Nikolai Khabibulin

Info

Date of birth

01/13/1973

Place of birth

Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Yekaterinburg, Russia]

Nikolai Khabibulin

Biography

Nikolai Khabibulin is a Soviet and Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the several teams. Nikolai Khabibulin excelled at the international level, winning two Olympic medals (gold and bronze) and was named Best Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was the first Russian goaltender to ever win the Stanley Cup, doing so with Tampa Bay in 2004.