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Evgeni Nabokov Retires



Another major retirement has taken place in the National Hockey League and in our estimation it has not received the press it should have.

Evgeni Nabokov, who was just traded back to the San Jose Sharks, retired after fourteen seasons in the NHL, and after a return to San Jose, where he played for ten years and holds numerous goaltending records has decided to call it a career. 

From the Kazakhstan part of the Soviet Union, Nabokov was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 1994, but did not make his NHL debut until 2000 and would win the Calder Trophy as the Rookie of the Year in the 2000/01 season.  His best season would be in 2007/08 where we would lead the NHL in Wins and was a First Team NHL All Star.  This was also the only season where he was a Finalist for the Vezina Trophy.

Nabokov would later play for the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning and Internationally for Russia, where in 2008 he would take them to a World Championship and win the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament.

While Nabokov is not likely a Hall of Famer, he is a two time All Star who had a decent career.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Evgeni Nabokov on his career and wish him the best in the next stage of his life.


Last modified on Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:48
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