Igor Varitsky

Igor Konstantinovich Varitsky 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.