Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov (russian: Андрей Викторович Трефилов); born 31 August 1969) is a Russian retired

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and a sports agent. He played in the

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between 1992 and 1999 with the

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, and

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. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2006, was spent in the North American minor leagues and in Europe. Internationally Trefilov first played for the Soviet national team at the World Championships and

1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated ...

, the Unified Team at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

, winning a gold medal, and then the Russian national team at several World Championships, as well as the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

, winning a silver.

Playing career

Tefilov played several seasons in the was selected in the Soviet Championship League. He was selected in the 12th round of the

1991 NHL Entry Draft The 1991 NHL Entry Draft was the 29th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total of 264 players were drafted. The worst team in the previous 1990–91 season, the Quebec Nordiques, was give ...

, 261st overall, by the

. He started his

career in 1993 with the

and he went on to spend time with the

, and

. He was one of the goaltenders for the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the

. He also played for Russia in two Olympic Winter Games. His last club was the DEG Metro Stars of the

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in Germany, where he played until 2006. As a member of the IHL's Detroit Vipers, Trefilov shared the James Norris Memorial Trophy with Kevin Weekes for allowing the fewest goals in the IHL in 1999 and won the Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy as the IHL playoff most valuable player in 2000 with the

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. He was also the starting goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres in the last game at

Buffalo Memorial Auditorium Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, colloquially known as The Aud, was a multipurpose indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York. Opened on October 14, 1940, it was home to the Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA), the Buffalo Bisons ( AHL), the Buffalo Biso ...

, on 14 April 1996.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trefilov, Andrei 1969 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Buffalo Sabres players Calgary Flames draft picks Calgary Flames players Chicago Blackhawks players Chicago Wolves (IHL) players DEG Metro Stars players Dizel Penza players Detroit Vipers players Düsseldorfer EG players HC Dynamo Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Indianapolis Ice players Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic ice hockey players of Russia Olympic ice hockey players of the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Soviet ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Moscow Rochester Americans players Russian ice hockey goaltenders Saint John Flames players Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players Olympic medalists in ice hockey