Sergei Krivokrasov Sergei Vladimirovich Krivokrasov ( , born April 15 , 1974 ) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons between 1992 and 2002 . He represented the Nashville Predators in the 1999 NHL All - Star Game . Playing career . Krivokrasov came up through the ranks for the famed CSKA Moscow club in Russia , breaking into the full squad at age 17 in 1991 – 92 and scoring 10 goals . He was also one of the top players on the Russian squad which took won the 1992 World Junior Championships . Impressed with his grit and goalscoring ability , the Chicago Blackhawks selected him in the first round , 12th overall , in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft . Krivokrasov quickly signed with Chicago and was assigned to the Indianapolis Ice , the team ' s IHL affiliate for the 1992 – 93 season , where he impressed with 36 goals and 69 points as a rookie , and earned a four - game callup to Chicago . He remained in Indianapolis in 1993 – 94 , and although his production dropped at that level he appeared in another 9 games for Chicago , scoring his first NHL goal . During the 1994 – 95 NHL lockout Krivokrasov was again in Indianapolis , but he was quickly promoted to Chicago at the conclusion of the lockout in January , and played regularly for Chicago for the rest of the campaign . His rookie season was an excellent one , as he posted 12 goals and 7 assists for 19 points in 41 games . His 12 goals placed him 6th on the Hawks and 8th amongst all NHL rookies . However , after the success of his rookie year , the rest of Krivokrasov ' s stay in Chicago would be unsettled . He was briefly re - assigned to Indianapolis in the midst of a disappointing sophomore campaign that saw him score only 6 goals in 46 games . He did , however , score the biggest goal of his NHL career , an overtime winner against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 of their second round playoff series . In 1996 - 97 , he set career highs with 13 goals and 24 points , but his offensive production was still below what was expected given his promising start . After scoring only 10 goals in 1997 – 98 , he was dealt to the expansion Nashville Predators in the summer of 1998 . On a first - year expansion team in Nashville , Krivokrasov was given more responsibility than he ' d received in Chicago , and responded with the finest season of his career . He nearly doubled his career high with 25 goals to lead the Predators , finished 3rd on the club with 48 points , and was selected to be the franchise ' s representative at the 1999 NHL All - Star Game . His season was topped by the opportunity to represent Russia at the 1998 Winter Olympics , where he helped his country to a silver medal . Unfortunately , his success in Nashville would be short - lived . In 1999 – 2000 , the inconsistency he showed in Chicago returned and he was replaced on the team ' s top line by Patric Kjellberg . With just 9 goals and 26 points through 63 games , he was dealt at the NHL trade deadline to the Calgary Flames for Cale Hulse and a 3rd round draft pick . In Calgary , he responded well with 1 goal and 10 assists in 12 games to finish the year with 10 goals and 27 assists ( a career high ) for 37 points . However , Calgary decided to expose him in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft where he was claimed by the Minnesota Wild . Minnesota hoped that Krivokrasov could duplicate his performance two seasons prior for the first - year Predators , but he never settled into the defense - first system of head coach Jacques Lemaire . He finished the 2000 – 01 season with totals of just 7 goals and 22 points in 54 games , his lowest totals since 1996 . 9 games into the 2001 – 02 campaign , he was dealt to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for a 7th round draft pick . In Anaheim , he fared no better , scoring just 1 goal in 17 games before being assigned to the minors for the first time in six years . With his NHL career at a standstill , Krivokrasov returned to Russia for the 2002 - 03 season , signing for Amur Khabarovsk . He would have a fine season , finishing with 16 goals and 18 assists in 51 games . Towards the end of the 2003 - 04 season , he was moved to Avangard Omsk , one of the top teams in the Russian Hockey League , where he helped the team to the 2004 championship . This was not without controversy , however , as he was a central player in the Krivokrasov stick incident in the semifinals , after exchanging an illegal stick during a delay prior to measurement . Krivokrasov ' s final few seasons in the Russian league would be nomadic as he appeared for 5 clubs between 2004 and 2008 , most notably a return to his first club CSKA Moscow in 2005 – 06 . After two seasons with Metallurg Novokuznetsk , he retired in 2008 . He now lives in Grayson , GA ( 2005 ) Krivokrasov finished his career with totals of 86 goals and 109 assists for 195 points in 450 NHL games . In the various incarnations of the top Russian division , he added an additional 93 goals and 82 assists for 175 points in 375 games .