Ivan Telegin, hockey player: biography, personal life, sports career

The Continental Hockey League is a young open association consisting of 25 teams from different countries of Europe and Asia. The League was formed in 2008, initially its participants were post-Soviet countries, today even teams from China take part in regular championships. During this time, the teams managed to prove their professionalism and desire to win. Thanks to the KHL, many talented hockey players have revealed. One of the stars of the KHL, no doubt, is Ivan Telegin. A young man rarely gives interviews, does not like to talk about his personal life, and for a long time remains faithful to his club CSKA, bringing him many crushing victories. Sports analysts predict the 26-year-old Telegin a great future.

Biography

Telegin Ivan Alekseevich was born on February 28, 1992 in Russia, the city of Novokuznetsk. This small mining town brought up not one famous hockey player, but the local metallurg hockey club is one of the most titled not only in the country, but also in the world. Ivan's father was a passionate fan of the club and from an early age took the boy with him to watch the performance of his favorite team. Together with his father, Ivan did not miss a single performance of hockey players of Metallurg.

As soon as Ivan Telegin was old enough to stand firm on skates, his father sent the boy to the Metallurg Children's Sports School. There, little Vanya demonstrates an incredible will to win and hard work. The boy spends almost all of his free time on the street, in a hockey box. There he trains and develops the knowledge and skills gained in the classes at the sports school, every throw.

Carier start

Coaches of the children's team quickly notice the stubbornness and hard work of the boy, distinguishing him from others. Even in childhood, his persistence in achieving the goal becomes apparent, it becomes clear that Ivan is determined to become a professional hockey player.

Thanks to the stubborn nature and leadership qualities, the sports biography of Ivan Telegin begins with a captain’s position. The junior team "Metallurg" Telegin manages to lead to victory in international competitions held in Switzerland, Poland and Finland.

Already at the age of 17, the young man wins the championship of Russia in his age group. This achievement allows Ivan Telegin to think about a sports career abroad. Ivan sees this as an opportunity to study in the NHL, to work out some of the tricks typical of North American hockey.

Game overseas

In order to migrate to the Canadian Sagino Spirit club, Ivan independently buys a contract with Metallurg on his own money. The deal cost the boy 800 thousand rubles. For the new team, he spends two promising seasons and ends up in the symbolic "Team of Young Stars".

The young man’s excellent game attracts the club’s attention as part of the Atlanta Thrashers National Hockey League. The team picks at the draft of Ivan Telegin. The guy immediately begins to conduct training in the first team, but he does not succeed in playing for the team from the first days in the club. The club leases the player to another junior team - Barry Colts. Telegin himself will recall in one interview time spent with Barry Colts as the best period in his junior career. Across the ocean, he receives from his classmates the nickname Russian bull. This fully reflects his incredible perseverance, power and patience in achieving victory.

The next season, Ivan will again spend away from the main club, he will be transferred to the St. Johns Ayskaps. The Atlanta Thrashers management decides to check on Ivan before enrolling in the core team. This season, the young man begins perfectly, but due to a brain injury sustained on the ice, he does not manage to recover quickly, and he misses several months because of the need for rehabilitation. According to fans, in this match, Ivan’s rival intentionally hits him on the head in order to get him out of the match.

While hockey player Ivan Telegin tried to return to the ice as soon as possible in order to continue playing in the first team, the team leadership decides to take another player in his place. This was a blow to Ivan, he decides to return back to Russia. The club could not accept the decision of Ivan and in revenge announced the guy a disqualification. Telegin had to leave the ice for a whole year. The guy was not even allowed to train with strong partners, since his transfer list was still in the NHL club.

KHL

In 2014, hockey player Ivan Telegin returns to the ice, ready for new victories. This year he is attached to the hockey club CSKA, to which Ivan remains faithful to this day. Role of Ivan in CSKA - striker. This season, Ivan takes part in the KHL Regular Championship. In total, Telegin spent 163 matches in the championship, 48 playoff matches, in which he was able to throw 22 goals into the opponent’s goal and make 30 assists.

Statistics

In the career of Ivan there were both ups and annoying defeats. But one thing is undeniable: the young man has impressive statistics of games in foreign clubs, in his native CSKA and in the Russian team.

Awards

At the age of 26, Ivan Telegin twice became the winner of world championships. As part of the Russian national team, he received bronze in the 80th championship, held in Russia in 2016. Ivan received another bronze at the championship in 2017, which was held jointly by France and Germany.

In addition, Ivan took part in the Russian national team during the 2018 Olympic Games held in Pyeongchang. The team managed to win a gold Olympic medal. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin personally handed Ivan a reward for winning one of the halls of the Kremlin.

Break with Eugenia Nour

Now in the personal life of Ivan Telegin everything is calm, he is married, he has two children. But that was not always the case.

In 2013, Ivan Telegin in one of the nightclubs met the dancer Evgenia Nour. They quickly began a romance, which lasted for three whole years. In 2016, Eugene became pregnant, and the couple had a son, who was named Mark. A little later it became known that the hockey player is in love with another. This recognition was made by Eugene in the show Boris Korchevnikov "Live". The girl said that during pregnancy, Ivan supported her in every possible way, and now she does not even get in touch and does not want to see either her or her child. In addition, the girl expressed suspicions that Ivan entered into a different relationship during her pregnancy.

Ivan and Pelagia

The new darling of Ivan, because of which he left Eugene with a child, became Pelageya (singer and mentor in the show "Voice"). Pelageya and Ivan Telegin met in February 2015. But they decided to establish a serious relationship only in 2016, according to Pelagia herself.

A woman is 6 years older than Ivan, but this did not stop them from getting married in 2017. The ceremony was closed, there are practically no photos on the Internet. In the same 2017, Pelageya and Ivan Telegin had a daughter. The girl was called Taisia. During pregnancy, curses and threats rained down on Pelagia from Ivan's fans, whom the couple’s action seemed dishonest. She was told the repetition of the fate of Eugenia, everyone expected that Ivan would leave her as he had once divorced from Eugenia. Pelagia even deleted all accounts from social networks, as there was too much criticism in them. Both spouses refuse to give interviews about their personal lives.

Recently it became known that the couple decided to confirm their vows and re-play the wedding in the Maldives during their joint vacation. They did not invite guests to the ceremony; it is assumed that this was a romantic wedding to confirm the promises of eternal love given to each other.