Sergei Zvyagin (Russian: Сергей Звягин; born February 17, 1971, in

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) is a Russian

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Career

He started with Krylia Sovetov in the

Russian Hockey League The Supreme Hockey League Championship (VHL-B) (russian: Первенство Высшей хоккейной лиги (ВХЛ-П), ''Pervenstvo Vysshaya hokkeinaya liga'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Ru ...

in 1990. He played for the

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at the

1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1991 WJHC'') was the 15th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in various communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada won its second consecutive gold medal, and fifth o ...

. Moved to the

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in 1994 where he played for the Detroit Falcons ice hockey team. He also played with other hockey teams in the United States including Quad City Mallards,

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, and

San Antonio Dragons The San Antonio Dragons were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League (IHL) for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98. The Dragons were based in San Antonio, Texas, and played at the Freeman Coliseum and occ ...

. He played in Roller Hockey International with the Oakland Skates and

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. Zvyagin played in the 2006 European Champions Cup and was noted for stopping 4 goals in one game. He plays in his father's favorite team the Moscow Dynamo as a goaltender and joined then in September 2009 to Vityaz Podolsk.

Honours

* IIHF European Champions Cup: 2006 * Turnir na prizy LenVO: 2006

References

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* * 1971 births Living people Adirondack IceHawks players Detroit Falcons (CoHL) players HC Dynamo Moscow players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players HC Vityaz players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players New Jersey Rockin' Rollers players Quad City Mallards (CoHL) players Quad City Mallards (UHL) players Russian ice hockey goaltenders Russian Penguins players San Antonio Dragons players Soviet ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Moscow Ottawa Loggers players {{Russia-icehockey-goaltender-stub