Igor Varitsky

Igor Varitsky
Born (1971-04-25) April 25, 1971
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 179 lb (81 kg; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Traktor Chelyabinsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Severstal Cherepovets
Salavat Yulayev Ufa
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
National team  Russia
Playing career 1988–2008

Igor Konstantinovich Varitsky (Russian: Игорь Константинович Варицкий) is an ice hockey executive and retired player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He is currently the general manager for the Shanghai Dragons, and formerly held that role for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC Vityaz. He has been praised by sports journalists for scouting European and North American players for the KHL. Varitsky was born on April 25, 1971, in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union and played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, Severstal Cherepovets, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

Varitsky was the world champion in 1993 and he also won the Russian Cup in 1998.