- Became a United States citizen in July 2000.
- He and wife Natalia have two children, Alex and Anna.
- Became the youngest Soviet player to win an Olympic Gold Medal (1988)
- Member of the 1989 World Junior Championship with Sergei Fedorov and Pavel Bure.
- Drafted 89th overall in the 1988 Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
- (July 8, 1995) Traded with a fifth-round draft pick to the Vancouver Canucks for Michael Peca, Mike Wilson and a first-round draft pick.
- (March 14 1999) Traded to the New Jersey Devils for Brendan Morrison and Denis Pederson.
- (July 3, 2001) Signed as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- Scored 76 goals with the Buffalo Sabres
- Won Stanley Cup in 2000 with New Jersey Devils
- First Soviet player to defect to the West.
- Defected to the United States after the 1989 Hockey World Championship tournament to sign and play for the Buffalo Sabres. At the time, the Soviet Government declared him a "traitor" and an "army deserter" and demanded that the US Government extardite him back to the Soviet Union.
- Special advisor to the president of his hometown team, Amur Khabarovsk. (2009)
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