Andrei Mezin
| Andrei Mezin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
July 8, 1974 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| KHL team | Traktor Chelyabinsk | ||
| National team |
 Belarus | ||
| Playing career | 1993–present | ||
Andrej Anatoljevič Miezin (Belarusian: Андрэй Анатольевiч Мезiн, Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Мезин; born July 8, 1974 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian goaltender currently playing for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.
International
Mezin gained international attention in 2002 as a member of the Belarus national men's ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Despite not winning a game in the Group D round robin, Belarus beat the Sweden national men's ice hockey team in the final round. Mezin was stellar, holding a star-laden Swedish team to only 3 goals on over 50 shots. The game was won by Belarus late in the third through a long shot gaffe made by Tommy Salo in the Swedish net. Belarus ended up finishing in fourth place.
On October 1, 2008, Mezin and Metallurg Magnitogorsk faced the New York Rangers of the NHL in the inaugural Victoria Cup. Mezin stopped 40 out of 44 shots, playing a very respectable game in the 4-3 loss.[1]
Off the ice
In the offseason, Mezin lives in Kiev, Ukraine.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | Pts | PIM | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Roanoke Express | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3.28 | 0.667 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1995–96 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 40 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2270 | 132 | 1 | 3.49 | 0.883 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1.72 | 0.958 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Flint Generals | CoHL | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1416 | 58 | 2 | 2.46 | 0.902 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 490 | 33 | 0 | 4.04 | 0.883 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 386 | 31 | 0 | 4.82 | 0.843 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Flint Generals | UHL | 27 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1488 | 86 | 1 | 3.47 | 0.885 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 8 | 0 | 2.69 | 0.852 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 49 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.60 | 0.900 | 2 | 32 | 13 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.43 | 0.908 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 1999–00 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 56 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.78 | 0.896 | 2 | 72 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 3.27 | 0.908 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 58 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.67 | 0.907 | 4 | 26 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 3.40 | 0.890 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 | Berlin Capitals | DEL | 54 | ? | ? | ? | 3147 | 166 | 4 | 3.16 | 0.893 | 3 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | Berlin Capitals | DEL - Abstiegsrunde | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 3.17 | 0.894 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
| 2002–03 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 1 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0.00 | ? | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | HC České Budějovice | CzEx | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 805 | 40 | 1 | 2.98 | 0.904 | 0 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | HC České Budějovice | 1.liga (CZE) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.16 | 0.900 | ? | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | SKA Saint Petersburg | RSL | 42 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | RSL | 38 | ? | ? | ? | 2183 | 72 | 2 | 1.98 | 0.923 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.71 | ? | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | RSL | 19 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.71 | ? | 0 | 4 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.83 | ? | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RSL | 35 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1.84 | ? | 1 | 6 | 3 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.67 | ? | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 26 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.82 | 0.896 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2.27 | 0.922 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russian Superleague totals | 135 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 26 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.40 | -- | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Deutsche Eishockey Liga totals | 217 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.80 | 0.899 | 11 | 188 | 25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3.03 | 0.902 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| International Hockey League totals | 15 | -- | -- | -- | 703 | 42 | 2 | 2.82 | 0.898 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Colonial Hockey League totals | 65 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3686 | 190 | 3 | 2.98 | 0.93 | 1 | 10 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | ||||
Awards and honours
References
- ↑ Rangers rally to win Victoria Cup, Dan Rosen, NHL.com, October 1, 2008. Retrieved May 2, 2009
- ↑ "Esche replace Mezin in Minsk Dynamo". Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
External links
- Andrei Mezin profile at Eurohockey.com
- Andrei Mezin's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database