Aleksey Kovalev

Alexey Kovalev became famous as a talented hockey player playing the role of a right-handed striker. The masterful technique of the game allowed the athlete to be called the first representative of Russian hockey who won the Stanley Cup. The player's career turned out to be productive - Alexey Vyacheslavovich took 1st place among Russian colleagues in the number of matches played in the regular championships of the National Hockey League, and became an Olympic champion.

The hockey player was born on February 24, 1973 in Togliatti. Like many athletes, he began to train from childhood. At the age of 4, the boy went out on the ice. Seeing his son as a hockey player is the dream of a player father. Alexey's sister also went in for sports, went to the figure skating section. From the biography of Kovalev it is known that at first the child took his sister's skates for training. Soon it became known that the boy had heart problems - the doctors forbade him to play hockey.

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However, Alexei did not give up, continued training, combining them with a course of medications. And gradually my health returned to normal. The father paid great attention to his son's sports activities. At first, the man himself sewed gloves and shields for the young athlete. Then he took out helmets, golf clubs and skates for the boy. In order for Alexei to practice a strong throw, his father made a special lead puck for him.

The boy showed excellent results in the children's team. At first, the hockey player acted as a defender, then the coaches transferred him to the status of a striker. The sportsman became interested in the local Lada, as well as in the Moscow Dynamo. The parents decided to send their son to Moscow.

In 2001, the player married Evgenia Kovaleva. The wife gave her husband two sons, Nikita and Ivan. The hockey player's personal life was overshadowed by the divorce of his parents - Alexei's father left the family. The athlete did not forgive Vyacheslav Petrovich and practically stopped communicating with him.

At the age of 16, Alexey moved to Moscow and started playing in the capital's Dynamo. Team play became the starting point for the development of the athlete's future career. Coach Vladimir Yurzinov was able to quickly discern a promising and talented hockey player in the newcomer. As part of the team, Kovalev played for 3 years - from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, the club became the winner of the youth world championship and also won gold at the Albertville Olympics.

In 1991, the young man became the first Russian to be selected in the 1st round of the draft, which took place in the city of Buffalo. At this annual NHL event, professional league clubs selected their favorite young hockey players for their squads. Representatives of the New York Rangers hockey team became interested in Alexei. Then the Dynamo player received an invitation from the club and signed a contract with him.

Since 1992, the Russian athlete has moved to the States and plays for the New York Rangers. A couple of years later, in 1994, Alexei managed to win the Stanley Cup in a match with Vancouver. This game was later called one of the brightest and most beautiful in the history of the NHL. In 1998, the hockey player moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins club, where he played until 2003. At this time, Kovalev demonstrates a professional game, wins. In 2003, the talented athlete was again taken by the New York Rangers under an exchange agreement.

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This time Alexey is dissatisfied with the methods of the team coach, which leads to constant conflicts. The Russian hockey player gains the fame of a "brawler" and does not stay long in an American hockey club. In March 2004, the athlete transfers to the Montreal Canadiens. Here Kovalev plays until 2009. Over the years, Alexey has managed to fall in love with Canadian hockey fans. The playing seasons have become successful in the player's career, and the number of victories has increased at the World Cup - 2004 and at the Olympic Games in Turin.

In the Montreal Canadiens, as in the previous club, the hockey player had disagreements with the coach. This led to the fact that in 2009 Kovalev signs a new contract, this time with the Ottawa Senators. When the two-year contract with the Canadian hockey club came to an end, Alexei returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In 2011, the athlete returns to Russia. Prior to that, while Kovalev's hockey career was developing in America, he returned to his homeland twice during lockouts. The first time was in 1994, when he played for Lada, the second was in 2004-2005, when he played for AkBars. As part of the Russian national team, a man wins a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championship, held in Austria.

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Now the hockey player stays in Russia for two years, having signed a contract until 2012 with the Moscow Region Atlanta. The season begins successfully for Alexei, but soon the injury he received earlier makes itself felt. While the hockey player is recovering, another athlete takes his place in the team.

Since 2013, having returned to the States, Kovalev has been playing for the Florida Panthers. During this period, the man does not show outstanding results, which prompts the athlete to make an official statement about the end of his professional career in 2014. However, Alexei does not part with hockey - in 2016 he is the sports director of the Swiss ice hockey club "Fisp". In the fall of the same year, the athlete goes on the ice as a team forward.

Among the achievements of the hockey player - the fifth in terms of goals scored, fourth in the number of points. Kovalev's height is 185 cm, weight - 101 kg. Playing for Western teams, the hockey player received the nicknames Covey (Mr. Covey) and AK-27.

In 2020, Alexey Vyacheslavovich is engaged in coaching activities. Now the athlete works in the Chinese club "Kunlun Red Star". On Instagram, the hockey player posts photos and videos with highlights of his life, including pictures where the player is captured in his youth. In his spare time, Alexey is engaged in clothing design. The hockey player's website contains samples of sports uniforms developed by him.

1991 - USSR champion 1992 - USSR champion 1992 - Olympic champion (CIS national team, gold) 1994 - Stanley Cup winner (New York Rangers) 2002 - Olympic bronze medalist (Russian team, bronze) 2005 - World championship bronze medalist (national team Russia, bronze)

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