Biography of Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Malkin is a hockey player known on both sides of the Atlantic. His play is admired by specialists and ordinary fans; coaches in any team always assign him leading roles. At times, it seems that Malkin was born to play hockey. His path to the top was not thorny or difficult - passion, fire and hockey intuition were literally in his blood. Everything was given to him, because ice was his native element. Moving forward, Evgeniy constantly moved towards perfection in order to one day reach truly amazing heights.
Evgeni Malkin is a great forward
The early years and beginning of the career of Evgeni Malkin
Evgeny was born in distant Magnitogorsk, a city where hockey was a real religion.
The father of the future NHL star, Vladimir Malkin, was also a former professional hockey player. Therefore, the fate of the star forward, it seems, was determined from the very first days. As the player’s parents note, Evgeni Malkin’s first appearance on the ice took place when he was only... three years old. The young star's first coach was his own father. After that there was a school of Magnitogorsk Metallurgist. The player’s first coach was Yuri Tukaserov, but from the age of eight Malkin began training with another mentor, Sergei Vitman.
It is quite noteworthy that not all experts noted the hockey player’s playing qualities. At the age of fifteen, Evgeni Malkin did not make it into the youth team of the Ural region. And after that I also remained behind a number of local competitions.
Evgeniy Malkin FIGHT However, efficiency and innate talent did their job. Evgeniy worked hard, often remaining on the ice even after training had ended. And already in 2004, the hockey player went to Belarus as part of the Russian youth team. The team returned from Minsk with gold medals. And soon the youth championship was followed by a tournament at the youth level.
It is worth noting that in the youth team of that convocation, Malkin was the youngest player. Together with his teammates, the player competed in three world championships, during which he twice won silver medals.
The first successes of the future hockey star
The boy did not immediately show his unique talent. At one time, he did not even qualify for the Ural youth team. At times he wanted to quit sports. But, thanks to hard training and self-discipline, Evgeniy was invited to the Russian national team for hockey players under 18 years old. In 2004, this team won the World Championship. Malkin was one of the best in that team. This is the first big victory in the biography of Evgeni Malkin.
Despite his young age, Malkin also took part in the World Championship for players under 20 years old. The team took only 5th place. At the next two championships held in America, Evgeniy won two silver medals with the team. Malkin's game attracted the attention of overseas scouts. He was selected second overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 draft. And the first that year was Dynamo forward A. Ovechkin. Washington chose him.
Adult career of Evgeni Malkin
Being a graduate of Magnitogorsk Metallurg, in 2003 the forward made his debut as part of the club’s “first” team.
On September 12 of the same year, Evgeniy took to the ice for the first time in the Major League of the Russian Championship. Three months later, in a match against Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, Evgeniy scored his first goal. It is quite remarkable that in that meeting the player scored a double. In his first season, Malkin was recognized as the club's best debutant. In the 2005/2006 season, the young forward won the Golden Helmet - a prize for the best center forward. Thus, in a record short time, Evgeniy not only gained a foothold in one of the strongest clubs in Russia, but also became one of its leaders.
Evgeni Malkin's life is full of surprises
In total, Malkin spent three seasons with Metallurg. Between 2003 and 2006, the player won silver and bronze medals at the Russian Championship. Looking ahead a little, we note that Malkin will return to his native club - in the 2012/2013 season, during the lockout in the NHL, the hockey player played 37 games for the Ural team and added a fantastic 65 points to his treasury in the “goal+pass” system.
Malkin Evgeniy Vladimirovich
Russian hockey player. Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Center forward for the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins and the Russian national team. Three-time winner of the American Stanley Cup. Two-time world champion.
Evgeniy Malkin was born on July 31, 1986 in the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region. The boy's interest in sports was instilled in him by his father, Vladimir Malkin, who himself played hockey and decided that his son should also become a professional athlete. At the age of eight, his parents sent the future hockey star to the Metallurg sports school.
At first, the guy didn’t succeed, and at one time he even thought about quitting the sport. Despite many defeats and setbacks, at the cost of enormous efforts and titanic work, he was able to prove to everyone that he would become a professional hockey player. At the age of sixteen, Malkin was taken to the youth team of the Ural region, where he became one of the best in the team.
In 2004, Malkin went to the Youth World Championship. The team takes first place, and many famous coaches begin to take an eye on the hockey player.
A year later, Evgeniy goes to the USA, and later to Canada, where he receives two silver medals. Despite the fact that Malkin’s sports biography began at the age of eight, Malkin became a hockey player who began to be noticed by foreign and Russian coaches only in 2006 in Canada. He managed to play a decisive role and get second place for his team. The athlete himself admits that this was achieved at the cost of fantastic efforts. At the same time, he was offered to start playing in the National Hockey League. At the end of 2006, the guy was awarded the title of Best Player of the Season and Evgeniy became the owner of the Golden Helmet.
Hockey player Malkin begins his sports career in the Pittsburgh Penguins club. From the very first game he managed to establish himself as a true professional. In the game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the hockey player makes a pass at the very beginning, thanks to which Sergei Gonchar scores a goal. Evgeniy leaves the team for some time, as he receives a minor injury as a result of a fall. In 2007, the team played with the Washington club. Here the athlete also manages to stand out and influence the outcome of the match.
In mid-2013, Evgeni Malkin’s contract with the Penguins expires, but the athlete renews it again, now for a huge amount of $76 million.
At the 2014 World Championships, he became a two-time world champion, scoring the third goal in a numerical majority in the final match with the Finnish national team. In 2020, as part of the Russian national team, he became the silver medalist of the World Championship. He missed the 2016 home world championship due to family reasons.
On March 13, 2020, Evgeni Malkin became the 88th player in NHL history to reach the 1,000-point mark in the regular season in a match against the Washington Capitals. Malkin became the fifth Russian to show such a result; it took the hockey player 848 matches to achieve this.
On November 27, 2019, Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin was recognized as the first game-day star in the National Hockey League. In a victorious home match, Evgeniy’s club defeated Vancouver with a score of 8:6. Malkin scored five points, scored two goals and assisted his teammates three times.
On December 17, 2020 Evgeni Malkin scored a goal in the NHL regular season match against the Calgary Flames, which became his four hundredth goal in his overseas career. Also, during the game, the Pittsburgh forward gave an assist, scoring 1031 points using the goal+pass system and taking fourth place in the league among Russian players in terms of points.
Awards and Sports Achievements of Evgeni Malkin
Awards and Sports Achievements of Evgeni Malkin
Participant of the Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014).
World champion (2012, 2014). Silver (2010, 2015) and bronze (2005, 2007) medalist of the world championships.
Silver (2004) and bronze (2006) medalist of the Russian championships.
Three-time Stanley Cup winner (2009, 2020, 2017).
In 2003-2006 and 2012-2013 (during the NHL lockout) he played for the Metallurg club (Magnitogorsk).
Since 2006, he has played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins club.
Winner of the Calder Trophy (2007) - the player who most clearly demonstrated himself among those spending his first full season with an NHL club. The winner is determined by secret ballot by members of the NHL Sports Writers Association based on the results of the regular season.
Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy (2009) - the player who has proven himself best in the NHL playoff games. The honoree is determined by members of the NHL Sports Writers Association at the end of the Stanley Cup final game.
Winner of the Art Ross Trophy (2009, 2012) - the player who scored the most points using the goal+pass system in the NHL regular season.
Winner of the Hart Trophy (2012) - the player who made the greatest contribution to the success of his team in the NHL regular season. The winner is determined by a vote of the representatives of the NHL Journalists Association in each of the cities where there are NHL clubs.
Winner of the Ted Lindsay Award (2012) - the player who made the greatest contribution to the success of his team in the NHL regular season. The laureate is determined by a vote of hockey players - members of the NHLPA (NHL hockey players' union).
Winner of the Kharlamov Trophy (2012) - a prize awarded by the Soviet Sport newspaper to the best Russian legionnaire in the NHL.
Top scorer in the NHL playoffs: 2009 - 36 points (14 goals + 22 assists); 2020 - 28 points (10 + 18).
He ranks first among Russian players in the number of goals in the Stanley Cup - 53 goals in 135 matches.
Awarded the Order of Honor (May 27, 2014).
The gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation was announced (May 25, 2012).
Athlete's height: 191 cm; weight: 91 kg.
Family of Evgeni Malkin
Family of Evgeni Malkin
Wife: Anna Kasterova, TV presenter. Son - Nikita (born May 31, 2016).
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Evgeni Malkin's escape to the NHL
Being one of the leaders of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Malkin began to be regularly called up to the national team.
His successes were now celebrated at the international level. They treated him well at his home club. However, in 2006, during the off-season Tampere Cup tournament, the forward suddenly disappeared from the team. It soon became known that Malkin signed a contract with the NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins. The case had a great resonance. Following Metallurg's complaint, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation banned Malkin from playing in any hockey clubs until the dispute was resolved. However, the New York State court sided with the hockey player, and on September 20, 2006, the forward took to the ice as part of a new club.
Malkin's injury Over seven seasons in the NHL, Malkin won the Stanley Cup (2006/2007 season), as well as a huge number of personal awards, including the prestigious Conn Smythe Trophy (a prize for the best player in the NHL playoffs). At twenty-six years old, Malkin is an assistant captain and one of the most expensive and highest paid players in world hockey.
NHL career
After his escape from Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Malkin signed a contract with the NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins on September 5, 2006[6]. In the first exhibition match on September 20, 2006 against the Philadelphia Flyers, Malkin made an assist in the first period in the 2nd minute, after which Sergei Gonchar scored. However, at the very beginning of the second period, after a collision with his own partner John Leclerc, he fell unsuccessfully and injured his shoulder [7]. Fortunately for the player, the injury was not so serious, and the hockey player missed only four of Pittsburgh's starting matches in the 2006/2007 season.
Malkin played his NHL debut on October 19, 2006 at the Penguins' home ice, Mellon Arena, in a match against the New Jersey Devils. After spending 18 minutes 15 seconds on the court and making two shots at the opponent's goal, he managed to score at the 38 minute 38 second of the game with assists from Ryan Whitney and Mark Recchi.
“I was worried because it was my first game here. Next, I think, it will be easier"
Pittsburgh was able to make the playoffs for the first time since 2001. In the first round of the Stanley Cup against the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins lost 4-1. Malkin scored 4 points in five matches. At the end of the season, Evgeniy received the Calder Trophy.
Malkin with the Penguins in 2011
Malkin was able to very successfully replace Sidney Crosby during his absence due to injury, thanks to which he made it to his first All-Star Game. In January, after a match with Washington, Malkin accused Alexander Ovechkin of being too harsh towards him and of attempting to intentionally inflict injury. The players exchanged reproaches to each other through the press, thereby fueling interest in the conflict. And during their teams’ matches with each other, attention was constantly focused on the players[9]. After Crosby's return and the acquisition of Marian Gossa from Atlanta, Pittsburgh won its division and was recognized by all experts as one of the playoff favorites. In the first round, like a year ago, the Penguins again played with Ottawa, but this time Pittsburgh did not leave a single chance for the Senators, beating them in four matches. After which they successively knocked out the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers from the playoffs with the same score of 4:1 in the series and, for the first time since 1992, reached the finals, where they met the Detroit Red Wings, but won They couldn’t win the Cup[10]. Following the season, Malkin signed a five-year contract with the Penguins totaling $43.5 million.
The team's regular season in the 2008/2009 season is uneven, but thanks to a change of coach, the Penguins advance from fifth place to the playoffs. For Malkin himself, this season was the best in his career. In the regular season, he wins the scorers race with 113 points and receives the Art Ross Trophy. At the All-Star game he was included in the starting five and won the shooting accuracy competition. Also on that stellar weekend, his reconciliation with Alexander Ovechkin took place[11]. In the first round of the playoffs, Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia, and in the second round, after seven matches, they were stronger than Washington. In the conference finals, the Penguins easily defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4:0. In the decisive series, Pittsburgh meets Detroit again. Just like last year, the Wings win the first two matches, but Pittsburgh's players were able to even the score. After this, the teams exchange victories on home ice and meet in the seventh game. Pittsburgh was able to win the decisive game 2:1 and take revenge for last year's defeat. Malkin scores 36 points in the playoffs and wins the Conn Smythe Trophy.
Malkin spent the next season weaker, the reason for this was injuries and an unsuccessful performance at the Olympics in Vancouver[12].
The 2010/2011 season for Malkin was the most unsuccessful in the NHL, playing only 43 games; Evgeni was forced to miss the rest of the regular season and playoffs due to a severe injury to his right knee. The next season, Evgeniy completely rehabilitated himself from the previous unsuccessful season. Malkin became the league's top scorer with 109 points, and for the first time in his career, he overcame the 50-goal mark during the regular season. At the end of the season, he received the Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, and Ted Lindsay Award.
On June 13, 2013, Malkin extended his contract with Pittsburgh for 8 years and a total of $76 million.
On October 29, 2020, Malkin scored a double in a match against Philadelphia and, as a result, reached the 300-goal mark in the NHL regular championships.
In the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, he became the top scorer with 28 points in 25 games. As a result, Pittsburgh won its second consecutive Stanley Cup, the first since Detroit in 1998.
Personal life of Evgeni Malkin
Malkin's personal life, like his hockey career, is very controversial. Even in his youth, Evgeniy met for a long time with a simple student from Magnitogorsk, about whom very little is known. The girl constantly hid from cameras and did not give interviews. She was clearly not interested in public life, and therefore her union with the famous hockey player soon fell apart.
Evgeni Malkin's personal life is in full swing. At one time he dated Maria Kozhevnikova
The striker's next chosen one was Oksana Kondakova - a girl who seemed to be very happy about the fame of her chosen one. Two young people met in Magnitogorsk. Oksana is four years older than Evgeny and has already been married. Moreover, behind his former boss. Due to Kondakova’s frequent infidelities, her marriage to the businessman fell apart, and she soon found herself a new groom, Evgeniy Malkin.
Soon the couple moved to Moscow. The hockey player bought his girlfriend a luxurious apartment and got him a job at one of the local institutes. The couple always appeared together at all public events. Therefore, very soon rumors about an allegedly impending wedding began to appear in the press.
However, the groom's parents were against their son's marriage. Some time later, Malkin broke up with Kondakova.
Currently, his personal life is shrouded in secrecy. The hockey player enjoys loneliness and the status of an eligible bachelor.
