Serhiy Klymentiev

Serhiy Klymentiev
230px Klymentiev in 2010
Born	(1975-04-05) April 5, 1975 Kiev, 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

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

Klymentiev 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.

External links

• Sergei Klimentiev's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Sergei Klimentiev profile at Eurohockey.com