Sergei Berezin

Sergei Yevgenyevich Berezin (Russian: Серге́й Евгеньевич Березин; born November 5, 1971) is a former NHL player from 1996–97 through 2002–03. Berezin, who played left wing in the NHL, was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the tenth round (#256 overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He played with the Leafs until being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in 2001. At the end of the season he was flipped to the Montreal Canadiens where he scored their 10,000th goal on home ice. In the offseason he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks before being sent to the Washington Capitals in a trade deadline day deal. He retired from the NHL and returned to Russia to play a final season before ending his career completely.

Position	Left Wing/Ailier gauche
International Hockey	Soviet Union and  Russia World Junior Championships1 (1991 ) Olympic Games2 (1994) World Championships (1994, ’95, ’96, & ’98) World Cup of Hockey (1996)
Club Hockey	SKA MVO Kalinin – USSR II (Soviet Second Tier) Khimik Voskresensk – USSR (Soviet Top Tier) Khimik Voskresensk – Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS Top Tier) Khimik Voskresensk – International Hockey League (Russian Top Tier) Kölner Haie – Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Top Tier) Toronto Maple Leafs (National Hockey League) Phoenix Coyotes (National Hockey League) Montreal Canadiens (National Hockey League) Chicago Blackhawks (National Hockey League) Washington Capitals (National Hockey League) HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Super League)
Awards and Honors	Silver Medal (1991 World Junior Championships) Izvestia Trophy3 Champion (1993-94) Deutsche Eishockey Liga Champion (1994-95) Deutche Eishockey LIga Player of the Year (1994-95 & 1995-96) NHL All Rookie Team (1996-97)

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2001-06-23	Traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Phoenix Coyotes for Mikael Renberg.
2002-01-25	Traded by the Phoenix Coyotes to the Montreal Canadiens for 3rd round draft pick in 2002 (Matt Jones), future considerations and Brian Savage.
2002-06-30	Traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Chicago Blackhawks for 4th round draft pick in 2004 (James Wyman).
2003-03-11	Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the Washington Capitals for 4th round draft pick in 2004 (later traded to Philadelphia – Philadelphia selected Michael Anderson).
2003-12-11	Signed as a Free Agent with CSKA Moscow (Russia).

1. For the Soviet Union ↩︎
2. 1994 Forward with Russia ↩︎
3. The Izvestia Trophy (now called the Channel One Cup) is a national team event hosted in Russia every December. Prior to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, it was part of the Euro Hockey Tour. ↩︎