Anatoli Vladimirovich Fedotov (russian: Анатолий Владимирович Федотов; born May 11, 1966) is a Russian former professional

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player who played four games in the

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Career

He began his career with his hometown team

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before moving to the

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with

HC Dynamo Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow () is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League. Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and have won th ...

. He represented the USSR in the 1985 and 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He also played on the Soviet Union's

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team. He then moved to

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in 1992 and played one game for the

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, scoring two assists. He spent the season in the

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with the

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. Though he’d already played one game in the NHL, he was ruled ineligible for the rest of the season due to only signing an AHL contract, and was made available for the 1993 draft. He was then drafted 238th overall by the

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in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and managed to play three regular season games but didn't register a point. He spent two seasons in the International Hockey League with the

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before moving to

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, signing with New Oji Seishi Tomakomai where he was voted the league's best player. He then played in

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with

Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

and

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's Elitserien with

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before returning to Oji. After two seasons in Japan, Fedotov returned to Russia and split 2000-01 with

Molot-Prikamie Perm Molot-Prikamye Perm (russian: Молот-Прикамье Пермь) is a professional ice hockey team based in Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. They are playing in the Supreme Hockey League The Supreme Hockey League (SHL) (russian: Высшая хо ...

and Vityaz Podolsk before retiring. He has the distinction of being the only NHL player to be selected in the NHL Entry Draft after playing his first NHL game.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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