The famous hockey player Evgeni Kuznetsov was born in Chelyabinsk on May 19, 1992. Love for hockey arose from little Zhenya from the age of 6, when he began to study in one of the sports schools in his city. The first mentor of the future celebrity was his father, who taught his son the basics of the game.
Carier start
Hockey player Evgeni Kuznetsov, purposeful in nature, from a young age did not see himself anywhere else, except on the ice. And if his peers devoted training no more than 2 hours a day, then Zhenya could devote up to 8 hours in a row to this occupation.
Vladimir Shabunin, the first coach of Eugene, speaks of his pupil with pride and warmth. According to him, Kuznetsov was ready to go on the ice at any time, even if he was awakened in the middle of the night. Long trainings, the ability to adequately perceive criticism and work on oneself were not in vain. Soon, thanks to a brilliant game, the career of a young hockey player went uphill.
The game in the youth team
In 2010, Eugene, as a member of the Chelyabinsk Tractor team, was invited to the youth team. However, then the Russian team was able to take only 6th place in the youth championship. This failure was an incentive for the young athlete to prove his professional skills, which he did successfully - according to the results of the match with Austria, the hockey player Evgeny Kuznetsov was awarded the title of best player. Success increased with every match. About 50% of all goals scored belonged to Kuznetsov. He could play in any position, equally well coping with the role of a central striker, extreme striker or defender.
Peak of popularity
At the 2011 World Championships in Buffalo, the Russian youth team took an honorable first place. It was the hockey player Evgeni Kuznetsov who became the author of the decisive goal, which brought the team the championship title.
The following 2012, Kuznetsov at the Youth World Championships had the honor of becoming the captain of the Russian team. The team led by a young hockey player took second place. The young player has become a favorite of the audience and an object of imitation for younger hockey players. Photos of Evgeny Kuznetsov appeared in numerous sports magazines.
Achievements
In the native for Yevgeny hockey team "Tractor" statistics of achievements and games of the popular football player are kept. So, in all, Kuznetsov played for the youth team at 83 championships and tournaments. As a member of the team, he took 44 first places, in 2011 he was awarded the title of world champion, 14 times was a silver medalist and 7 times a bronze medal. The Russian team has acquired in the person of Yevgeny Kuznetsov a new champion, in the absence of which the game will not be so bright and intense. The best year for Kuznetsov was 2012, when his team was awarded the title of champion of the Continent Cup and the Continental Hockey League.
Vladimir Krechin, the general director of Tractor, calls the goals of Eugene small hockey masterpieces and claims that over the years the hockey player will not lose his outstanding abilities, but rather will exaggerate them. All fans and fans see a huge potential in the young athlete. Kuznetsov’s idol is the legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky. Eugene believes that Way has achieved a lot in his sports career, and admires the style of his game. The dream of a young football player is to surpass all the achievements and records of his idol, scoring a larger number of goals.
Contract with Washington Capitals
March 8, 2014 it became known that Eugene terminated the contract with his native Chelyabinsk club “Tractor” and signed a new agreement with the NHL team “Washington Capitals”. The new club drafted a Russian player a long time ago, back in 2010, but he refused all the time, and besides, he received an official invitation from Evgeny Kuznetsov, whose biography played in bright colors, just now. According to some reports, the amount of the contract is 900 thousand dollars a year. Kuznetsov left his homeland in a fighting mood, realizing that ahead of him is a game in the strongest league in the world.
Kuznetsov Eugene in the NHL
In Washington, twenty-two-year-old Kuznetsov plays at number 92. The debut of the Russian hockey player in the new team took place on March 10, 2014 in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The meeting ended with the defeat of the Washington national team with a score of 3: 2. Eugene spent on ice a little more than 10 minutes, during which he was able to make only 2 throws.
Evgeni Kuznetsov scored his debut puck in the NHL on March 26 at the very end of the third period of the meeting with the Los Angeles Kings, thanks to which the teams evened the score. The match reached a series of shootouts, where the Kings hockey players were more accurate. Eugene threw his second puck on March 30 at the gate of Boston, and, like the last time, this happened at the final minute of the match, and also did not lead his team to victory. Now the hockey fans know for sure where Evgeny Kuznetsov plays this season.
2014 Olympics
On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics in an interview, the athlete admitted that winning the Olympic Games is a dream of his whole life. In order to represent the honor of his country at the Olympic Games, the hockey player postponed the transition to the NHL for several years. According to Eugene, he was ready for a lot, just to go on the ice. Despite this, the ex-forward of the Chelyabinsk Tractor was not declared to the Olympic team. As Eugene commented, this decision of the coaches is quite fair, because the best of the best are selected for competitions of this level. Kuznetsov believes that only himself is to blame for everything, because he was not worthy of a call to the national team. The incident was a great incentive for the young football player to improve and improve their professional skills, because the next Winter Olympics are not far off, which Eugene is obliged to get to.
Hockey player's personal life
On June 3, 2011, the wedding of Yevgeny Kuznetsov and Anastasia Zinovieva was held on the ice arena of the Tractor team stadium. In such an unusual setting, the young exchanged rings and tied the knot.
Evgeni Kuznetsov’s wife is also from a sports family. The two younger brothers of Nastya were fond of hockey, and the girl escorted them to training, where she met her future husband. Friendly relations after 2 years grew into real feelings. Nineteen-year-old Eugene, a one-man by nature, realized that he could not live without Nastya, and immediately appointed a wedding day, choosing the ice arena as the place of registration. By the way, the Kuznetsovs in a sense can be called discoverers, since many couples began to hold similar celebrations on ice after them.
The most unusual wedding gift was a sapling of a rare breed of cedar, adorning at present one of the corners of the city as an eternally living monument to the family happiness of young people. Immediately after the wedding, the newly made husband and wife went to their apartment, which was presented to the successful hockey player by local authorities. And soon the newlyweds went on a honeymoon, hiding from the press the place of the upcoming vacation.
Eugene and Anastasia are an ideal couple, love and understanding reign in their family. A caring husband loves to pamper his soulmate with luxurious gifts. So, recently he gave her a chic Range Rover car. Young in the future dream of children, but for now they decided to postpone this, to live for their pleasure. Hockey player Evgeni Kuznetsov is a promising, very talented and already fully-fledged athlete.