Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov (Russian: Андрей Викторович Назаров; born May 22, 1974) is a former Russian professional ice hockey player. He has formerly managed the Kazakh team Barys Astana (of the Kontinental Hockey League's Chernyshev Division), the Ukrainian national team and been joint coach of the Russian National Hockey Team . He has been nicknamed "The Russian Bear", and in his coaching career, "The Russian Keenan".
Nazarov was drafted 10th overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He has also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Boston Bruins and Phoenix Coyotes and the Minnesota Wild. In his NHL career, Nazarov played 571 regular season games, scoring 53 goals and 71 assists for 124 points. He also collected 1409 penalty minutes.
Nazarov served only one season (2013-2014) as the coach of HC Donbass before moving to Barys.
Career statistics
| | Regular season | | Playoffs |
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 1991–92 | HC Dynamo Moscow | CIS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93 | HC Dynamo Moscow | IHL | 42 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1993–94 | HC Dynamo Moscow | IHL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 71 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 43 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1995–96 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 27 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995–96 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 42 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 222 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 36 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999–00 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 76 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 63 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 200 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 30 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002–03 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 135 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | RSL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005–06 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005–06 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | 571 | 53 | 71 | 124 | 1409 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
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International statistics
| Year | Team | Event | Place | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 1998 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
