Honored hockey player of the Russian Federation, three times winner of the championships of the Russian Federation, twice owner of the Cup of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin - Alexander Stepanov. The hockey player has also repeatedly won the European Championship Cup and Continental Cup.
Back to basics
The hockey player was born on April 26, 1979, and from that moment his bright biography begins. Alexander Stepanov was born in Moscow. He devoted a significant part of his sporting life to the Dynamo Moscow school and from a young age he was distinguished by an unbending character, perseverance in achieving his goal and a strong disposition.
He took up his sports career in 1997. Alexander and his younger brother were brought to hockey by their father. I bought a uniform for them, and without undue bickering, the brothers began to attend training.
The first steps of Dynamo Alexander Stepanov
The young hockey player boldly moved forward, and already in 1999-2000, the capital's Dynamo won gold at the Russian Championship. And in the so-called golden season, A. Stepanov performed more than fifty times.
If you believe the statistics, then the most successful period of the game with the capital “Dynamo” for Stepanov can be considered 2003-2004. During this time, he won over 55 matches. And in 2004-2005, Dynamo was once again awarded the title of champion of the Russian Federation, and Alexander Stepanov again tried on gold medals.
"AK Bars"
As part of Dynamo hockey player played eight seasons. After some time, the attacker transferred to Ak Bars, where he again felt a surge of strength and again began to conquer the peaks of his favorite sport and delight his fans.
And at the beginning of 2006, Alexander Stepanov for the third time became the champion of Russia. “Ak Bars” was then awarded II place in the regular season, and then he beat his opponents in the relegation game (Play off).
For all this, in the 2006-2007 regular season, Stepanov was not able to obtain the champion title, despite the best statistics in his professional career: 64 matches played, 36 (20 + 16) points and +24 points in the plus-minus system "
“Metallurg” was then lucky enough to win in a fierce match with “Ak Bars” in the finals of the 5th crucial match. Nevertheless, the collection of Stepanov’s awards was enriched - Ak Bars took the European Cup in ice hockey. And in the subsequent year, in 2008, Kazan HC managed to take the Continental Cup for ice hockey (IIHF Continental Cup).
With the founding of the Continental Hockey League, Alexander Stepanov fell in his statistics. But this did not prevent him from continuing the struggle and rising significantly in the inherent hypostasis of a true fighter. As a rule, such athletes can get a lot of achievements in the “playoffs” and raise the team spirit of their associates.
In the regular season of 2008-2009, in the opening Cup of the Yuri Gagarin Cup, the hockey club where Alexander Stepanov plays becomes the winner by beating the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv in the final with a score of 4: 3. The same story was destined to happen next year, but the rival in the final series of the game this time was the MVD hockey club, and the score remained unchanged.
In 2011, Stepanov decided to leave Ak Bars and moved to Severstal, where the striker spent a good one-year season. After some time, the hockey player moves to Salavat Yulaev and signs the contract until April 30, 2014.
Achievements
Today, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stepanov appears before us as the three-time champion of the Russian Federation, the two-time winner of the Yuri Gagarin Cup, the holder of the European Champions Cup, the owner of the Continental Ice Hockey Cup, and he also twice took the honorary II place in the Russian championship. An excellent collection of achievements, you can’t say anything, not every athlete can boast of such successes.
Finally
Not everyone can do exhausting workouts every day, go forward, despite the difficulties that continually arise on the path of any of us. It is these qualities that hockey player Alexander Stepanov possesses. Today, he is a free agent helping young sports talents to embark on this difficult path of professional sports. But despite the fact that the athlete changed his occupation, loyal fans still remember his fierce ice battles for the championship at the championships of the Russian Federation. During game matches, the hockey player was able to raise the morale of his comrades in case of failure and become a serious rival in the struggle for the main prize. This is a very purposeful, knowledgeable athlete, whose professionalism and performance can only be envied. Many awards, recognition of fans are what Alexander Stepanov has behind him. The hockey player also appears before us as an exemplary family man and a loving father.