Andrei Mezin

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Goalie
catches = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 175
team = Metallurg Magnitogorsk
league = KHL
nationality = Belarus
birth_date = July 8, 1974
birth_place = Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.
career_start = 1993-

Andrei Mezin (born July 8, 1974 in Chelyabinsk, U.S.S.R.) is a Belarusian goaltender currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Mezin gained international attention in 2002 as a member of the Belarus national men's ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Despite not winning a game in the Group D round robin, Belarus challenged the Sweden national men's ice hockey team in the tournament round robin. Mezin was stellar, holding a star-laden Swedish team to only 3 goals on over 50 shots. The game was won by Belarus late in the third through a long shot gaffe made by Tommy Salo in the Swedish net. Belarus ended up finishing in fourth place.

Career

""'Team League Season Regular Season PlayoffsGP GD G A P PIM GAA PCT GP GD G A P PIM GAA PCT""'

*1993-94 Roanoke Express - ECHL 1.00 0 0 0 18 1 1 0 3.28 0 1 0 2 0.667 - - - -
*1995-96 Fort Wayne Komets - CoHL 1.00 0 0 0 35 1 0 0 1.72 0 0 0 23 0.958 - - - -
*1995-96 Flint Generals - IHL 40.00 0 1 2 2270 132 1 1 3.49 27 9 2 1001 0.883 8 0 0 0
*1996-97 Rochester Americans - AHL 7.00 0 1 0 386 31 1 0 4.82 3 3 1 166 0.843 - - - -
*1996-97 Las Vegas Thunder - IHL 10.00 0 0 0 490 33 1 0 4.04 4 5 0 250 0.883 - - - -
*1996-97 Flint Generals - CoHL 25.00 0 0 8 1416 58 1 2 2.46 19 4 1 531 0.902 4 0 0 0
*1997-98 Detroit Vipers - IHL 4.00 0 1 0 178 8 0 0 2.69 2 1 0 46 0.852 - - - -
*1997-98 Flint Generals - UHL 27.00 0 2 4 1488 86 1 1 3.47 21 5 0 663 0.885 8 0 1 2
*1998-99 Nuernberg Ice Tigers - DEL 48.00 0 1 32
*1999-00 Berlin Capitals - DEL 56.00 0 2 72 7 0 1 0
*2000-01 Berlin Capitals - DEL 58.00 0 4 26 5 0 0 12
*2001-02 Berlin Capitals - DEL 54.00 0 3 58 3147 166 0 4 3.16 0 0 0 1389 0.893 - - - -
*2002-03 Ak Bars Kazan - Vysshaya Liga 1.00 0 0 0 - - - -
*2003-04 HC České Budějovice - Czech Extraliga 15.00 0 0 12 805 40 0 1 2.98 4 9 2 376 0.904 - - - -
*2004-05 SKA Saint Petersburg - Vysshaya Liga 42.00 0 0 6 - - - -
*2005-06 Salavat Yulaev Ufa - Vysshaya Liga 38.00 0 1 10 2183 72 0 2 1.98 0 0 0 934 0.923 6 0 0 0
*2006-07 Salavat Yulaev Ufa - Vysshaya Liga 19.00 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
*2008-09 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - KHL 0 0 0

Titles
*Belarus Player of the Year (1998, 1999, 2005, 2006)
*All-Star Team (WC 2006)

Links

* [http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=15002 Eurohockey Profile]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=20426 Hockey Database Profile]