Vitali Mikhailovich Yeremeyev (russian: Виталий Михайлович Еремееев; born September 23, 1975) is a Kazakhstani former professional

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. He played 4 games in the

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with the

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during the 2000–01 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2014, was spent in the

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and Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Yeremeyev played for the Kazakhstani national team at several World Championships and the

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and

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Playing career

Yeremeyev was drafted the 9th round (209th overall) in the

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by the

after his third season with

Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo Hockey Club ( kk, «Торпедо» хоккей клубы, ''«Torpedo» hokkeı klýby''; russian: Хоккейный клуб «Торпедо»), commonly referred to as Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, formerly known as Kazzinc-Torpedo (1999 ...

in which he won the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship's award for best goalie. He then played three seasons with CSKA Moscow, posting an incredible 1.66 GAA in 25 games during 1995-96. He bounced around the leagued a bit for the next few seasons, playing with

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and CSKA Moscow before landing with

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. In 2000, he powered the club to a league title, posting a 1.24 GAA in 26 games during the regular season, and a stunning 1.27 GAA during the playoffs. The next year, he got a shot at the

with the Rangers, but was unable to replicate his performance and returned to

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with Dynamo Moscow. In 2004-05, he won the

title again with Moscow, as well as the league's award for best goalie. Impressively, he managed to post an even better GAA in this season's playoff effort, starting 10 games and averaging just .90 goals against per game. He played another five years with Dynamo Moscow, until he was traded to Barys Astana in 2010.

International play

Yeremeyev has competed for

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more times than any other goalie in the country's history by far. In the 1994 World Championships, he was Evgeni Nabokov's teammate for the three years with

as well as the lone international competition that Nabokov represented Kazakhstan. He has competed at two Olympics as well as 10 World Championships. Yeremeyev's top international performance came at the

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, where he carried an upstart Kazakhstan team all the way to the quarterfinals where

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beat them 4–1.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and achievements

: 1999–00, 2004–05 (with Dynamo Moscow) * IIHF European Champions Cup:

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(with Dynamo Moscow) * Spengler Cup:

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(with Dynamo Moscow) * Golden Helmet Award: 1999–00, 2004–05

References

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