Maxim Bets
Born (1974-01-31) January 31, 1974
Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Traktor Chelyabinsk
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
HC CSKA Moscow
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Severstal Cherepovets
Molot-Prikamye Perm
Krylya Sovetov Moscow
NHL Draft 37th overall, 1993
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 19912010

Maxim Nikolaevich Bets (born January 31, 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played three games in the National Hockey League for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Career

Bets began his career in Russia with Traktor Chelyabinsk before moving to North America in the junior Western Hockey League where he spent two highly productive seasons with the Spokane Chiefs, scoring 49 goals and 57 assists for 106 points in 1992–93 and 46 goals and 70 assists for 116 points in 1993–94, finishing second for the team between Valeri Bure and Ryan Duthie respectively.

Bets was drafted 37th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, but while with the Chiefs, his rights were traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for fellow Russian Alexei Kasatonov and played three games for the Mighty Ducks during the 1993–94 NHL season but failed to register a point. It turned out to be Bets' only NHL experience as he spent the rest of his time in North America with spells with the San Diego Gulls of the IHL, the Worcester IceCats and the Baltimore Bandits of the AHL and the Raleigh IceCaps of the ECHL.

Bets returned to Russia in 1996 in the Russian Superleague with one season spells with HC CSKA Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Mechel Chelyabinsk and Metallurg Magnitogorsk. He rejoined Mechel Chelyabinsk for another season before spending another season playing for Severstal Cherepovets and then split the 2002–03 season with Molot-Prikamye Perm and Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

In 2003, he returned to Mechel Chelyabinsk a third time who were now playing in the Vysshaya Liga and spent three seasons with the team joining Traktor Chelyabinsk for a third spell at the conclusion of the 2005–06 season. He spent a season with Kazakhmis Satpaev before joining Mechel Chelyabinsk for a fourth time. In 2008, Bets signed with Gazprom-OGU Orenburg.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1991–92 Traktor Chelyabinsk CIS 251128
1992–93 Spokane Chiefs WHL 544957106130 9561120
1993–94 Spokane Chiefs WHL 634670116111 311112
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 30000
1993–94 San Diego Gulls IHL 90220
1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 3626831
1994–95 Worcester IceCats AHL 91126
1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 34551018
1995–96 Raleigh IceCaps ECHL 90446 40000
1996–97 CSKA Moscow RSL 1632512
1997–98 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL 351292116
1998–99 Mechel Chelyabinsk RSL 4112193157 30112
1999–00 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 3635826 1242612
2000–01 Mechel Chelyabinsk RSL 329122136 20000
2001–02 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 357111818 42132
2002–03 Molot-Prikamye Perm RSL 329122136
2002–03 Krylya Sovetov Moscow RSL 90008
2003–04 Mechel Chelyabinsk RUS-2 498253324 121458
2004–05 Mechel Chelyabinsk RUS-2 479142320 82026
2005–06 Mechel Chelyabinsk RUS-2 4313203332
2005–06 Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS-2 71456 111348
2006–07 Kazakhmys Satpaev RUS-2 449112054
2006–07 Kazakhmys Satpaev KAZ 241081810
2007–08 Mechel Chelyabinsk RUS-2 36671328
2008–09 Gazprom-OGU Orenburg RUS-2 558182636
NHL totals 30000
RSL totals 2344863111185 2164106

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1994 Russia WJC 70008
Junior totals 70008
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