Voynov Vyacheslav Leonidovich - hockey player from Russia. Acts as a defender. In international competitions, appears in the Russian national team.
Childhood
Vyacheslav Voinov was born on January 15, 1990. Place of birth is the city of Chelyabinsk. Vyacheslav was interested in hockey from an early age, and at six his father took him to the rink for the first time. He became engaged in the school "Tractor". In addition to training with a mentor, father often worked with Vyacheslav Voinov.
Children's and youthful levels brought the hockey player three victories in the national championships, and the team also managed to win the youthful cup of European champions. At the age of fifteen, he began to participate in the Russian Championship games as part of Tractor 2.
For the 2006/07 season, the club’s main mentor decided to invite a defender to the Tractor. In total for that season he managed to appear on the ice in thirty-one games. The following year brought the first points to the hockey player.
Manchester Monarchs
In 2008, the NHL Rookie Draft passed. Following the event, Vyacheslav Voinov was chosen by the Los Angeles Kings team. The hockey player wanted to try his hand overseas and signed a contract that was designed for three years. However, the club’s directors decided to transfer Vyacheslav to their farm team from the Manchester Monarchs AHL.
In the autumn of that year, Vyacheslav Voinov went on the ice in his first match for the team and managed to earn points by completing an assist. The debut goal was scored in two weeks - October 24. The season for the hockey player turned out to be quite successful. Vyacheslav Voinov appeared sixty-one times on ice. In addition, he was able to score eight goals and fifteen assists. According to the points he got in first place with another defender of the club.
The next season, conducted by Vyacheslav Voinov, was even more eventful. The player came out in seventy-nine games, and by the end of the season earned twenty-nine points.
The 2010/11 season for the team began with the advent of a new leader. They became Voynov Vyacheslav. The hockey player participated for the first time in the duel of all AHL stars, and also managed to win the competition for lap speed. For the club, he spent seventy-six games and scored fifty-one points. This allowed him to get into the second symbolic team of the AHL.
Despite the terms of the contract, Vyacheslav never appeared in the Los Angeles Kings. At that moment, a lot of rumors appeared in the press about the return of the hockey player to his homeland.
Los Angeles Kings
The beginning of the 2011/12 season, Vyacheslav began at Manchester Monarx. However, he was soon called up to the Los Angeles Kings to replace the injured defender. The first game of Vyacheslav as a member of the team took place in October of the same year. The club won, but the hockey player could not earn points. Vyacheslav earned debut points in the game, which was held on October 27. The defender managed to score two goals and gave the assist.
After recovering the main defender from injury, Voinov again had to leave for Manchester Monarchs, but his stay there was short-lived. Soon the team broke up with several hockey players, and a place appeared for Vyacheslav. For the remainder of the season, Voinov took part in fifty-four matches and earned twenty points. Also that year, the player got the opportunity to win the Stanley Cup and brought it for the first time to his native Chelyabinsk.
The following season, the player again went to the “Manchester Monarchs”, where he took part in thirty-five games and returned to the camp “Kings”. For the remainder of the season, he spent forty-eight games and became the most productive among the club's defenders.
In June 2013, Voinov signed a new agreement with the team, which was designed for six years. The total amount of the contract was twenty-five million dollars. In the new season, the player played in eighty games and earned thirty-four points. In addition, that year brought the player a second Stanley Cup.
The season 2014/15 for the hockey player was very unsuccessful. He managed to hold on ice only six games. Most of the time he was absent from games due to disqualification and injury. Soon, the player decided to return to his homeland. The leadership removed Vyacheslav from the team and suspended his contract. At the end of October 2015, the contract between the club and the player was terminated.
In the fall of the same year, the player signed a contract with SKA from St. Petersburg. Since the tractor had the rights to the hockey player, Petersburgers had to pay compensation.
Personal life
In October 2014, Vyacheslav Voynov was detained on suspicion of domestic violence . The hockey player’s wife became a victim. However, making a deposit of fifty thousand dollars, Vyacheslav was released. During the investigation, the player was suspended from the game. In the summer of 2015, Voinov tried to make a deal with the investigation and received a period of ninety days of imprisonment and three years of probation. However, immediately after the release of the hockey player from custody, the immigration service arrested. War was released after a voluntary decision to leave the United States of America. Soon the hockey player arrived in Russia.