Igor Bobkov

Igor Bobkov (born January 2, 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was previously under a two-way contract with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL), however never featured with the Ducks. Before playing professional hockey, Bobkov spent time in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights and Kingston Frontenacs. Bobkov represents Russia internationally, and helped them win a gold medal at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Igor Bobkov
Born (1991-01-02) January 2, 1991
Surgut, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Avangard Omsk
Syracuse Crunch
Norfolk Admirals
Admiral Vladivostok
NHL Draft 76th overall, 2009
Anaheim Ducks
Playing career 2008–present

Playing career

Bobkov was selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 3rd round (76th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. After spending a year in Russia, including playing at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Bobkov was selected 53rd overall in the 2010 CHL Import Draft by the London Knights. He managed three wins in 21 games playing behind Michael Houser. He was signed by the Ducks to a three-year entry level contract on October 7, 2010.[1] During the 2011 OHL offseason, Bobkov was traded to the Kingston Frontenacs.[2]

Bobkov made his professional debut with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League at the end of the 2010–11 season, after his season with the Knights was over. He joined the Crunch again after the Frontenacs' season was over the following season. Bobkov made the jump to professional hockey full-time with the Norfolk Admirals during the 2012–13 season.[3] During the 2013–14 season, Bobkov has split time between the Admirals in the AHL and the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL.[4]

On August 6, 2015, after not being tendered a contract offer to be retained by the Ducks, Bobkov's KHL rights were traded from Metallurg Magnitogorsk to Admiral Vladivostok. He was then signed as free agent to a two-year contract with the Russian club.[5]

After three seasons with Admiral, Bobkov left Vladivostok as a free agent, securing a lucrative two-year contract with Avangard Omsk on May 16, 2018.[6]

International play
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2011 USA
World U18 Championships
2009 USA

Bobkov was recognized as the "Best Goaltender" at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he backstopped Team Russia to a win a Silver Medal.[7] He represented Russia again at the 2010 and 2011 World Junior Championships, helping the team to a gold medal in 2011.[8] During the 2011 tournament, Bobkov served as a backup to Dmitri Shikin for most of the tournament. In the gold medal game against Canada, Bobkov came in to relieve Shikin and stopped 20 shots. In addition to securing the gold medal, Bobkov was named Russia's top player in that game.[2]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2008–09 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russia 3 9 — — — - 24 - - — — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Stalnye Lisy MHL 14 8 1 — 665 30 2 2.71 .893 2 0 0 59 3 0 3.50 .893
2010–11 London Knights OHL 21 4 10 0 1048 72 0 4.12 .874 3 0 0 29 2 0 4.16 .882
2010–11 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 2 0 0 120 7 0 3.51 .917 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 58 17 32 6 3300 200 1 3.64 .902 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Syracuse Crunch AHL 4 2 1 1 246 11 0 2.68 .913 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Norfolk Admirals AHL 28 11 17 0 1570 82 2 3.13 .903 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 29 17 8 4 1768 60 2 2.04 .921 2 0 2 130 7 0 3.23 .881
2013–14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 10 5 3 1 543 22 0 2.43 .919 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Norfolk Admirals AHL 7 2 4 0 379 27 0 4.27 .852 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 34 19 12 2 1950 84 4 2.58 .918 10 4 5 547 25 1 2.74 .915
2015–16 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 28 7 11 6 1439 62 3 2.59 .909 2 1 1 119 4 1 2.02 .922
2016–17 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 38 17 15 4 2175 74 5 2.04 .932 6 2 4 374 18 0 2.89 .888
2017–18 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 33 9 17 3 1728 74 0 2.57 .917 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Avangard Omsk KHL 49 25 17 4 2682 89 8 1.99 .914 19 12 7 1181 36 3 1.83 .926
2019–20 Avangard Omsk KHL 48 25 16 6 2816 81 5 1.73 .932 6 2 4 324 20 0 3.70 .882
AHL totals 51 22 25 2 2858 149 2 3.13 .901 — — — — — — — —
KHL totals 196 83 76 23 10,840 380 21 2.10 .922 33 17 16 1,998 78 4 2.34 .910

International
Year Team Event Result GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2009 Russia U18 6 4 2 0 360 20 1 3.33 —
2010 Russia WJC 6th 6 3 3 0 343 13 1 2.45 —
2011 Russia WJC 2 1 1 0 93 6 0 3.85 .903
Junior totals 14 8 6 0 796 39 2 — —

As of the end of the 2010–11 season.[9][10]

References
  1. "Ducks ink Bobkov to entry-level deal". Anaheim Ducks. October 7, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  2. Pyette, Ryan (June 2, 2011). "Bobkov now part of Frontenacs' rebuild". London Free Press. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. "Igor Bobkov Anaheim Ducks". Anaheim Ducks. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  4. "Igor Bobkov hockey statistics". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  5. "Bobkov has signed a contract with Admiral". championat.com (in Russian). August 6, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  6. "Igor Bobkov signs two-year deal with Avangard". Avangard Omsk. May 16, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  7. "2009 Award winners" (PDF). IIHF. January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
  8. Podnieks, Andrew (ed.). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2014. Toronto: Fenn / McClelland & Stewart. p. 420.
  9. "Igor Bobkov". NHL. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  10. "World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Russia PLAYER STATISTICS BY TEAM" (PDF). IIHF. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
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