Yan Golubovsky

Yan Valerievich Golubovsky (; born March 9, 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player.

Draft He was drafted 1st (23rd overall) by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1994 NHL entry draft.

Playing career In early 1993, Golubovsky played as a defenceman for Dynamo Moscow's second team and was noticed early on. He made the jump later that season to the touring Russian Penguins of the IHL and was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in 1994. He spent three full years in the AHL with the Adirondack Red Wings before finally being called up to play for the Detroit Red Wings in 1997. However, his NHL debut was short-lived as he did not develop as much as the team hoped, causing Golubovsky to split his time between the AHL and NHL. The following three seasons saw the same for Yan, being called up to the NHL, only to be sent back down after a handful of games.

On December 28, 2000, he was traded to the Florida Panthers for center Igor Larionov, but continued to split time between the NHL and AHL within the Panthers organization.

In 2001, Golubovsky signed with Magnitogorsk Metallurg of the RSL and spent the next four years being shuttled between teams. After stints with CSKA Moscow, Cherepovets Severstal, and SKA Saint Petersburg, he signed a contract to play for Leksands IF of the Swedish Elite League for the 05–06 season.

Post-playing career On 22 June 2021, he was officially deemed a fugitive from justice after missing a court date. He was charged with misappropriation of 17 million rubles (approximately 200,000 euros) while working as the general director of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.2 41 1 0 1 20 — — — — — 1993–94 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.2 36 3 2 5 56 — — — — — 1994–95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 57 4 2 6 39 — — — — — 1995–96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 71 5 16 21 97 3 0 0 0 2 1996–97 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 62 2 11 13 67 4 0 0 0 0 1997–98 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 52 1 15 16 57 3 0 0 0 2 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 1998–99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 0 1 1 16 — — — — — 1998–99 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 43 2 2 4 32 2 0 0 0 4 1999–2000 Detroit Red Wings NHL 21 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 2000–01 Florida Panthers NHL 6 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 28 4 4 8 16 — — — — — 2000–01 Louisville Panthers AHL 30 1 12 13 36 — — — — — 2001–02 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 9 0 1 1 10 — — — — — 2001–02 Sibir Novosibirsk RUS.2 31 6 8 14 50 11 1 1 2 14 2002–03 CSKA Moscow RSL 22 0 3 3 26 — — — — — 2003–04 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2003–04 Severstal–2 Cherepovets RUS.3 10 2 3 5 20 — — — — — 2003–04 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 33 2 9 11 16 — — — — — 2004–05 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 46 0 8 8 38 — — — — — 2005–06 Leksands IF SEL 31 1 1 2 22 — — — — — 2008–09 Yunost Minsk BLR 21 1 8 9 44 14 3 3 6 44 2009–10 HK Acroni Jesenice AUT 51 4 20 24 118 — — — — — 2009–10 HK Acroni Jesenice SVN 4 0 1 1 0 6 1 3 4 28 2011–12 Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz FRA 24 2 3 5 30 5 2 1 3 12 2012–13 HC Ryazan VHL 11 1 0 1 26 — — — — — AHL totals 343 19 62 81 344 12 0 0 0 8 NHL totals 56 1 7 8 32 — — — — — RSL totals 114 2 22 24 94 — — — — —