Sergei Vyshedkevich

Sergei Iosifovich Vyshedkevich (born January 3, 1975) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenseman who last played for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the third round, 70th overall, of the 1995 NHL entry draft.

Career After playing two seasons with Dynamo Moscow, Vyshedkevich came to North America to play with the Devils' AHL affiliate, the Albany River Rats, in the 1996–97 season. Vyshedkevich played three full seasons with the River Rats before the Devils traded him to the expansion Atlanta Thrashers as part of a deal during the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft.

While with the Thrashers, Vyshedkevich appeared in 30 NHL games across two seasons, scoring two goals and adding five assists. During the 2001–02 season, the Thrashers traded him to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim along with Scott Langkow in exchange for Ladislav Kohn. He finished the season with Anaheim's AHL affiliate, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. He returned to Russia to play for Dynamo Moscow of the Russian Super League the following season.

He spent his final professional season with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League, successor to the RSL.

Honours International Hockey League: 1995 (with Dynamo) Russian Championship: 2005 European Champions cup: 2006

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1993–94 Dynamo Moskva IHL — — — — — 4 0 2 2 2 1994–95 Dynamo Moskva IHL 49 6 7 13 67 14 2 0 2 12 1995–96 Dynamo Moskva IHL 49 5 4 9 12 13 1 1 2 6 1996–97 Albany River Rats AHL 65 8 27 35 16 12 0 6 6 0 1997–98 Albany River Rats AHL 54 12 16 28 12 13 0 10 10 4 1998–99 Albany River Rats AHL 79 11 38 49 28 5 0 3 3 0 1999–00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 7 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 1999–00 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 69 11 23 34 32 6 3 3 6 8 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 23 1 2 3 14 — — — — — 2000–01 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 10 2 3 5 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 17 3 2 5 2 — — — — — 2001–02 Dynamo Moskva Russia 51 5 7 12 56 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Dynamo Moskva Russia 50 4 8 12 58 5 0 2 2 36 2003–04 Dynamo Moskva Russia 58 3 6 9 73 3 0 0 0 2 2004–05 Dynamo Moskva Russia 58 5 8 13 34 10 0 1 1 8 2005–06 Dynamo Moskva Russia 51 2 4 6 42 4 0 0 0 16 2006–07 Dynamo Moskva Russia 54 3 15 18 109 3 1 2 3 4 2007–08 Dynamo Moskva Russia 57 3 13 16 80 9 2 1 3 6 2008–09 Dynamo Moskva KHL 51 3 12 15 64 12 0 0 0 10 2009–10 Dynamo Moskva KHL 47 2 7 9 48 4 0 0 0 0 2010–11 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 54 1 14 15 30 — — — — — NHL totals 30 2 5 7 16 — — — — — AHL totals 215 34 83 117 58 30 0 19 19 4 Russia totals 477 36 72 108 531 68 6 9 15 92

International statistics Year Team Event Place GP G A Pts PIM 1995 Russia WJC 7 1 6 7 4 2002 Russia WC 9 0 0 0 8 2003 Russia WC 5th 7 0 0 0 2 2005 Russia WC 9 1 1 2 6 Senior int'l totals 25 1 1 2 16