Andrey Makarov (born 20 April 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HC Dinamo-Molodechno of the Belarusian Extraleague. He played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres.

Playing career Makarov played major junior hockey with both the Lewiston Maineiacs of the QMJHL and the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL. He also played with the Russia men's national junior ice hockey team at both the 2012 and 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, winning silver and bronze respectively. On 14 September 2012, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL) signed Makarov as an undrafted free agent to a three-year entry-level contract, but assigned him to continue his play in the WHL with the Saskatoon Blades. Playing with the Blades during the 2012–13 season, Makarov was awarded the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the most outstanding goaltender at the 2013 Memorial Cup. In 115 career WHL games with Saskatoon, Makarov went 66-38-7 with a .916 save percentage, a 2.80 goals against average (GAA), and nine shutouts.

Makarov made his professional debut on 1 November 2013 with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL where he played 31 games during the 2013–14 season to post a record of 15-11-4 with a .906 save percentage and a 2.79 GAA. He was recalled to the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) on 17 March 2014, where he played 6 games before receiving his first NHL call-up, on 8 April 2014, to join the roster of the Buffalo Sabres.

Makarov opted to leave for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the 2016–17 season. Among the factors for his decision to leave the Sabres organization was that he believed Tim Murray, the Sabres' general manager, held a bias against Russian players; Makarov noted that, at the time of his departure, he was the only Russian in the Sabres' entire farm system, after Murray had traded away fellow Russians Mikhail Grigorenko and Nikita Zadorov. Makarov signed a two-year deal with HC Spartak Moscow.

Before appearing in a game with CSKA, Makarov was acquired by Chinese entrant, HC Kunlun Red Star on 5 July 2017. He appeared in their inaugural season, posting a .912 save percentage in 29 games in the 2016–17 regular season. On 10 May 2017, Makarov was returned to CSKA before he was swiftly traded to HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in exchange for financial compensation.

In his second season with Nizhnekamsk in 2018–19, earning just one win in six games, Makarov left the club to sign with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on 23 November 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League SV% GP W L SO GAA SV% 2009–10 Lada Togliatti MHL 22 — — — 1114 — — 4.04 .874 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Lewiston MAINEiacs QMJHL 27 11 12 2 1390 78 2 3.37 .890 3 0 1 106 6 0 3.40 .895 2011–12 Saskatoon Blades WHL 54 29 21 2 3107 156 2 3.01 .913 4 0 4 249 17 0 4.10 .872 2012–13 Saskatoon Blades WHL 61 37 17 5 3487 152 7 2.62 .919 4 0 4 196 12 0 3.66 .897 2013–14 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 31 15 11 4 1850 86 0 2.79 .906 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Rochester Americans AHL 10 7 3 0 601 22 0 2.20 .927 5 2 3 299 15 0 3.01 .907 2014–15 Rochester Americans AHL 39 16 18 3 2209 107 3 2.91 .905 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .917 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 Rochester Americans AHL 22 9 9 2 1211 57 1 2.82 .916 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 Kunlun Red Star KHL 29 12 15 0 1654 71 2 2.58 .912 2 0 1 95 5 0 3.14 .889 2017–18 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 12 6 4 0 596 21 1 2.11 .922 3 1 0 126 5 0 2.38 .922 2018–19 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 6 1 3 1 318 14 0 2.64 .897 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 CSK VVS Samara VHL 7 3 2 2 430 14 0 1.95 .913 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 3 0 1 0 92 6 0 3.92 .875 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Buran Voronezh VHL 5 1 2 2 239 10 0 2.51 .917 — — — — — — — — 2019–20 Dinamo Riga KHL 19 4 11 0 866 45 0 3.12 .906 — — — — — — — —2020–21HC Slovan BratislavaTL11———5622022.14.907————————2021–22HC DonbassUHL86105261421.60.938————————2021–22HC DonbassUSHL10——————1.23.950————————2022-23Buran VoronezhVHL27319013696913.03.895———————— NHL totals101060303.00.917 — — — — — — — — KHL totals 69 23 34 1 3526 157 3 2.67 .910 5 1 1 221 10 0 2.71 .908

Awards and honours Award Year CHL Hap Emms Memorial Trophy – Memorial Cup Top Goaltender 2013 International IIHF World U20 Championship Silver (Team Russia) 2012 IIHF World U20 Championship Bronze (Team Russia) 2013

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