Evgeni Kuznetsov is a famous Russian hockey player who now plays in the NHL for the Washington Capitals club. What is interesting about his biography and the personal life of a young athlete?
Evgeny Kuznetsov literally burst into Russian hockey and immediately began to show great promise. First, he played for the Chelyabinsk Tractor, and then moved to play in North America.
The childhood and youth of Evgeny Kuznetsov
Eugene was born on May 19, 1992 in Chelyabinsk. In this industrial city, hockey is very well developed. From this very childhood, the future star of Russian hockey was carried away from childhood. At the age of six, dad gave him skates. From this moment, Zhenya never parted with them.
Daily many hours of training on ice were not in vain. Over time, Eugene enrolled in the school hockey club Tractor and continued his studies. If his peers worked for 2-3 hours, then Kuznetsov devoted 8-9 hours a day to this. Even then, he knew for sure that in the future he would be a hockey player.
Sports biography of Kuznetsov
The debut in the adult hockey with Eugene happened in 2009. In the first season, as a part of Tractor, he scored only two times in 35 matches. But that was only the beginning. The following year, Kuznetsov was already recognized as the team’s best player, and he received a call to the Russian youth team. At the first world championship with the participation of Eugene, the team failed and took only sixth place. But at the next tournament she was rehabilitated and won. Then Kuznetsov became the author of the winning puck in the final and received universal recognition. The youth team repeated her success two years later. And again, Kuznetsov, who became the best striker of the championship, made a significant contribution to the overall success.
Eugene also played very well for the Tractor and helped the team constantly go into the playoff zone of the Gagarin Cup. But the desire to play in the NHL was above all. And in 2014, Kuznetsov transferred to the team of Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals.
In parallel with this, Kuznetsov began his career in the main national team of Russia. During this time, he repeatedly participated in world championships and twice won gold with the team. This happened in 2012 and 2014. Also in his piggy bank appear bronze medals of the world championships in 2016 and 2017. True, he has not yet succeeded in participating in the Olympic Games. In 2014, the head coach did not take him in Sochi, and in 2018, NHL hockey players did not participate in the competitions.
As part of Washington, Kuznetsov more than once became the team's top scorer, but this did not affect the overall success of the club. And finally, in 2018, the team won the long-awaited Stanley Cup. Now Eugene is the owner of the ring, which is received by all the winners of the tournament. At the same time, he made a feasible contribution to this success and became one of the best snipers of the past season.
