Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau mai ki te papa Kazakh o te uri Russian, a Valeri, me te whaea Russian, a Tatiana, i tiimata a Khudobin i tana mahi hockey i tona whenua whanau i Kazakhstan engari i neke ki Russia i te 13 o ona tau ka uru atu ki te kura hockey Metallurg i Magnitogorsk kia pai ake ai tana taakaro. Ko ia he timatanga pumau mo nga roopu rangatahi a motu o Ruhia, i whiwhi i te mētara koura me te roopu o raro iho i te 18 tau i te 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships me nga mētara hiriwa me te roopu rangatahi i te 2005 me te 2006 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. I te mutunga o tenei tau 2003-04 hockey, i tohua a Khudobin e te Minnesota Wild i te 2004 NHL Entry Draft
i te whitu o nga rauna, 206 o nga rauna katoa.