Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi ga mahaifin Kazakh na asalin Rasha, Valeri, da mahaifiyar Rasha, Tatiana, Khudobin ya fara aikinsa na hockey a ƙasar Kazakhstan amma ya koma Rasha yana da shekaru 13 kuma ya shiga makarantar wasan hockey na Metallurg a Magnitogorsk don bunkasa wasansa a matakin mafi girma. Ya kasance mai farawa na yau da kullun ga ƙungiyoyin matasa na Rasha, yana samun lambar zinare tare da ƙungiyar 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 18 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2004 ta IIHF da kuma lambobin azurfa tare da ƙungiyar matasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2005 da 2006 ta IIHF. A ƙarshen wannan kakar wasan hockey na 2003/04, Minnesota Wild ta zana Khudobin a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 2004
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