Sergei Starikov
Sergei Starikov
Defense
Left-Handed Shot
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 198 pounds
Born: 12.4.58 Chelyabinsk, Russia
How he arrived: Via Entry Draft
How he left: Joined the San Diego Gulls (IHL) after the 90-91 season
Year
Team
GP
G
A
Pts.
+/-
PIM
SOG
PPG
PPA
SHG
SHA
GWG
1989-90
NJ
16
0
1
1
-8
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
Franchise
Career Totals
 
16
0
1
1
-8
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
Regular Season Statistics with the Franchise
Stats in bold signifies team leader.
Much was made about the arrival of Starikov, being that he was Slava Fetisov's defense partner on the Red Army team (The
two would appear together on the cover of Sports Illustrated.) and part of the first wave of Russians to come play in the NHL.

Some things just don't work out. Starikov would be sent down to Utica during the 89-90 season and would finish his North
American career in the minors, which included one more season in Utica, then two seasons with the Gulls in the IHL.

To this day, though, he still lives in New Jersey and works as an instructor at the Rock Ice Pavillion in Dunellen.

He also recently signed to become the coach of HC Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL.
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Entry Draft: 1989 Eighth Round Pick (152nd overall) by the
New Jersey Devils