Semyon Varlamov

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Kuybyshev, U.S.S.R., April 27, 1988.
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HEIGHT: 6'1".
WEIGHT: 183 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Hershey), 30 (Hershey 2009-10), 40 (Russia), 1 (Hershey 2010-11, Colorado).
CATCHES: Left
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Selected by Washington Capitals in first round (23rd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 24, 2006.
Signed to three-year entry level contract by Washington, July 11, 2007.
Traded by Capitals to Colorado Avalanche in exchange for first-round selection in 2012 National Hockey League entry draft and conditional second-round selection, July 1, 2011.
Resigned as restricted free agent to three-year contract by Avalanche, July 2, 2011.

ACCOLADES:

Member, siler medal winning Team Russia, 2010 IIHF World Championships, May 23, 2010.

INJURIES:

FIRSTS:

RECORDS:

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Jim Slater), October 29, 2009.
Stopped penalty shot (Chad LaRose), March 29, 2011.
Stopped penalty shot (Oliver Ekman-Larsson), December 29, 2011.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

October 17, 2009 - defeated Nashville, 1-0 (Steve Sullivan miss, David Legwand miss, Martin Erat save).
November 11, 2009 - defeated NY Islanders, 2-1 (Jeff Tambellini goal, John Tavares miss, Rob Schremp save, Frans Nielsen miss, Matt Moulson save, Richard Park save, Sean Bergenheim save, Josh Bailey save, Trent Hunter save, Jon Sim save, Mark Streit save).
November 21, 2009 - lost to Toronto, 0-1 (Phil Kessel goal, John Mitchell save, Niklas Hagman goal).
November 28, 2009 - defeated Montreal, 1-0 (Michael Cammalleri save, Maxim Lapierre save, Tomas Plekanec save).
March 8, 2010 - lost to Dallas, 1-2 (Jamie Benn save, Brad Richards goal, James Neal save, Mike Ribeiro miss, Loui Eriksson goal).
March 25, 2010 - lost to Carolina, 1-2 (Sergei Samsonov save, Jussi Jokinen miss, Ray Whitney goal, Eric Staal save, Chad LaRose goal).
April 11, 2010 - lost to Boston, 0-2 (Michael Ryder save, David Krejci goal, Miroslav Satan goal).
2009-10 season to date: 3 wins, 4 losses, 25 saves on 34 chances.
November 28, 2010 - defeated Carolina, 1-0 (Jeff Skinner save, Jussi Jokinen save, Tuomo Ruutu save).
February 1, 2011 - lost to Montreal, 0-1 (Brian Gionta goal, James Wisniewski save).
March 29, 2011 - lost to Carolina, 0-2 (Jeff Skinner goal, Jussi Jokinen miss, Tuomo Ruutu goal).
2010-11 season to date: 1 win, 2 losses, 5 saves on 8 chances.
October 12, 2011 - defeated Columbus, 2-1 (Rick Nash goal, Vinny Prospal save, Jeff Carter save).
October 15, 2011 - defeated Montreal, 2-0 (Tomas Plekanec save, Max Pacioretty miss).
October 22, 2011 - defeated Chicago, 1-0 (Viktor Stalberg miss, Jonathan Toews save, Patrick Kane save).
December 2, 2011 - defeated St. Louis, 1-0 (Alexander Steen miss, T.J. Oshie save, Jamie Langenbrunner miss).
December 13, 2011 - defeated San Jose, 2-1 (Michal Handzus save, Martin Havlat save, Joe Pavelski goal, Ryane Clowe save, Brad Winchester save).
January 2, 2012 - defeated Los Angeles, 1-0 (Jarret Stoll miss, Anze Kopitar save, Dustin Brown save).
2011-12 season to date: 6 wins, 0 losses, 17 saves on 19 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	OL	WPCT	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SHOOTOUTS	Z-SCORE	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL
2008-09	Washington Capitals	NHL	21	6	329	4	0	1	0.900	13	2.37	159	0.918	0	0	0	2	29.04			0.415	1.505	3.890	0.555	3	2
2009-10	Washington Capitals	NHL	22	26	1527	15	4	6	0.720	65	2.55	718	0.909	2	0	1	0	28.20	40		-0.171	-1.304	9.466	0.490	12	13
2009-10	Hershey Bears	AHL	22	3	185	3	0	0	1.000	6	1.95	90	0.933	0				29.20	31		0.827	2.266	3.616	0.655	2	1
2010-11	Washington Capitals	NHL	23	27	1560	11	9	5	0.540	58	2.23	759	0.924	2	0	0	2	29.19		1-2 (5/8)	1.055	8.204	19.589	0.566	14	11
2010-11	Hershey Bears	AHL	23	3	179	2	1	0	0.667	10	3.36	69	0.855	0	0	0	0	23.16	31		-1.558	-3.723	-2.688	0.283	1	2

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Washington Capitals in National Hockey League entry draft, 2006.
12/13/08: W (60m, 32/33) 2-1 victory at Montreal (Halak).
12/18/08: W (59m59s, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Bishop).
03/16/09: - (26m58s, 5/6) 1-5 defeat at Atlanta (Lehtonen) [Replaced Theodore].
03/19/09: W (59m53s, 26/28) 5-2 victory at Tampa Bay (McKenna).
04/03/09: OTL (61m47s, 25/30) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller).
04/07/09: W (59m56s, 29/31) 4-2 victory at Atlanta (Pavelec).
04/18/09: L (59m09s, 23/24) 0-1 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/20/09: W (60m, 33/33) 4-0 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/22/09: L (59m00s, 19/21) 1-2 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/24/09: W (60m, 20/20) 4-0 victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist, Valiquette).
04/26/09: W (59m56s, 29/32) 5-3 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist, Valiquette).
04/28/09: W (60m, 14/15) 2-1 victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
05/02/09: W (59m55s, 34/36) 3-2 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/04/09: W (59m47s, 32/36) 4-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/06/09: L (71m23s, 39/42) 2-3 OT defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/08/09: L (58m04s, 23/28) 3-5 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/09/09: L (63m09s, 38/42) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/11/09: W (66m16s, 38/42) 5-4 OT victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
05/13/09: L (22m13s, 14/18) 2-6 defeat vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury) [Replaced by Theodore].
10/03/09: W (60m, 27/31) 6-4 victory vs. Toronto (Toskala, Gustavsson).
10/06/09: - (33m59s, 21/25) 5-6 OT defeat at Philadelphia (Emery) [Replaced by Theodore].
10/15/09: W (40m, 15/15) 4-1 victory vs. San Jose (Nabokov) [Replaced Theodore].
10/17/09: SOW (64m54s, 22/24) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. Nashville (Ellis).
10/22/09: W (59m57s, 22/26) 5-4 victory at Atlanta (Pavelec, Hedberg).
10/29/09: W (59m55s, 38/41) 4-3 victory at Atlanta (Pavelec).
11/04/09: L (58m36s, 29/32) 2-3 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
11/11/09: SOW (57m56s, 25/26) 5-4 SO victory (10/11) vs. NY Islanders (Roloson) [Replaced Theodore].
11/13/09: W (60m, 29/30) 3-1 victory vs. Minnesota (Harding).
11/17/09: W (59m55s, 18/20) 4-2 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
11/21/09: SOL (65m, 38/39) 1-2 SO defeat (1/3) at Toronto (Toskala).
11/23/09: OTL (61m04s, 33/37) 3-4 OT defeat at Ottawa (Elliott).
11/25/09: W (60m, 25/25) 2-0 victory vs. Buffalo (Miller).
11/28/09: SOW (63m47s, 21/24) 4-3 SO victory (3/3) at Montreal (Price).
12/03/09: W (59m44s, 26/28) 6-2 victory vs. Florida (Clemmensen, Salak).
12/07/09: W (59m36s, 26/26) 3-0 victory at Tampa Bay (Smith).
02/11/10: L (59m01s, 22/28) 5-6 defeat at Ottawa (Elliott).
03/04/10: W (60m, 25/29) 5-4 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Smith).
03/08/10: SOL (65m, 23/26) 3-4 SO defeat (3/5) vs. Dallas (Turco).
03/12/10: L (59m00s, 24/27) 2-3 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Niittymaki).
03/18/10: OTL (62m30s, 25/29) 3-4 OT defeat at Carolina (Peters).
03/25/10: SOL (65m, 29/31) 2-3 SO defeat (3/5) at Carolina (Legace).
03/28/10: L (47m32s, 10/12) 3-5 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Theodore].
04/01/10: W (60m, 19/20) 2-1 victory vs. Atlanta (Pavelec).
04/06/10: W (60m, 26/29) 6-3 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury, Johnson).
04/11/10: SOL (65m, 35/38) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Boston (Thomas).
04/17/10: OTW (52m33s, 19/22) 6-5 OT victory vs. Montreal (Halak) [Replaced Theodore].
04/19/10: W (60m, 26/27) 5-1 victory at Montreal (Halak, Price).
04/21/10: W (59m48s, 36/39) 6-3 victory at Montreal (Price).
04/23/10: L (58m48s, 26/28) 1-2 defeat vs. Montreal (Halak).
04/26/10: L (59m19s, 18/21) 1-4 defeat at Montreal (Halak).
04/28/10: L (58m02s, 14/16) 1-2 defeat vs. Montreal (Halak).
10/19/10: - (45m40s, 13/14) 1-3 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas) [Replaced Neuvirth].
10/21/10: L (57m46s, 30/34) 1-4 defeat at Boston (Thomas) [Replaced by Neuvirth, replaced Neuvirth].
11/24/10: W (59m59s, 30/32) 3-2 victory at Carolina (Peters).
11/26/10: W (59m50s, 17/17) 6-0 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Smith, Ellis).
11/28/10: SOW (65m, 26/28) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. Carolina (Ward).
12/01/10: W (60m, 37/38) 4-1 victory at St. Louis (Halak).
12/04/10: L (58m17s, 30/33) 1-3 defeat vs. Atlanta (Pavelec).
12/09/10: L (59m53s, 29/32) 0-3 defeat vs. Florida (Vokoun).
12/12/10: L (60m, 13/20) 0-7 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
12/15/10: OTL (64m03s, 22/24) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Anaheim (Hiller).
12/26/10: W (59m58s, 33/35) 3-2 victory at Carolina (Ward).
12/28/10: W (59m45s, 25/25) 3-0 victory vs. Montreal (Price).
01/01/11: W (60m, 32/33) 3-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/04/11: OTL (62m34s, 37/38) 0-1 OT defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Roloson).
01/08/11: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Florida (Clemmensen).
01/12/11: L (60m, 35/38) 0-3 defeat at Tampa Bay (Roloson).
01/14/11: L (59m09s, 31/34) 2-4 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
01/18/11: OTL (41m07s, 20/22) 2-3 OT defeat at Philadelphia (Bobrovsky) [Replaced Neuvirth].
01/26/11: L (58m58s, 23/24) 0-1 defeat at Atlanta (Pavelec).
02/01/11: SOL (65m, 36/38) 2-3 SO defeat (1/2) vs. Montreal (Price).
02/04/11: W (59m49s, 23/25) 5-2 victory at Tampa Bay (Roloson).
02/12/11: L (60m, 24/28) 1-4 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Bernier).
02/16/11: - (20m, 6/9) 7-6 victory at Anaheim (McElhinney) [Replaced by Neuvirth].
02/20/11: W (59m56s, 28/29) 2-1 victory at Buffalo (Miller).
03/25/11: L (58m32s, 21/23) 0-2 defeat at Ottawa (Anderson).
03/29/11: SOL (64m47s, 24/28) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) vs. Carolina (Ward).
04/06/11: W (60m, 31/33) 5-2 victory vs. Florida (Clemmensen).
Traded by Capitals to Colorado Avalanche, July 1, 2011.
10/08/11: L (59m56s, 36/38) 0-3 defeat vs. Detroit (Conklin).
10/10/11: W (60m, 30/30) 1-0 victory at Boston (Rask).
10/12/11: SOW (64m32s, 31/33) 3-2 SO victory (2/3) at Columbus (Mason).
10/15/11: SOW (64m55s, 38/43) 6-5 SO victory (2/2) at Montreal (Price).
10/20/11: L (58m34s, 27/29) 1-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Crawford).
10/22/11: SOW (65m, 34/38) 5-4 SO victory (3/3) at Chicago (Crawford).
10/28/11: L (57m57s, 16/19) 1-3 defeat vs. Edmonton (Dubnyk).
10/30/11: W (59m59s, 30/32) 3-2 victory vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
11/02/11: L (59m48s, 24/27) 1-4 defeat vs. Phoenix (Smith).
11/04/11: OTL (63m55s, 22/29) 6-7 OT defeat at Dallas (Lehtonen).
11/06/11: L (59m08s, 21/23) 1-2 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/08/11: L (26m53s, 13/16) 2-5 defeat at Detroit (Howard) [Replaced by Giguere].
11/12/11: L (58m09s, 16/20) 3-4 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff).
11/15/11: L (60m, 27/33) 3-6 defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
11/23/11: L (59m37s, 26/28) 0-3 defeat vs. Vancouver (Schneider).
11/26/11: W (60m, 31/33) 5-2 victory vs. Edmonton (Dubnyk).
11/28/11: L (59m06s, 32/34) 1-3 defeat vs. Dallas (Raycroft).
11/30/11: W (60m, 18/19) 6-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/02/11: SOW (64m48s, 35/37) 3-2 SO victory (3/3) vs. St. Louis (Halak).
12/04/11: W (59m43s, 27/29) 4-2 victory vs. Detroit (Conklin).
12/06/11: L (49m40s, 15/21) 0-6 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo, Schneider) [Replaced by Giguere].
12/09/11: L (60m, 31/35) 1-4 defeat at Edmonton (Khabibulin).
12/13/11: SOW (64m46s, 27/30) 4-3 SO victory (4/5) vs. San Jose (Niemi).
12/15/11: L (59m01s, 29/34) 4-5 defeat at San Jose (Niemi).
12/26/11: W (60m, 20/22) 4-2 victory at Minnesota (Backstrom).
12/29/11: W (59m58s, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Phoenix (LaBarbera).
01/02/12: SOW (65m, 31/32) 2-1 SO victory (3/3) at Los Angeles (Quick).
01/06/12: W (60m, 27/27) 4-0 victory at Chicago (Crawford).
01/10/12: L (60m, 22/26) 1-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Rinne).
01/16/12: L (60m, 27/33) 1-6 defeat at Phoenix (Smith).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Hershey Bears, October 2, 2008.
10/11/08: SOW (65m, 22/25) 4-3 SO victory (3/4) at Norfolk (Ramo).
10/17/08: W (60m, 21/25) 5-4 victory at Philadelphia (Aubin).
11/07/08: W (60m, 19/19) 3-0 victory at Albany (Manzato).
11/08/08: L (16m28s, 3/4) 3-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Curry) [Replaced Machesney, replaced by Machesney].
11/09/08: L (59m58s, 18/22) 1-4 defeat at Bridgeport (Lawson).
11/14/08: W (60m, 22/24) 3-2 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe).
11/15/08: W (59m40s, 22/25) 7-3 victory vs. Philadelphia (Aubin).
11/21/08: W (59m55s, 30/32) 5-2 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe, Aubin).
11/26/08: W (59m46s, 23/24) 4-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
11/28/08: OTW (62m10s, 18/20) 3-2 OT victory at Albany (Peters).
11/30/08: W (59m26s, 32/34) 3-2 victory vs. Norfolk (McKenna).
12/06/08: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory vs. Hartford (Zaba).
12/11/08: L (60m, 32/35) 0-3 defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman).
12/21/08: SOW (64m54s, 23/25) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) vs. Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
12/31/08: W (60m, 30/30) 2-0 victory at Springfield (Deslauriers).
01/03/09: W (60m, 32/34) 6-2 victory at Hartford (Wiikman, Zaba).
01/04/09: W (59m58s, 35/37) 7-2 victory at Worcester (Dakers).
01/07/09: W (60m, 35/37) 3-2 victory at Norfolk (McKenna).
01/09/09: W (60m, 23/24) 5-1 victory vs. Houston (Brust).
01/11/09: L (59m47s, 27/33) 2-6 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
01/14/09: L (20m, 11/15) 2-7 defeat vs. Albany (Peters) [Replaced by Machesney].
03/07/09: W (60m, 20/21) 6-1 victory at Toronto (Munro).
03/08/09: L (59m58s, 21/27) 3-6 defeat at Lake Erie (Bacashihua).
03/11/09: SOL (64m55s, 26/28) 2-3 SO defeat (1/4) vs. Springfield (Dubnyk).
03/14/09: W (59m49s, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
03/28/09: W (59m56s, 38/40) 7-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Lawson, Mannino).
03/29/09: L (59m40s, 36/37) 0-1 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
01/03/10: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory vs. Adirondack (Grahame).
02/07/10: W (59m56s, 26/30) 5-4 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Thiessen).
02/28/10: SOW (65m, 30/31) 2-1 SO victory (3/5) at Wilkes-Barre (Thiessen).
11/14/10: W (59m24s, 21/24) 8-3 victory vs. Binghamton (Brust).
11/20/10: L (59m22s, 19/23) 3-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
11/21/10: W (60m, 19/22) 4-3 victory vs. Hartford (Talbot).

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

Played for Russia in 2010 IIHF World Championships (Cologne and Mannheim, Germany).
05/13/10: W (60m, 19/20) 3-1 victory vs. Belarus (Mezin).
05/15/10: W (60m, 32/34) 3-2 victory vs. Germany (Kotschnew).
05/18/10: W (60m, 36/36) 5-0 victory vs. Finland (Vehanen).
05/20/10: W (60m, 25/27) 5-2 victory vs. Canada (Mason) [Quarterfinals].
05/23/10: L (57m53s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat vs. Czech Republic (Vokoun) [Gold Medal Game].

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