Andrei Khomutov

Who is Andrei Khomutov?

Andrei Valentinovich Khomutov is a retired Soviet ice hockey right winger. He was the head coach for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League and Kazakhstan national team during 2010-2011 season. He played for CSKA Moscow from 1979–1990, then in Switzerland for HC Fribourg-Gottéron from 1990-1998. He was most valuable player in the Soviet league in 1990, and also led the league in goals in 1988.

Khomutov played for the Soviet national team from 1981–83, 1985–87, and 1989; and for Russia in 1992, 1993, and 1995. He was on the winning side at the 1981 Canada Cup; the IIHF World Championships in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, and 1993; and the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Winter Olympics.