Andrei Trefilov

Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov ; born 31 August 1969) is a Russian retired ice hockey goaltender and a sports agent. He played in the National Hockey League between 1992 and 1999 with the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Chicago Blackhawks. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2006, was spent in the North American minor leagues and in Europe.

Internationally Trefilov first played for the Soviet national team at the 1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships and 1991 Canada Cup, where he shared goal tending with Alexei Marjin. He also represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal, and then the Russian national team at the 1992, 1993 and 1996 World Championships, as well as the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a silver.

Playing career Trefilov played several seasons in the Soviet Championship League. He was selected in the 12th round of the 1991 NHL entry draft, 261st overall, by the Calgary Flames. He started his National Hockey League career in 1993 with the Calgary Flames and he went on to spend time with the Chicago Blackhawks, and Buffalo Sabres. He was one of the goaltenders for the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He also played for Russia in two Olympic Winter Games. His last club was the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany, where he played until 2006.

As a member of the IHL's Detroit Vipers, Trefilov shared the James Norris Memorial Trophy with Kevin Weekes for allowing the fewest goals in the IHL in 1999 and won the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy as the IHL playoff most valuable player in 2000 with the Chicago Wolves. He was also the starting goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres in the last game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, on 14 April 1996.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1986–87 Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk USSR-3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk USSR-3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Dizelist Penza USSR-3 14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Dynamo-2 Moscow USSR-3 16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo Moscow USSR 20 — — — 1070 36 0 2.01 — — — — — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo-2 Moscow USSR-3 14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Dynamo Moscow USSR 28 — — — 1326 35 0 1.58 — 7 — — — — — — — 1991–92 Dynamo-2 Moscow USSR-3 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 1 65 5 0 4.62 .872 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 44 23 17 3 2536 135 0 3.19 .896 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Calgary Flames NHL 11 3 4 2 623 26 2 2.51 .915 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Saint John Flames AHL 28 10 10 7 1629 93 0 3.42 .894 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0 3 0 236 16 0 4.07 .877 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Saint John Flames AHL 7 1 5 1 383 20 0 3.13 .915 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres NHL 22 8 8 1 1094 64 0 3.51 .903 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 5 4 1 0 299 13 0 2.61 .906 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 2 0 159 10 0 3.78 .898 1 0 0 6 0 0 0.00 1.000 1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 1 4 0 300 17 0 3.41 .883 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 3 1 0 1 138 6 0 2.60 .924 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.03 .914 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 1 0 25 4 0 9.70 .800 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Calgary Flames NHL 4 0 3 0 162 11 0 4.08 .869 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 18 9 6 2 986 39 0 2.37 .934 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Detroit Vipers IHL 27 17 8 2 1613 53 3 1.97 .926 10 6 4 647 22 0 2.04 .921 1998–99 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 3 2 0 0 160 7 1 2.63 .907 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Ak Bars-3 Kazan RUS-3 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Chicago Wolves IHL 37 21 9 3 2060 81 3 2.36 .919 9 7 1 489 11 1 1.35 .950 2000–01 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 50 — — — 2864 120 2 2.51 .916 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 DEG Metro Stars DEL 58 — — — 3469 131 7 2.27 .912 — — — — — — — — 2002–03 DEG Metro Stars DEL 37 — — — 2216 79 5 2.14 .912 5 1 4 302 17 1 3.38 .853 2003–04 DEG Metro Stars DEL 35 — — — 2095 78 4 2.23 .908 4 0 4 252 15 0 3.57 .876 2004–05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 30 — — — 1743 85 3 2.92 .900 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 DEG Metro Stars DEL 23 — — — 1234 44 0 2.14 .918 14 7 7 839 43 0 3.08 .854 NHL totals 54 12 25 4 2662 153 2 3.45 .897 1 0 0 6 0 0 0.00 1.000

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1991 Soviet Union WC 8 5 1 2 400 18 0 2.70 .875 1991 Soviet Union CC 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.00 1.000 1992 Unified Team OLY 4 0 0 0 39 2 0 3.08 .875 1992 Russia WC 2 1 0 0 66 2 0 1.82 — 1993 Russia WC 6 4 2 0 360 14 0 2.33 .917 1996 Russia WC 5 4 1 0 310 7 0 1.35 .956 1996 Russia WCH 4 2 1 0 200 9 1 3.00 .906 1998 Russia OLY 2 1 0 0 69 4 0 3.45 .895 Senior totals 32 17 5 2 1448 56 1 2.32 —