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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Anton Khudobin
| image = Anton Khudobin AHL.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Khudobin as a member of the [[Houston Aeros (1994–2013)|Houston Aeros]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|5|7}}
| birth_place = [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]],<br>[[Soviet Union]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 194
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| team = [[Boston Bruins]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| prospect_team = <!--[[Providence Bruins]]-->
| prospect_league = [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| former_teams = [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]<br>[[Minnesota Wild]]<br>[[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]<br>[[Carolina Hurricanes]]<br>[[Anaheim Ducks]]
| ntl_team = RUS
| draft = 206th overall 
| draft_year = 2004 
| draft_team = [[Minnesota Wild]]
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 
| medaltempaltes = 
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2014 IIHF World Championship|2014 Belarus]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2015 Czech Republic]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006 Canada]]|}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005 United States]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 IIHF World U18 Championships|2004 Belarus]]|}}
}}
'''Anton Valerievich Khudobin''' ({{lang-ru|Антон Валерьевич Худобин}}; born 7 May 1986) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakhstani]]–[[Russia|Russian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] currently playing under contract with the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was drafted by the [[Minnesota Wild]] in the seventh round, 206th overall, at the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]], playing for the organization for three-and-a-half years before joining the Bruins via a trade in [[2010–11 NHL season|2011]]. He signed as a free agent with the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in 2013 and was extended before being traded to the [[Anaheim Ducks]] in 2015.

==Playing career==
Khudobin began his hockey career in his native Kazakhstan, but moved to Russia at a young age and joined the [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk|Metallurg]] hockey school in [[Magnitogorsk]] in order to develop his game at a higher level. He was a consistent starter for Russia's national junior squads, earning a gold medal with the [[Russia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|under-18 team]] at the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championships|2004 IIHF World Under-18 Championships]] and silver medals with the [[Russia men's national junior ice hockey team|junior team]] at the [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] and [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] [[IIHF World U20 Championship|IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]]. At the end of this 2003–04 hockey season, Khudobin was drafted by the [[Minnesota Wild]] at the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]] in the seventh round, 206th overall.

Khudobin then played as a backup for Metallurg before deciding to move to North America and play in the Canadian [[junior ice hockey#Major junior|major junior hockey system]].<ref>[http://www.russianprospects.com/public/profile.php?player_id=288 RussianProspects.com Anton Khudobin Profile]</ref> He opted to join the [[Saskatoon Blades]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) for the [[2005–06 WHL season|2005–06 season]], helping them to their best regular season finish in over a decade and backstopped them past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in six years.<ref name="saskatoonblades">{{cite web|title = Medicine Hat sweeps Blades in four games|url = http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/blades/story.html?id=994ce759-d9bb-4d79-ad50-cad04084d22b|author = Cory Wolfe|publisher = [[The StarPhoenix]]|date = 2006-04-16|accessdate = 2010-11-19|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101024051444/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/blades/story.html?id=994ce759-d9bb-4d79-ad50-cad04084d22b|archivedate = 24 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=background>{{cite web|title=Khudobin int'l man of mystery|url=http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/blades/story.html?id=c09af757-aac1-40f3-a70d-f4a6b90789a9|author=Cory Wolfe|publisher=[[The StarPhoenix]]|date=2006-03-24|accessdate=2010-11-19| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101024041348/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/blades/story.html?id=c09af757-aac1-40f3-a70d-f4a6b90789a9| archivedate= 24 October 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

In 2006, Khudobin returned to Russia and took over back-up goaltending duties for Metallurg in the [[Russian Superleague]] (RSL), helping the team to the league championship. In the summer of 2007, however, three years after initially being drafted, Khudobin signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Wild.

Khudobin spent the following season splitting time between the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL)'s [[Houston Aeros (1994–2013)|Houston Aeros]] and the [[ECHL]]'s [[Texas Wildcatters]], earning top ECHL goaltender honors for [[2007–08 ECHL season|2007–08]]. In [[2009–10 AHL season|2009–10]], he made the full-time jump to the Aeros and later made his NHL debut for the Wild on 4 February 2010, replacing the injured [[Josh Harding]] in a 4–2 win over the [[Edmonton Oilers]]. He made his first NHL start two days later on 6 February 2010, stopping 38 of 39 shots in a 2–1 win over the [[Philadelphia Flyers]].<ref>[http://wild.nhl.com/club/boxscore.htm?id=2009020867 Minnesota Wild - Boxscore (6 Feb 2010)]</ref>

Following a 24 September 2010, pre-season knee injury to Harding, the Wild's full-time back-up goaltender, Khudobin was expected to take over that role for the Wild. However, the Wild opted instead to sign [[José Théodore]] to a one-year contract, leaving Khudobin in the number-three position. Soon after the signing Khudobin was returned to Houston.<ref>[http://wild.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2010010048 GAMEDAY: Wild at Canadiens (Preseason)]</ref> Khudobin was recalled by the Wild on 8 January 2011, to back up Théodore after starter [[Niklas Bäckström]] suffered a strained [[Hip flexors|hip flexor]]. On 12 January, Théodore suffered a similar injury, and Khudobin replaced him in the third period of a 5–1 loss to the [[Nashville Predators]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild goalie Anton Khudobin's second time around with team likely to be brief|url=http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_17081209?nclick_check=1|author=Bruce Brothers|publisher=Twincities.com|date=2011-01-11|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref> After a 4–1 loss to the visiting [[Colorado Avalanche]] on 14 January, Khudobin posted his first career NHL shutout, making 32 saves in a 4–0 win over the visiting [[Vancouver Canucks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Khudobin earns first career shutout as Wild blank Canucks|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=349785|publisher=[[TSN.ca]]|date=2011-01-16|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref>

Nearing the 2011 [[NHL trade deadline]], Khudobin was traded to the [[Boston Bruins]] on 28 February 2011, in exchange for [[Jeff Penner]] and [[Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey, born 1987)|Mikko Lehtonen]]. Khudobin was then assigned to the AHL's [[Providence Bruins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=355885|title=Bruins acquire Khudobin from Wild for Penner, Lehtonen rights|publisher=''[[The Sports Network]]''|date=2011-02-28|accessdate=2011-02-28}}</ref> He finished the season strong and was called up as an emergency goalie for Boston during their [[2011 Stanley Cup playoffs|2011 Stanley Cup playoff]] run; he was included in the team's celebratory picture after Boston won in the [[2011 Stanley Cup Finals|Finals]] and was also awarded a [[Stanley Cup]] ring for his inclusion in the squad.<ref>{{cite web|last=Halford|first=Mike|title=Boston has been the land of opportunity for goalies this season|url=http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/boston-has-been-the-land-of-opportunity-for-goalies-this-season/|publisher=Pro Hockey Talk|accessdate=3 June 2012|date=5 April 2012}}</ref> Due to the fact that he did not play for Boston during the 2010–11 season, however, his name was not engraved on the Stanley Cup.

On 1 July 2011, Khudobin signed a two-year contract extension with the Bruins. On 5 April 2012, Khudobin played his first game with the Bruins, earning himself a win against the [[Ottawa Senators]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021207&navid=DL%7cBOS%7chome|title=Bruins vs Senators 04/05/2012|publisher=''Boston Bruins Official Site''|date=2012-04-05|accessdate=2012-04-06}}</ref> He later served as the backup goaltender to [[Tuukka Rask]] during the [[2012–13 NHL lockout|lockout]]-shortened season.

On 5 July 2013, the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] signed Khudobin as a free agent to one-year, one-way, $800,000 contract. He was later re-signed by the Hurricanes following the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]] to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.

On 27 June 2015, the second day of the [[2015 NHL Entry Draft]], Khudobin was traded to the Anaheim Ducks In exchange for [[James Wisniewski]].<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772552 | title = Hurricanes acquire Wisniewski from Ducks | publisher = ''[[National Hockey League]]'' | date = 2015-06-27 | accessdate = 2015-06-27}}</ref>

As a free agent at the conclusion of his season with the Ducks, Khudobin opted to sign a two-year contract to return to the Boston Bruins on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888345 | title = Bruins sign six players | publisher = ''[[Boston Bruins]]'' | date = 2016-07-01 | accessdate = 2016-07-01}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:75%"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Regular season]]
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! W
! L
! OTL
! MIN
! GA
! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]]
! [[Goals against average|GAA]]
! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP
! W
! L
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
! SV%
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005–06 WHL season|2005–06]]
| [[Saskatoon Blades]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 44
| 23
| 13
| 2
| 1373
| 114
| 4
| 2.90
| .917
| 10
| 4
| 6
| 685
| 32
| 0
| 2.80
| .920
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 Russian Superleague season|2006–07]]
| [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
| [[Russian Superleague|RSL]]
| 16
| —
| —
| —
| 618
| 28
| 0
| 2.72
| —
| 3
| —
| —
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 2.30
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2007–08 ECHL season|2007–08]]
| [[Texas Wildcatters]]
| [[ECHL]]
| 27
| 20
| 1
| 4
| 1549
| 51
| 3
| 1.98
| .934
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 547
| 20
| 1
| 2.19
| .933
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]]
| [[Houston Aeros (1994–2013)|Houston Aeros]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 12
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 482
| 16
| 1
| 1.99
| .911
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2008–09 ECHL season|2008–09]]
| [[Florida Everblades]]
| ECHL
| 33
| 18
| 10
| 1
| 1706
| 77
| 4
| 2.71
| .907
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 AHL season|2008–09]]
| Houston Aeros
| AHL
| 10
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 512
| 26
| 0
| 3.04
| .892
| 17
| 8
| 8
| 890
| 30
| 2
| 2.70
| .900
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2009–10 AHL season|2009–10]]
| Houston Aeros
| AHL
| 40
| 14
| 19
| 4
| 2247
| 91
| 4
| 2.43
| .907
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]
| [[Minnesota Wild]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 69
| 1
| 0
| 0.87
| .979
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2010–11 AHL season|2010–11]]
|Houston Aeros
|AHL
|34
|19
|12
|1
|1883
|81
|1
|2.58
|.911
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]]
|Minnesota Wild
|NHL
|4
|2
|1
|0
|189
|5
|1
|1.59
|.942
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
|2010–11
|[[Providence Bruins]]
|AHL
|16
|9
|4
|1
|901
|36
|1
|2.40
|.920
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2011–12 AHL season|2011–12]]
|Providence Bruins
|AHL
|44
|21
|19
|3
|2597
|113
|2
|2.61
|.919
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
|[[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]]
|[[Boston Bruins]]
|NHL
|1
|1
|0
|0
|60
|1
|0
|1.00
|.977
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]
| [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]
| [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| 26
| 6
| 14
| 4
| 1499
| 74
| 1
| 2.96
| .912
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2012–13 NHL season|2012–13]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 14
| 9
| 4
| 1
| 803
| 31
| 1
| 2.32
| .920
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14]]
| [[Carolina Hurricanes]]
| NHL
| 36
| 19
| 14
| 1
| 2084
| 80
| 1
| 2.30
| .926
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2013–14 AHL season|2013–14]]
| [[Charlotte Checkers]]
| AHL
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 119
| 6
| 0
| 3.03
| .928
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 NHL season|2014–15]]
| Carolina Hurricanes
| NHL
| 34
| 8
| 17
| 6
| 1920
| 87
| 1
| 2.72
| .900
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[2015–16 NHL season|2015–16]]
| [[Anaheim Ducks]]
| NHL
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 354
| 16
| 1
| 2.69
| .909
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2015–16 AHL season|2015–16]]
| [[San Diego Gulls (AHL)|San Diego Gulls]]
| AHL
| 31
| 19
| 8
| 4
| 1807
| 74
| 0
| 2.46
| .921
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 185
| 7
| 0
| 2.26
| .934
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2016–17 NHL season|2016–17]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 16
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 885
| 39
| 0
| 2.64
| .904
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2016–17 AHL season|2016–17]]
| Providence Bruins
| AHL
| 11
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 626
| 28
| 2
| 2.69
| .896
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL totals
!116
!51
!45
!9
!6,367
!260
!5
!2.45
!.916
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}
<!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD CURRENT YEAR STATS AS PER WIKIPEDIA STANDARDS TILL END OF YEAR -->

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! GP
! W
! L
! T/OTL
! MIN
! GA
! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]]
! [[Goals against average|GAA]]
! [[Save percentage|SV%]]
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2004 IIHF World U18 Championships|2004]]
| [[Russia men's national junior ice hockey team|Russia]]
| [[IIHF World U18 Championships|WJC18]]
| {{goca}}
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 360
| 13
| 0
| 2.17
| .915
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]]
| Russia 
| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|WJC]]
| {{sica}}
| 5
| 3 
| 2
| 0 
| 264
| 12
| 0
| 2.73
| .901
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]]
| Russia 
| WJC
| {{sica}}
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 0 
| 300
| 11
| 0
| 2.20
| .933
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2015 IIHF World Championships|2015]]
| [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]] 
| [[IIHF World Championship|WC]]
| {{sica}}
| 1
| 0 
| 0
| 0 
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0.00
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4 | Junior totals
! 16
! 11
! 3
! 2
! 924
! 36
! 0
! 2.31
! .927
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4 | Senior totals
! 1
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 4
! 0
! 0
! 0.00
! —
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Anton Khudobin}}
* {{Eliteprospects}}
* [http://www.russianprospects.com/public/profile.php?player_id=288 RussianProspects.com Anton Khudobin Profile]
* {{hockeydb|78668}}
* {{nhlprofile|8471418}}
* {{eurohockey|77166}}

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