- Vladimir Vorobiev
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team=Salavat Yulaev Ufa
former_teams =HC Dynamo Moscow Severstal Cherepovets Ak Bars Kazan
league = KHL
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 200
nickname =
nationality = RUS
birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|11|2|mf=y
birth_place =Cherepovets , USSR
draft = 240th overall
draft_year = 1992
draft_team =New York Rangers
career_start = 1992
career_end =Vladimir Vorobiev (b.
November 2 ,1972 inCherepovets ,Russia ) is a professionalice hockey forward. He was selected in the tenth round of the1992 NHL Entry Draft , 240th overall, by theNew York Rangers . The vast majority of his career has been spent in theRussian Super League , and he currently plays forSalavat Yulaev Ufa in theKontinental Hockey League which replaced the RSL in 2008.North American career
Vorobiev did not come to North America until five years after he had been drafted, for the
1996–97 NHL season . He split time between the Rangers, theHartford Wolf Pack and theBinghamton Rangers of the AHL. He was traded to theEdmonton Oilers and spent two seasons in their system, (playing only two games at the NHL level, despite scoring a goal in both games) before returning to Russia.Transactions
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March 23 ,1999 - New York trades Vorobiev to Edmonton for Kevin BrownHonours
*International Hockey League: 1995 (with Dynamo)
*Russian Super League : 2005 (with Dynamo)
*European Champions cup : 2006 (with Dynamo)
*Russian Super League : 2006 (with Ak Bars)
*European Champions cup : 2007 (with Ak Bars)External links
*hockeydb|22834
*legendsofhockey|14836
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