Fans know Sergey Alexandrovich Zubov as a world-famous athlete who has in his piggy bank several significant awards, the presence of which not every hockey player can boast of over his career. A rather interesting fact of his biography is that the athlete played hockey until the age of forty, while all the most significant events in his life occurred before the age of twenty-four.
Biographical data from the life of a hockey player
Sergey Alexandrovich Zubov was born in Moscow on July 22, 1970. The first coach of the young athlete was Boris Shtanko. Zubov’s sports career began with a game for Moscow CSKA. The hockey player spent four years in this club - from 1988 to 1992. During this time, he managed to score seventeen goals and make nineteen assists. In total, one hundred sixty-three games were played for the army men Sergey Zubov.
The next year, 1992, began for the hockey player with a real breakthrough. Eighteen-year-old Sergey Zubov, unlike his peers, managed to achieve incredible heights. As an adult, he became the champion of the Soviet Union, going out on the ice shoulder to shoulder with eminent stars of world hockey. On ice, Sergei was part of the combined team of Viktor Tikhonov. The Olympics became for Zubov the first and last in his sports career. After some time, as part of a strong team, Sergey Zubov successfully performed at the youth championship - the guys got the gold.
At the age of twenty-one, the young hockey player Sergei Zubov was in the first team. He played six matches for the Russians at the World Cup. And four years later, in 1996, he took part in four matches in the World Cup. After the World Cup for the Russian national team, the player no longer went on the ice.
Sports career in the NHL
The first NHL game with the New York Rangers took place on December 6, 1992. The record for the young athlete was the result of eighty-nine points for the 1993-1994 season. He became the best player in performance.
The next time Zubov scored in the 86th NHL championship. In the game “Dallas” - “Anaheim” just a few minutes after its start, he scored the first goal, which in the future earned the love and respect of many fans.
Due to a serious injury in the 2008-2009 season, Sergei managed to hold only ten matches. During the year he managed to make about four programs. After that, the last time he went on the ice in November 2008. It was a game against the famous San Jose Sharks team.
A year later, the former player of the legendary NHL signed a contract with another base. The new “home” for him was the SKA Continental Hockey League. Along with the SKA league, Zubov received several “hot” offers from NHL clubs, which he successfully rejected in favor of the last step on his career ladder as a player.
All this time Sergey practically didn’t appear at home until he came directly to SKA for several years. Initially, he did not want to go to the team for personal reasons, and after that a whole series of unfavorable circumstances prevented him.
Before the Eurotour in Vancouver in 2010, Zubov considered his offer of a substitute place as a natural spit in his face. The hockey player admitted that he really wanted to play at least once for the national team, but, unfortunately, this was never destined to come true.
Key Achievements
Sergey Zubov is a hockey player who has in his arsenal many achievements and awards. Among his main achievements, the following should be highlighted:
- 1988-1989 - the hockey player became the absolute Champion of the Soviet Union in the 1988/1989 season.
- 1989 - Zubov received the honorary title of World Youth Champion.
- 1992 - Russian hockey player awarded the honorary title of Olympic champion.
- 1994 - Stanley Cup winner.
- 1999 - twice winner of the Stanley Cup.
Cognitive statistics of the games of the hockey player Sergei Zubov
Sergey Zubov is a hockey player who spent more than a thousand matches during his career in the NHL, or more precisely, one thousand fifty eight. During this time, the athlete scored seven hundred seventy-one points. These are one hundred fifty two goals and six hundred nineteen assists.
Among all the well-known domestic hockey players-defenders, Zubov takes an honorable first place in the number of accumulated points and assists. The athlete takes the second place in the number of goals scored. The first place went to Sergei Gonchar. He scored a hundred and ninety-one goals.
Also, the second place Teeth and takes on the number of matches held. In the first place was the athlete Alexei Zhitnikov with a score of eighty-five games held.
In the history of NHL games, the number of points scored in defense, the star of Russian and world hockey is ranked eighteenth. By the number of goals scored, Sergey Zubov is in thirty-first place. On the sixteenth place in the NHL, the hockey player holds on to the number of perfect passes.
Coaching by Sergey Alexandrovich Zubov
Sergey Zubov - SKA coach. Making a decision to end the games as a defender was not easy for him. Unable to get on the ice in the new season after a serious injury, the athlete completed his sports career and since 2011 Sergey Zubov has been a SKA coach.
Two seasons in CSKA were preceded by a year of coaching in St. Petersburg. Subsequently, the former athlete again returned to St. Petersburg. Under his strict guidance, the CSKA team managed to win the Gagarin Cup. All this time Sergey Alexandrovich specialized in working with defense players.
Since July 2015, Sergey Zubov has been a coach of the Russian national team. Huge gaming experience should help the newly-made coach of the national team prepare the guys for victory at the upcoming 2018 Olympic Games.
Personal life of a world-famous Russian coach
What other hobbies does a great coach have besides hockey? Sergey Zubov loves his family very much and devotes a lot of time to it. Sergei Alexandrovich has a wife, Irina, as well as children - son Pasha and daughter Nastya. Zubov S.A. prefers to spend free time from work while fishing or watching matches of his favorite basketball teams.