Serhiy Volodomyrovych Klymentiev (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Климентьєв; born April 5, 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Serhiy Klymentiev
Klymentiev in 2010
Born (1975-04-05) April 5, 1975 (age 49)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
BLR team
Former teams
Sokil Kyiv
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Avangard Omsk
Ak Bars Kazan
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
HC MVD Moscow Oblast
National team  Ukraine
NHL draft 121st overall, 1994
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1994–2013

Career

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Klymentiev was named best defenceman at the C Pool of the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in Odense, Denmark. He played junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL during the 1993–1994 and 1994–1995 seasons. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres 121st overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft and spent 3 seasons with their American Hockey League affiliate the Rochester Americans. In 1998, he signed with the Philadelphia Flyers and was once more sent to the AHL, suiting up for the Philadelphia Phantoms. He was traded to the Nashville Predators for cash in the same season, playing for the Milwaukee Admirals their International Hockey League affiliate. He returned to Russia in 1999 having never played in the National Hockey League. He only ever returned to North America once, where he played seven games for the IHL's Houston Aeros. He retired in 2013[1] and as of that time works as an assistant coach of Sokil Kyiv.[2]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1991–92 ShVSM Kyiv CIS.3 8 1 1 2 4
1992–93 Sokil Kyiv RUS 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
1992–93 Sokil–2 Kyiv RUS.2 36 1 4 5 40
1993–94 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 16 26 42 165 3 0 0 0 4
1994–95 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 19 45 64 146 5 4 2 6 14
1994–95 Rochester Americans AHL 7 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 70 7 29 36 74 19 2 8 10 16
1996–97 Rochester Americans AHL 77 14 28 42 114 10 1 4 5 28
1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 57 4 22 26 94
1998–99 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 43 5 12 17 99
1998–99 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 35 4 11 15 59 2 0 0 0 6
1999–2000 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 33 5 7 12 52 15 2 2 4 30
2000–01 Houston Aeros IHL 7 0 0 0 6
2000–01 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 20 1 3 4 36 12 1 9 10 41
2000–01 Metallurg–2 Magnitogorsk RUS.3 2 0 0 0 2
2001–02 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 47 6 24 30 46 9 1 3 4 14
2002–03 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 45 4 10 14 88 2 0 0 0 6
2003–04 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 59 2 19 21 106 14 0 5 5 8
2004–05 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 40 2 2 4 32
2004–05 Ak Bars–2 Kazan RUS.3 5 3 4 7 2
2005–06 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 40 0 1 1 71 13 1 0 1 24
2006–07 HC MVD RSL 54 12 27 39 116 3 0 1 1 6
2007–08 Avangard Omsk RSL 51 3 9 12 87 3 0 0 0 8
2008–09 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 19 0 1 1 28
2008–09 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 20 2 3 5 40 1 0 0 0 2
2009–10 Sokol Kyiv BLR 48 5 21 26 141 8 0 2 2 18
2010–11 Sokol Kyiv BLR 50 11 23 34 108 2 0 2 2 4
2011–12 Sokol Kyiv UKR 24 3 17 20 6
2012–13 Sokol Kyiv UKR 25 1 3 4 28
AHL totals 254 30 91 121 389 30 3 12 15 44
RSL totals 389 35 102 137 634 71 5 20 25 137

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1993 Ukraine WJC C 4 2 4 6 6
1993 Ukraine EJC C 4 2 2 4 14
1999 Ukraine WC 3 1 1 2 6
1999 Ukraine WC Q 3 0 0 0 6
2000 Ukraine WC 6 0 1 1 8
2001 Ukraine OGQ 3 0 2 2 6
2001 Ukraine WC 6 1 2 3 20
2002 Ukraine OG 4 0 1 1 8
2002 Ukraine WC 6 1 3 4 16
2003 Ukraine WC 6 0 2 2 10
2005 Ukraine WC 6 1 0 1 6
2006 Ukraine WC 5 0 0 0 26
2007 Ukraine WC 6 1 1 2 46
2008 Ukraine WC D1 5 1 4 5 6
2009 Ukraine OGQ 3 1 0 1 0
2009 Ukraine WC D1 5 2 1 3 8
2010 Ukraine WC D1 5 0 2 2 4
2011 Ukraine WC D1 5 1 2 3 6
2012 Ukraine WC D1A 5 1 1 2 2
2013 Ukraine OGQ 3 0 1 1 0
Junior totals 8 4 6 10 20
Senior totals 85 11 24 35 184

References

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  1. ^ "Климентьев завершил карьеру" (in Russian). 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Сокол: Лубнин — главный тренер, Климентьев — ассистент" [Sokil: Lubnin - head coach, Klymentiev - assistant] (in Russian). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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