Dmitri Tarabrin
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Dmitri "Demo" Tarabrin is a retired Russia
n professional ice hockey
player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Chiefs
of the ECHL
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during the 1997-98 ECHL season. As a rookie, he scored 12 goals and 28 points in 60 games under future NHL coach Peter Laviolette
. He followed his rookie season with the Nailers by scoring 12 goals and 34 points in his first 41 games before being traded to Johnstown.
on a training camp invite by new coach Toby O'Brien, and responded by scoring 17 goals and putting up a career high in penalty minutes. Tarabrin remained with the Chiefs until 2006, where he scored a career high in goals (21).
. After only scoring 4 goals in 25 games and a request to return home to Johnstown to be with his wife and son, the PrarieThunder released Tarabrin.
Tarabrin returned to the Chiefs for the 2007-08 ECHL season
. Tarabrin would only play six games and was a healthy scratch before being waived by coached Ian Herbers. Although Tarabrin finished his Chiefs' career one goal shy of 100, he finished his career third all-time in goals scored in Chiefs history.
. As he was introduced by his former coach Toby O'Brien and while the fans chanted "Demo!", Tarabrin thanked the Nailers, the fans, among many others prior to the start of the Wheeling Nailers game.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Chiefs
Johnstown Chiefs
The Johnstown Chiefs were a minor league ice hockey team located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that played in the ECHL. The team was founded in 1988 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League when that league was formed...
of the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
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Wheeling Nailers
Tarabrin started his career with the Wheeling NailersWheeling Nailers
The Wheeling Nailers are an ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL....
during the 1997-98 ECHL season. As a rookie, he scored 12 goals and 28 points in 60 games under future NHL coach Peter Laviolette
Peter Laviolette
Peter Laviolette Jr. is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman and is the current head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League...
. He followed his rookie season with the Nailers by scoring 12 goals and 34 points in his first 41 games before being traded to Johnstown.
Johnstown Chiefs
In what was considered a blockbuster trade, the Wheeling Nailers traded Tarabrin to Johnstown for Chiefs defenseman Jon Sorg on February 2, 1999. Sorg, at the time of the trade, was the Chiefs' team captain. Tarabrin would stay with the team until the start of the 2001-02 ECHL season, where he was the final cut at training camp by coach Scott Allen. Tarabrin chose to stay in the area, taking a job with a local construction company. He would return to the Chiefs' training camp at the start of the 2002-03 ECHL season2002-03 ECHL season
The 2002-03 ECHL season was the 15th season of the ECHL. The ECHL All-Star Game was held at Germain Arena in Estero, Florida and was hosted by the Florida Everblades. The Northern Conference All-Stars dominated the game, beating the Southern Conference All-Stars 8:2. Atlantic City's Scott...
on a training camp invite by new coach Toby O'Brien, and responded by scoring 17 goals and putting up a career high in penalty minutes. Tarabrin remained with the Chiefs until 2006, where he scored a career high in goals (21).
Bloomington PrarieThunder
Tarabrin started the 2006-07 IHL season with the Bloomington PrarieThunder of the United Hockey LeagueUnited Hockey League
The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States...
. After only scoring 4 goals in 25 games and a request to return home to Johnstown to be with his wife and son, the PrarieThunder released Tarabrin.
Return to Johnstown
The Chiefs re-signed Tarabrin for a third time on December 22, 2006. He finished the season with 34 points in 43 games.Tarabrin returned to the Chiefs for the 2007-08 ECHL season
2007-08 ECHL season
The 2007–08 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.Two teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006–07 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm...
. Tarabrin would only play six games and was a healthy scratch before being waived by coached Ian Herbers. Although Tarabrin finished his Chiefs' career one goal shy of 100, he finished his career third all-time in goals scored in Chiefs history.
Retirement
On December 10, Tarabrin's #17 was raised to the rafters of the Cambria County War Memorial ArenaCambria County War Memorial Arena
The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that is managed by SMG Entertainment. It was built in 1950, for the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. The film Slap Shot, based on the Jets, was filmed in this arena...
. As he was introduced by his former coach Toby O'Brien and while the fans chanted "Demo!", Tarabrin thanked the Nailers, the fans, among many others prior to the start of the Wheeling Nailers game.