Sergei Kharin

Who is Sergei Kharin?

Sergei Anatolievich Kharin is a retired professional ice hockey player who played briefly in the National Hockey League and the Soviet Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets and Krylia Sovetov Moscow. He was the first Soviet born player to play a regular season game for the Jets. He also played on the Soviet Union's 1987 Canada Cup team, as well as for the Muskegon Fury in the United Hockey League.

Sergei's son Anton played for three years at Rochester Institute of Technology before joining the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League in 2009. Sergei, who played for the Muskegon team when it was known as the Fury, will come out of retirement to play one more game on April 10, 2009, sharing a forward line with his son on the Lumberjacks.