His family was permitted entry into Canada by immigration officials because his father said he wanted one of his sons to skate like Guy Lafleur.

Sherbatov spent the 2012-13 season, when he was 20 years old, with the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne, and was third in the French Magnus League in assists.

The immigration service granted Canadian visas to his family only after his father stated that he wanted his son to skate like number 10, Guy Lafleur.

[11] Undrafted by the NHL as a teen, Sherbatov persevered in Europe and dreamed of reaching the Kontinental Hockey League.

At 14 years of age he had a rollerblading accident, seriously injured his left leg and knee, bones and nerves, developed drop foot, and had three surgeries.

He spent the 2008–09 season with Laval-Bourassa Rousseau Sports of the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League, leading the team in scoring.

[14][15] Sherbatov spent the 2011-12 season, when he was 19 years old, with the Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne team, playing in the Magnus League.

[13] Despite the fact that Neuilly-sur-Marne left the elite division following the season, Sherbatov signed a one-year contract extension with the club.

He briefly returned to Kazakhstan in the 2018-19 season, as he moved to Arlan Kokshetau, but never actually played a game for the team before leaving a month later.

[3][28] The team plays just a short walk from the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where one million Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Upon the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sherbatov found himself trapped in a city north of Mariupol before being aided by Israeli diplomats and members of the hockey community.

He had earlier appealed to the Canadian Global Affairs Agency consular service for Ukraine for help leaving the country, but received a form letter in reply.

[30] On August 8, 2022, the Jonquière Marquis of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, a professional league in Quebec, announced that Sherbatov would line up with the team for the 2022-23 season.

[32] Sherbatov has played extensively for the Israel men's national ice hockey team, drawing international attention when he first played in the 2005 IIHF World U18 championship Division III, in Bulgaria, at the age of 13, becoming the youngest player to step on the ice in an under-18 world championship.

[10][14] He scored 9 points (4 goals + 5 assists) in 5 games, as the team won a bronze medal, Israel's first in hockey in a championship tournament.

[5] In the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship, in Romania, Sherbatov scored 14 points (6 goals + 8 assists), which helped the team to rise to the second division by winning the silver medal.

Sherbatov started playing with the senior national team at the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II in Estonia at age 19.

[14][33] Sherbatov became an internet sensation after scoring a highlight goal against Greece at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III, in Cape Town, South Africa, when he was 19 years old.

[13] Sherbatov stepped on the ice for the national team for the 2014 World Championship Division II, in Serbia, where he put up 9 points (3 goals + 6 assists) in 5 games.