Igor Chibirev

Ihor Viktorovich "Igor" Chibirev (; born April 19, 1968) is a Ukrainian retired ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers.

Career Chibirev began his career in the Vysshaya Liga for SKA Kalinin before moving to the Soviet Hockey League for CSKA Moscow. After a spell in the International Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets, Chibirev was drafted 266th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 NHL entry draft. Over two seasons, he played 45 regular season games for the Whalers, scoring seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points. Three of those goals came in an 8–4 Hartford road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on April 5, 1995. In 1995, he moved to Switzerland's Nationalliga A and signed with HC Ambrì-Piotta. He spent three seasons with the team, including a short spell in Austria with EC KAC. Chibirev later moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron for one season before joining the Hannover Scorpions of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he remained until his retirement in 2002. He represented the Ukraine national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 ShVSM Kyiv URS–3 — 6 1 7 — — — — — — 1986–87 SKA MVO Kalinin URS–2 6 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1987–88 CSKA Moscow URS 28 5 1 6 8 — — — — — 1988–89 CSKA Moscow URS 34 7 9 16 16 — — — — — 1989–90 CSKA Moscow URS 48 8 2 10 12 — — — — — 1990–91 CSKA Moscow URS 40 10 9 19 4 — — — — — 1991–92 CSKA Moscow CIS 30 16 16 32 12 8 5 1 6 24 1991–92 CSKA–2 Moscow CIS–3 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 60 33 36 69 2 12 7 13 20 2 1993–94 Hartford Whalers NHL 37 4 11 15 2 — — — — — 1993–94 Springfield Indians AHL 36 28 23 51 4 — — — — — 1994–95 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 56 34 28 62 10 — — — — — 1994–95 Hartford Whalers NHL 8 3 1 4 0 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Ambrì–Piotta NDA 35 36 33 69 12 6 5 6 11 4 1996–97 HC Ambrì–Piotta NDA 29 15 26 41 2 — — — — — 1996–97 EC KAC AUT 8 2 5 7 2 — — — — — 1997–98 HC Ambrì–Piotta NDA 40 35 41 76 24 13 9 14 23 8 1998–99 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 32 13 14 27 25 — — — — — 1999–00 Hannover Scorpions DEL 52 25 25 50 24 — — — — — 2000–01 Hannover Scorpions DEL 58 25 34 59 6 6 2 2 4 4 2001–02 Hannover Scorpions DEL 48 10 19 29 4 — — — — — URS/CIS totals 178 46 37 83 52 8 5 1 6 24 NHL totals 45 7 12 19 2 — — — — — NDA totals 136 99 114 213 63 19 14 20 34 12

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Ukraine OG 4 2 1 3 2 Senior totals 4 2 1 3 2