Igor Varitsky

Igor Konstantinovich Varitsky is an ice hockey executive and retired player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He is currently the general manager for the Shanghai Dragons, and formerly held that role for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC Vityaz. He has been praised by sports journalists for scouting European and North American players for the KHL. Varitsky was born on April 25, 1971, in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union and played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, Severstal Cherepovets, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

Varitsky was the world champion in 1993 and he also won the Russian Cup in 1998.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Traktor Chelyabinsk URS 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1988–89 Metallurg Chelyabinsk URS.2 17 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 1989–90 Metallurg Chelyabinsk URS.2 50 12 9 21 20 — — — — — 1990–91 Mechel Chelyabinsk URS.2 54 17 10 27 34 — — — — — 1991–92 Traktor Chelyabinsk CIS 36 7 4 11 8 8 3 3 6 4 1991–92 Mechel Chelyabinsk CIS.2 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1992–93 Traktor Chelyabinsk IHL 41 24 15 39 14 8 3 2 5 8 1993–94 Traktor Chelyabinsk IHL 43 19 22 41 28 6 4 4 8 2 1994–95 Traktor Chelyabinsk IHL 51 26 21 47 26 3 3 0 3 4 1995–96 Kassel Huskies DEL 21 6 4 10 10 — — — — — 1995–96 EC Hannover DEL 22 11 12 23 14 3 0 2 2 2 1995–96 Metallurg Magnitogorsk IHL 3 0 1 1 0 8 1 2 3 0 1996–97 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 44 13 16 29 32 11 2 4 6 6 1997–98 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 33 2 12 14 43 — — — — — 1997–98 Metallurg–2 Magnitogorsk RUS.3 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Lada Togliatti RSL — — — — — 4 1 0 1 4 1998–99 HC Vítkovice ELH 50 10 24 34 45 4 2 1 3 4 1999–2000 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 33 4 11 15 10 7 1 0 1 2 2000–01 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 36 7 7 14 14 9 0 1 1 0 2000–01 Severstal–2 Cherepovets RUS.3 1 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 15 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Severstal–2 Cherepovets RUS.3 4 3 2 5 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Mechel Chelyabinsk RSL 19 3 7 10 18 — — — — — 2002–03 Mechel Chelyabinsk RSL 51 14 10 24 26 — — — — — 2003–04 Salavat Yulaev Ufa RSL 57 7 11 18 32 — — — — — 2003–04 Salavat Yulaev–2 Ufa RUS.3 4 3 2 5 0 — — — — — 2004–05 Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS.2 43 14 12 26 32 4 0 0 0 0 2005–06 Mechel Chelyabinsk RUS.2 45 11 22 33 58 4 0 1 1 4 2006–07 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg RUS.2 56 16 37 53 44 7 3 3 6 4 2007–08 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg RUS.2 37 10 17 27 24 — — — — — IHL totals 138 69 59 128 68 25 11 8 19 14 RSL totals 288 51 74 125 179 31 4 5 9 12

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1993 Russia WC 8 0 0 0 0 1994 Russia OG 4th 8 1 1 2 2 Senior totals 16 1 1 2 2