German Mikhailovich Titov (russian: Герман Михайлович Титов; born October 16, 1965) is a Russian former professional

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Playing career

Titov started his career with

Khimik Voskresensk Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobro ...

of the

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. He remained with the team until 1992 when he spent one season in

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for TPS, where he scored 25 goals in 47 games. At 27, Titov was drafted 252nd overall by the

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in the

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and made his

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debut with the Flames in the 1993–94 season. The 1995–96 season was Titov's best NHL season, scoring 28 goals and 37 assists for 67 points. In 1998, Titov was traded to the

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but was unable to match the same goal-scoring production he achieved at Calgary. He was later traded to the

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in March 2000 but scored no goals in seven games. He then signed with the

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and stayed for two seasons but his scoring production dropped further. He left the NHL after the 2001–02 season and after sitting out a year, he went back to the team he had played for before coming to the NHL, Khimik Voskresensk. He played there until his retirement in 2005. Titov also played for the Russian national team, winning a gold medal in the 1993 Ice Hockey World Championship and a silver medal in the

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Coaching career

In the 2014–15 season, he was the head coach of

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in the

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. In the 2015–16 season (until October 2016), he was the head coach for

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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