Career
Varlamov came to North America to play junior hockey with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He signed with the Calgary Flames as a free agent in 1996 and spent three seasons in the Flames system from 1999 until 2001 when he was traded to the Saint Louis Blues. After spending a year in the Vancouver Canucks organization, Varlamov signed with Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Super League in 2004 and has also played with The Human Context Sibir Novosibirsk, The Human Context Severstal, SKA Saint St. Petersburg and The Human Context Dynamo Minsk.
Internationally, Varlamov played with the Ukraine men"s national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics and at three World Championships: 2000, 2004 and 2005.