Sergei Vladimirovich Andronov (russian: Сергей Владимирович Андронов) (born 19 July 1989) is a Russian professional

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 h ...

player for

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

. He previously played in the KHL with Lada Togliatti and

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

Playing career

He was drafted by the

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...

in the third round (#78 overall) of the 2009 NHL draft On 28 August 2012, Andronov came to North America and signed a one-year AHL contract with the

Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen is the name of four minor league hockey clubs: *Peoria Rivermen (IHL), named as such 1984–1996, formerly the Peoria Prancers 1982–1984 *Peoria Rivermen (ECHL), 1996–2005 *Peoria Rivermen (AHL), 2005–2013 *Peoria Rivermen (SP ...

, affiliate of the St. Louis Blues. On 24 March 2013, he signed a two-year deal with the Blues. As a restricted free agent at the expiration of his contract with the Blues, Andronov opted to return to his former club, HC CSKA Moscow of the KHL, on 4 August 2014. Following 11 seasons with CSKA, captaining the club to the

Gagarin Cup The Gagarin Cup (russian: Кубок Гагарина, Kubok Gagarina) is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) playoffs, and is named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space. The Cup was ...

on two occasions, Andronov left the club and signed as a free agent to a two-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on 24 May 2022.

International play

Andronov has played for Russia in the World Junior Championships and the World Championships. He served as an assistant captain on the Olympic Athletes from Russia team that won the gold medal at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. On 23 January 2022, Andronov was named to the roster to represent

Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Russian athletes competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

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* 1989 births Living people Chicago Wolves players HC CSKA Moscow players HC Lada Togliatti players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic gold medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players Sportspeople from Penza Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian ice hockey right wingers St. Louis Blues draft picks {{Russia-icehockey-winger-stub