Anatoli Vladimirovich Fedotov (born May 11, 1966 in Saratov

Saratov

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, Soviet Union

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) is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player who played 4 games in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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.

He began his career with his hometown team Kristall Saratov

Kristall Saratov

Kristall Saratov is an ice hockey team in Saratov, Russia. They play in the Vysshaya Liga, the second level of Russian ice hockey.-History:The club was founded as Bolshevik Saratov in 1948...

 before moving to the Soviet Hockey League

Soviet Hockey League

The Soviet Championship was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy, with history of the game in Russia dating several centuries into...

 with HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow

HC Dynamo Moscow was a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. They were members of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League...

. He also played on the Soviet Union's 1987 Canada Cup

1987 Canada Cup

The 1987 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team Canada....

 team. He then moved to North America

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 in 1992 and played one game for the Winnipeg Jets, scoring two assists. He spent the season in the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

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 with the Moncton Hawks

Moncton Hawks

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. He was then drafted 238th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft

1993 NHL Entry Draft

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 and managed to play three regular season games but didn't register a point. He spent two seasons in the International Hockey League with the San Diego Gulls before moving to Japan

Japan

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, signing with New Oji Seishi Tomakomai where he was voted the league's best player. He then played in Finland

Finland

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's SM-liiga

SM-liiga

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 with Tappara

Tappara

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 and Sweden

Sweden

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's Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 with HV71

HV71

HV71, often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien...

 before returning to Oji. After two seasons in Japan, Fedotov returned to Russia and split 2000-01 with Molot-Prikamie Perm and Vityaz Podolsk before retiring.

He has the distinction of being the only NHL player to be selected in the NHL Entry Draft after playing his first NHL game.