Editing Nikolai Zherdev (section)

{{Short description|Russian ice hockey player (born 1984)}}
{{redirect|Zherdev|other people with this surname|Zherdev (surname)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Nikolai Zherdev
| image = Zherdev_291111.jpeg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Zherdev with [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]] in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|5}}
| birth_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 203
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| shoots = Right
| team = [[Alleghe Hockey|Alleghe]]
| league = [[Italian Hockey League|IHL]]
| former_teams = {{Unbulleted list
|[[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
|[[Syracuse Crunch]]
|[[Atlant Moscow Oblast]]
|[[New York Rangers]]
|[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
|[[Ak Bars Kazan]]
|[[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Severstal Cherepovets]]
|[[HC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[HC Sochi|Sochi]]
|[[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]
|[[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]
|[[Dinamo Riga]]
|[[HC Ryazan|Ryazan]]
|[[Bratislava Capitals]]
|[[HC Merano|Merano]]}}
| ntl_team = Russia
| draft = 4th overall
| draft_year = 2003
| draft_team = [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| career_start = 2002
}}

'''Mykola Olehovych''' "'''Nikolai'''" '''Zherdev''' ({{langx|uk|Микола Олегович Жердев}}; born November 5, 1984) is a [[Ukrainians in Russia|Ukrainian-Russian]]<ref name="day off">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1681517 |title=Zherdev's day off 'intentional' |access-date=2007-12-02 |first=Jim |last=Kelley |date=2003-12-09 |work=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.beyondtheblueshirts.com/2009/03/nikolai-zherdev-if-youre-not-making-mistakes-youre-not-playing/  | title = Interview with Zherdev | publisher = beyondtheblueshirts.com | date = 2009-03-14 | accessdate = 2009-03-14}}</ref> professional [[ice hockey]] [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] who is currently playing for the [[Alleghe Hockey]] of the [[Italian Hockey League]].

He previously played in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]], [[New York Rangers]] and [[Philadelphia Flyers]].