Oleg Kvasha

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Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Team

Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg/16 st 6 lb)
RSL Team F. teams	Traktor Chelyabinsk Phoenix Coyotes New York Islanders Florida Panthers Vityaz Chekhov
Nationality	Russia
Born	July 26, 1978 (1978-07-26) (age 29), Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
NHL Draft	65th overall, 1996 Florida Panthers
Pro career	1997 – present

Oleg Vladimirovich Kvasha (Russian: Олег Владимирович Кваша, born July 26, 1978 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian hockey forward who plays for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Russian Super League.

[edit] Playing career

Kvasha was a 3rd round selection, 65th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. On March 9, 2006 Kvasha was traded (along with a conditional fifth round draft pick) to the Phoenix Coyotes from the New York Islanders for a third round pick in the 2006 NHL Draft. He signed with Vityaz Chekhov of the Russian Super League for the 2006–07 season.

[edit] International play

Kvasha has represented his native Russia in the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.

[edit] External links

• Oleg Kvasha's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database