classic name and logo, NHL Stadium Series name and logo, NHL All-Star logo, NHL Face-Off name and logo, NHL. In 2013 he returned to Chicago and signed a one year deal worth $2 million. He was the first Russian goaltender to ever win the Stanley Cup He played with the Winnipeg Jets and the team moved and was renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.
From November of 2004, he played for Ak Bars Kazan in Kazan.Nikolai made his international debut with the Soviet Union at the 1991 European Junior Championships. At 15, Khabibulin was already a member of the Avtomobilist (Sverdlovsk) team.
Statistics of Nikolai Khabibulin, a hockey player from Sverdlovsk, Russia born Jan 13 1973 … He has previously played for the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Edmonton Oilers. He also played for the IHL’s Russian Penguins and the AHL’s Springfield Falcons. Khabibulin excelled at the international level, winning two Olympic medals and was named Best Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He became the first Russian goalie ever to win the Stanley Cup in 2004, winning the title with the Lightning.We play the USA tomorrow and that will be a tough game because the crowd will be with them. In 2009 he signed a four year deal worth $15 million with the Edmonton Oilers. The Blackhawks signed him to play that role behind Corey Crawford but he was injured in a loss to the Nashville Predators on Nov. 16, 2013 and never played again in the NHL.Khabibulin joined the Jets for the lockout-shortened 1994-95 season.