Trained by Khimik Voskresensk, Lomakin left the team in 1985 to join the powerful Dynamo Moscow. He was among the first generation of soviet stars to leave their country after the fall of communism to play in the NHL; Lomakin had been the Flyers' 7th round pick (138th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. In 1991, at the age of 27, Lomakin became the first ever Russian to play for the Flyers. Later, he was a member of the Florida Panthers for their inaugural season and the next; he posted career highs in goals and points in his first season with the Panthers. He retired in 1997.