Vadim Nikolayevich Glovatsky (russian: Вадим Николаевич Гловацкий, 1 January 1970 – 5 January 2015) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and later

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defender. He played for several Soviet and Russian clubs between 1985–2005,Vadim Glovatsky hockey statistics and profile at
Hockeydb.com. and represented

Kazakhstan at the 1998 Winter Olympics Kazakhstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Biathlon ;Men ;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay ;Women ;Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay : 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had ...

, placing fifth.Vadim Glovatsky
sports-reference.com Glovatsky won the Russian title with Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 1999 and 2001, placing second in 1998 and third in 2000; he won the European Hockey League title in 1999 and 2000 and the Russian Cup in 1998 with the same club. After retiring from competitions he worked as an assistant coach of

Chelyabinsk Polar Bears The Belye Medvedi (russian: Белые Медведи, lit=Polar Bears) are a Russian ice hockey team in the Junior Hockey League (MHL). They play in Chelyabinsk, Russia at the Traktor Ice Arena. The team was founded in 2009 and is a junior affi ...

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Regular season and playoffs

International

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1970 births 2015 deaths HC Sibir Novosibirsk players HC Spartak Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Kazakhstani ice hockey defencemen Metallurg Magnitogorsk players Olympic ice hockey players for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Temirtau Severstal Cherepovets players Soviet ice hockey defencemen Traktor Chelyabinsk players {{Kazakhstan-icehockey-bio-stub