Vitali Karamnov
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Vitali Vladimirovich Karamnov (born July 6, 1968 in Moscow
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
) is a retired professional hockey player who briefly played in the NHL
with the St. Louis Blues
. He played left wing and shot left-handed.
Karamnov began his playing career in his native USSR. He played 6 years in the USSR before jumping to the NHL after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round, 62nd overall (two spots ahead of fellow Russian and Blues teammate Vitali Prokhorov
) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft
.
For the 1992–1993 season, Karamnov spent the majority of the year with the Blues minor league affiliate Peoria Rivermen
while also playing 7 games with the Blues that season as well. For the 1993–1994 season Karamnov skated in 59 games and scored 21 points, both NHL career highs. The following season would be the last for Karamnov in the NHL, playing 15 games with Rivermen and 26 games with the Blues.
Following his stint in the NHL Karamnov played in a number of different settings around the world. He played the 1995–1996 season in Finland
, followed by 3 season in the DEL in Germany
, a brief 5 game stint in the Czech Republic
during the 1999–2000 season, and 3 more seasons in Russia. Karamnov retired from hockey in 2003.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a retired professional hockey player who briefly played in the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
with the St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade...
. He played left wing and shot left-handed.
Karamnov began his playing career in his native USSR. He played 6 years in the USSR before jumping to the NHL after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round, 62nd overall (two spots ahead of fellow Russian and Blues teammate Vitali Prokhorov
Vitali Prokhorov
Vitali Vladimirovich Prokhorov is a retired professional hockey player who played briefly with the St. Louis Blues in the NHL. He played left wing and shot left-handed....
) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft
1992 NHL Entry Draft
The 1992 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 20 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. A total of 264 players were drafted.-Selections by round:Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:...
.
For the 1992–1993 season, Karamnov spent the majority of the year with the Blues minor league affiliate Peoria Rivermen
Peoria Rivermen
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.-History:...
while also playing 7 games with the Blues that season as well. For the 1993–1994 season Karamnov skated in 59 games and scored 21 points, both NHL career highs. The following season would be the last for Karamnov in the NHL, playing 15 games with Rivermen and 26 games with the Blues.
Following his stint in the NHL Karamnov played in a number of different settings around the world. He played the 1995–1996 season in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, followed by 3 season in the DEL in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, a brief 5 game stint in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
during the 1999–2000 season, and 3 more seasons in Russia. Karamnov retired from hockey in 2003.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1986–87 | HC Dynamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League... |
USSR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | HC Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | HC Dynamo Kharkov | USSR-2 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | HC Dynamo Kharkov | USSR | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Torpedo Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator.... |
USSR | 47 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Torpedo Yaroslavl | USSR | 45 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Dynamo Moscow | CIS | 40 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team is named after the famous W. C. Handy song "St. Louis Blues", and plays in the 19,150-seat Scottrade... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen (IHL) The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team in the International Hockey League. They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.... |
IHL | 23 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 59 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 15 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | JYP | SM-liiga SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
24 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine are an ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the KönigPALAST. Founded first in 1936, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga... |
DEL | 28 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | ||
| 1997–98 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 34 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998–99 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 40 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | HC Vsetin Vsetínská Hokejová VHK Vsetín is an ice hockey team in the Czech Second National Hockey League . The team is the most successful in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight Extraliga championships between 1995 and 1999, and another in 2001 for six titles in seven years. Their home arena is Zimní... |
Extraliga Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe.... |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Vityaz Podolsk Vityaz Chekhov Hockey Club Vityaz is a professional ice hockey team based in Chekhov, Moscow, Russia. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League and are currently coached by former National Hockey League enforcer Andrei Nazarov... |
RSL Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague , commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second best league in the world, after the National Hockey League of North America... |
15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa Salavat Yulaev Ufa Salavat Yulaev is a professional ice hockey team based in Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League, and were part of Group C of the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League.-History:The... |
RSL | 51 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | RSL | 35 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Spartak Moscow HC Spartak Moscow HC Spartak is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League .-History:One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow sports club, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946... |
RUS-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL Totals | 92 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Comp | Place | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Austria was relegated to Group B.- Semifinals :- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :... |
Russia | WC Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European... |
4th | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |