Andrei Lomakin

Andrei Vyacheslavovich Lomakin (, April 3, 1964 – December 9, 2006) was a professional ice hockey player who played parts of four seasons in the NHL with the Philadelphia Flyers and Florida Panthers. He played in the Soviet Union prior to that, earning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics while a member of the Soviet national team.

Playing career Born in Voskresensk, he played four seasons with Khimik Voskresensk before moving to HC Dynamo Moscow. Lomakin was drafted in the 7th round, 138th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1991 NHL entry draft. After ten seasons in Russia, Lomakin made his NHL debut in 1991 at the age of 27. He became the first Russian player to ever play for the Flyers, playing 108 games over two seasons, from 1991–92 to 1992–93, scoring 50 points. He spent two more seasons in the NHL with the Florida Panthers, including a career-high 19 goals and 47 points in their inaugural season of 1993–94. He finished his playing career with the Frankfurt Lions of the DEL in 1996–97 at the age of 33.

Death Lomakin died on December 9, 2006, after a long battle with cancer.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1981–82 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 8 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1982–83 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 56 15 8 23 32 — — — — — 1983–84 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 44 10 8 18 26 — — — — — 1984–85 Khimik Voskresensk USSR 52 13 10 23 24 — — — — — 1986–87 Dynamo Moscow USSR 40 15 14 29 30 — — — — — 1987–88 Dynamo Moscow USSR 45 10 15 25 24 — — — — — 1988–89 Dynamo Moscow USSR 44 9 16 25 22 — — — — — 1989–90 Dynamo Moscow USSR 48 11 15 26 36 — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo Moscow USSR 45 16 17 33 22 — — — — — 1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 2 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 1991–92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 57 14 16 30 26 — — — — — 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 51 8 12 20 34 — — — — — 1993–94 Florida Panthers NHL 76 19 28 47 26 — — — — — 1994–95 Florida Panthers NHL 31 1 6 7 6 — — — — — 1995–96 Eisbären Berlin DEL 26 21 14 35 30 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 8 3 3 6 10 4 0 5 5 4 1996–97 Eisbären Berlin DEL 30 7 8 15 10 — — — — — 1996–97 Frankfurt Lions DEL 12 3 4 7 10 3 0 0 0 0 USSR/CIS totals 384 101 107 208 220 — — — — — NHL totals 215 42 62 104 92 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1982 Soviet Union EJC 5 2 0 2 6 1984 Soviet Union WJC 7 5 5 10 2 1987 Soviet Union CC 9 2 4 6 10 1988 Soviet Union OG 8 1 3 4 2 1991 Soviet Union WC 10 3 3 6 4 1991 Soviet Union CC 5th 5 0 2 2 0 Junior totals 12 7 5 12 8 Senior totals 32 6 12 18 16