Pavel Torgayev

Pavel Viktorovich Torgayev (; born January 25, 1966) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He played 55 games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning from 1995 to 1999. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1982 to 2005, was mainly spent in Russia. He was selected by the Flames in the 11th round of the 1994 NHL entry draft. Internationally Torgayev played for the Soviet Union national junior team and then the Russian national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1995 World Championships.

Playing career Torgaev spent 12 seasons in the Soviet League before moving to Finland for two years in 1993. After being drafted by the Flames, Torgaev came to North America, where he appeared in 41 regular season games with the Flames in 1995–96, recording six goals and ten assists in 41 games. After returning to Europe to play in Switzerland for three seasons, Torgaev once again returned to the NHL in 1999–00, Torgaev appeared in nine more games with the Flames before being claimed by Tampa Bay on waivers. After playing five more games with the Lightning, he refused an assignment to the minor leagues, and returned to Russia, where he remained until his retirement following the 2004–05 season.

Torgaev represented his nation internationally several times. He was a member of the bronze medal winning Soviet team at the 1985 World Junior Championships. Torgaev was also a member of the Russian national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics, scoring two goals as the Russians finished fourth. In 1995, he again represented Russia at the World Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1982–83 Torpedo Gorky USSR 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Torpedo Gorky USSR 27 2 3 5 8 — — — — — 1984–85 Torpedo Gorky USSR 47 11 5 16 52 — — — — — 1985–86 Torpedo Gorky USSR 38 1 4 5 18 — — — — — 1986–87 Torpedo Gorky USSR 40 6 9 15 30 — — — — — 1987–88 Torpedo Gorky USSR 25 7 4 11 14 — — — — — 1988–89 Torpedo Gorky USSR 26 6 3 9 17 — — — — — 1989–90 Torpedo Gorky USSR 48 18 5 23 64 — — — — — 1990–91 Torpedo Gorky USSR 37 10 5 15 22 — — — — — 1991–92 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod CIS 36 11 2 13 42 9 2 2 4 4 1992–93 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS 5 1 0 1 4 — — — — — 1992–93 Kiekko–67 FIN-2 30 16 20 36 48 — — — — — 1993–94 TPS FIN 47 19 11 30 60 3 0 1 1 14 1994–95 JYP FIN 50 13 18 31 44 4 0 1 1 25 1995–96 Calgary Flames NHL 6 10 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 1995–96 Saint John Flames AHL 16 11 6 17 18 — — — — — 1996–97 Saint John Flames AHL 5 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 1996–97 HC Lugano NDA 34 18 21 39 87 8 3 3 6 10 1997–98 HC Davos NDA 38 20 27 47 65 17 6 9 15 14 1998–99 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 26 15 11 26 36 — — — — — 1999–00 Calgary Flames NHL 9 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 1999–00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 5 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 36 8 9 17 47 — — — — — 2000–01 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RSL 24 6 6 12 14 — — — — — 2001–02 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 46 11 17 28 40 4 0 2 2 0 2002–03 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 41 2 8 10 38 12 1 2 3 8 2003–04 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RSL 56 4 10 14 72 — — — — — 2004–05 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 57 6 8 14 58 — — — — — USSR/CIS totals 328 72 41 113 267 9 2 2 4 4 RSL totals 224 28 50 78 224 16 1 4 5 8 NHL totals 55 6 14 20 20 1 0 0 0 0

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1984 Soviet Union EJC 5 0 4 4 8 1985 Soviet Union WJC 7 2 2 4 8 1986 Soviet Union WJC 7 2 2 4 6 1994 Russia OLY 8 2 1 3 10 1995 Russia WC 6 0 2 2 4 Junior totals 19 4 8 12 22 Senior totals 14 2 3 5 14