Artyom Chubarov was selected 31st overall in the
1998 NHL Entry Draft. He was the 2nd selection for the
Vancouver Canucks. Prior to this, he spent four years playing in
Russian ice hockey leagues, including the Torpedo organization in
Nizhny Novgorod and
HC Dynamo Moscow. Chubarov would spend one final season with Dynamo, which was highlighted by playing for the gold-medal-winning
Russian team at the
1999 World Junior Championships in
Winnipeg. Chubarov scored the winning goal in overtime of the final game against Canadian goaltender
Roberto Luongo in the final game to give his team a 3–2 victory. He then joined the Canucks for most of the
1999–2000 season, spending the rest with Syracuse of the AHL. He missed most of the
2000–01 season, playing only one game, after a shoulder injury while with Kansas City of the IHL. Between the
1999–2000 and
2001–02 seasons, Chubarov would switch from the Canucks to their farm teams, playing for Syracuse, Kansas City, and Manitoba. He set a new
NHL record by becoming the first player in NHL history to begin his career with four consecutive game-winning goals. By the
2002–03 season, he finally earned a permanent spot with the Canucks as a faceoff specialist and defensive centre, helping them to the playoffs in both
2002–03 and
2003-2004. With the
2004–05 NHL lockout, Chubarov joined his former team Dynamo Moscow. At the end of the lockout, it was reported he had refused to rejoin the Canucks, instead choosing to play in Russia. On August 22, 2005, he was signed by
Avangard Omsk of the Super League, leaving Dynamo. Chubarov joined
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the newly formed
KHL to start the
2008–09 season. ==International play==