Vitaly Eremeev

Vitaly Eremeev is a Kazakh goalie on Barys Astana.

Eremeev was drafted by the New York Rangers in 1994 after his third season with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in which he won the Kazakh award for best goalie. He then played three seasons with CSKA Moscow, posting an incredible 1.66 GAA in 25 games during 1995-96. He bounced around the leagued a bit for the next few seasons, playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and CSKA Moscow before landing with Dynamo Moscow. In 2000, he powered the club to a league title, posting a 1.24 GAA in 26 games during the regular season, and a stunning 1.27 GAA during the playoffs. The next year, he got a shot at the NHL with the Rangers, but was unable to replicate his performance and returned to Russia with Dynamo Moscow. In 2004-05, he won the Super League title again with Moscow, as well as the league's award for best goalie. Impressively, he managed to post an even better GAA in this season's playoff effort, starting 10 games and averaging just .90 goals against per game. He played another five years with Dynamo Moscow, until he was traded to Barys Astana in 2010.

Eremeev played for Kazakhstan at the 2006 Olympic Games in Finland.