Yashin Alexey Valerievich - the world famous Russian hockey player, by role - forward. The athlete has many fans. Many are interested in his biography, achievements, personal life. It is about this world-famous hockey player that will be discussed.
Hockey biography
Alexei Yashin was born on November 5, 1973 in the city of Sverdlovsk, USSR. The guy grew up in a family of athletes, because of his love of sports he appeared from early childhood. The mother of the future NHL star played volleyball for the local Uralochka team. My father was engaged in handball and was a player of the Kalininets club. Considering the influence of his parents, Alexei started skating at the age of five. Initially, he simply drove the puck in the yard with the guys, and later went to hockey school.
Professional career (club)
The biography of Alexei Yashin is very interesting and rich. You can tell a lot about this athlete, because he is an active person, he has a lot of achievements. But let's talk about everything in order ...
Alexey had excellent data at a young age. Therefore, already at the age of 17, he begins to play for the adult team Avtomobilist (Sverdlovsk), in the major league of the Soviet Union. A year later he was invited to Moscow. In the abilities of the young hockey player was interested in Moscow Dynamo. Playing in the first season (91/92) for Muscovites, Alexei becomes the winner of the CIS Championship. A year later, in the 1992/1993 season, Alexei Yashin became the winner of the International Hockey League.
In 1993, the athlete moved to the NHL to join the Ottawa Senators team . In its composition, Yashin plays seven seasons, showing the highest performance in each. The smallest number of goals scored by a hockey player in Ottawa during the year is 15, and the maximum is 44. In the 1998/1999 season, Yashin represented his team as captain.
In June 2001, Alex moved to another team - New York Islanders. There he spends six seasons. From 2005 to 2007 he was the captain of the team.
In 2005, for some time he played for Moscow CSKA. After Yashin finished his performances in the NHL, he was seriously interested in many Russian clubs, but not everyone could satisfy the financial needs of one of the best NHL forwards of the last decade. But still there were such teams.
The first team of Yashin after his return from the United States was the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv. By the way, previously a hockey player played for Yaroslavl during a lockout in the NHL in the 2004/2005 season. Speeches for the "railroad" were very successful. Alexei Yashin showed high performance. He scored many goals, but made even more assists. In just two seasons, the hockey player scored 37 goals and assisted teammates 53 times.
In 2009, Yashin became a player in SKA (St. Petersburg). In this team, the hockey player worked for two seasons. Its effectiveness, again, is at the highest level (33 + 64 points in the “goal + pass” system).
In 2011, the transition to Moscow CSKA took place. Alexey Yashin at that time was already 38 years old. Nevertheless, he wrote down 9 goals and 11 assists at his own expense. The 2011/2012 season was the last in the professional career of an athlete as a player.
Alexei Yashin is a hockey player whose performance is simply impressive. During a player’s career, she’s like this: in the NHL - 850 games, 337 goals and 444 assists; in the KHL - 208 games, 63 goals and 101 assistants.
Career in the Russian team
Speeches by Alexei Yashin for the national team can be called successful. In total, the forward played for the country's main hockey team for 14 years (1992–2006). Like at the club level, he was highly successful in the national team. For all the time of the performance, the statistics of the hockey player are as follows: 88 games, 30 goals and 27 assists.
Over the period of Yashin’s appearances for the Russian national team, he has achieved the following achievements:
- world champion at the youth championship (1992);
- world champion in Germany (1993);
- silver medalist of the Nagano Olympics (1998);
- bronze medalist of the Salt Lake City Olympics (2002);
- bronze winner at the world championships in Austria (2005).
Until the end of the performance for the national team, he participated in annual world championships.
Manager career
After the end of his playing career, the former NHL star did not completely devote himself to coaching. Therefore, the track record as a manager is rather modest, in comparison with gaming achievements.
From December 2012 to February 2014 - the main manager of the women's hockey team.
At the same time, combined work with the position of assistant head coach of the main men's team (2013-2014).
At this, Yashin’s coaching career has ended. As for the won awards as a manager, at the moment Alexey Valerievich does not have them.
Personal life
The main question of all the fair sex: is a handsome, charming Alexei Yashin married? The hockey player's wife is a famous American model and actress - Carol Alt. True, she is the common-law spouse of a Russian athlete. Carol is 13 years older than her husband. She was born on December 1, 1960. But, according to Alexei, her absolute age does not bother anyone, because they really love each other.
Carol Alt and Alexei Yashin have been cohabiting for a long time, but officially they are not husband and wife. Many journalists tried to find out the reasons for this from lovers, but Alex and Carol are silent. They believe that the stamp in the passport is not the main thing, the main thing is feelings. And with them everything is in order. Indeed, Carol Alt and Alexei Yashin are very happy together. The photo in the article is vivid proof of this. They are constantly together, and happy smiles always shine on their faces.
The NHL star and fashion model met at the ceremony of presenting the prestigious trophy. That was back in 1999. Since then, they have not parted.
Carol Alt is a very recognizable person in the USA. She began her career as a model, but later received many offers to act in films and television series. Carol ranks fifth in a poll of who is the most beautiful American model in history.
Noteworthy Facts
- During the first season in the Ottawa Senators team, Yaleksey Yashin became the best player in the team. At the same time, the hockey player's salary at that time was almost the smallest in the team.
- Alexei Yashin is the first Russian hockey player in the history of the NHL who became the captain of the club, and not on a temporary, but on a permanent basis.
- Season 1990/2000 Yashin completely missed. This was due to the fact that before the start of the regular season the player did not manage to coordinate and settle all the details under the contract.
- When a hockey player played out last season in the NHL, on the New York Islanders team, he was the highest paid hockey player in the league. But in one of the games he received a serious tendon injury. The club decided to break the contract with Yashin and pay a penalty of $ 18 million (under the contract, the salary was 25 million in one season!). It was simply unprofitable for the club to keep a player with such a salary. Termination of the contract proved to be a more profitable procedure financially.
Personal rewards and achievements
- The most valuable player in the Russian championship (2007/2008 season).
- Hit in the symbolic national team of the championship of Russia, according to the results of the season (2007/2008).
- Member of the duel of all stars of the NHL (1994, 1999, 2002).
- Member of the duel of all the stars of the KHL (2009, 2010, 2011).
Hockey Special Merit
Alexey Valeryevich Yashin is in ninth place on the list of the best Russian scorers for the entire existence of the National Hockey League. Forward average performance was 0.919 goals per game.
Unfortunately, the legendary hockey player could not achieve great results during his appearances for the Russian national team. But he still managed to become a world champion in its composition. It is believed that if Yashin played with the current players of the team, then everything could have turned out differently. Now the composition of the Russian national hockey team is as strong as ever, and if such a striker as Alexei Valeryevich played at the forefront, no opponent would have a chance against such a team.
But, in spite of everything, this hockey player entered the Russian hockey hall of fame forever, and the young generation needs to learn from such a person and take an example from him.