Biography
Alexey Yashin is the world famous Russian hockey player. He spent most of his career in the NHL, played for the clubs "Ottawa Senatorsz" and "New York Islenders". World champion, winner of the Olympic Games, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. The field served as a central striker.Childhood and youth
Alexey was born on November 5, 1973 in Sverdlovsk. Ros boy in a sports family. Father Valery Nikolaevich played in the Handball Club "Kalinetinets", and Mom Tatyana Viktorovna was part of the volleyball team "Uralochka". Since childhood, Lesha got used to the discipline, and it is not surprising that he chose a sports future. Alexei has a younger brother Dmitry, he is also engaged in hockey.
In school, Yashin studied not bad, he liked the exact sciences: mathematics, physics. But he never received higher education. Although came to the Mechanics and Technology Faculty to the Ural Forestry Institute. I studied two years, threw and went to professional hockey.
Already at the age of 5, he stood on skates. At first he played hockey with the guys in the yard. Soon the parents decided to give the Son to the Children's Sports School, his first coach was Valery Golukhov - Master of Sports and Honored Coach of the RSFSR.
Already at 15, Yashin began to play the second most popular in Sverdlovsk team - "Light." But he played for a long time. His "raised", the young hockey player moved to the "motorist". Together with this team, he spoke in the league. Of course, by virtue of age, he could not shine performance. But his game was characterized by technician and competent power struggle. Vladimir Yurzinov noted him, coach invited a guy to play for the Moscow Dynamo. Yashin immediately agreed and moved to the capital.
Hockey
Season 1991-1992 Alexey Yashin spent in Dynamo, he became a champion in the CIS championship. And the next year won the youth hockey league championship.
In 1992, the young and applied hockey player in the Draft NHL chose the club "Ottawa Senators". In the summer of 1993, he concluded a contract with him for 5 years, and eventually played eight seasons in it. Already in the first year, Alexei recognized the best player of the club. Despite this, during the first two seasons he paid for at least half of its real price.
In 1996, for some time he played for the Moscow club CSKA, because he believed that his current contract in NHL was unjust. In the 1998-1999 season, Ottawa Senatorsz was appointed captain. Thus, he became the second Russian hockey player, who became the Captain of the NHL club, and first - on an ongoing basis.
Since 2001, Yashin began to play for the American New York Islenders Club. And here, too, he was captain, during that for two seasons.
The flourishing of the physical form of an athlete fell on the "Zaokan" period, but Yashin always showed a colossal self-denial of the national team. Not in vain, he was called "Captain Russia". By the way, this is not the only nickname. In the US, it was called "Cashin" - in translating from English means "Great money". What, in principle, is not surprising.
In the club "New York Islanders" Yashina was appointed the highest salary in the national hockey league at that time. Under the contract for 10 years, he had to receive $ 87.5 million. But the hockey player statistics began to fall, plus to everything, in the last season Alexey was seriously injured - when a collision was collided with his hand, the nerve and tendon were damaged. The contract was broken, the club paid the hockey player in a penalty of $ 18 million, in order not to pay $ 25 million, which remained not paid under the contract.
After returning to Russia, he played for the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and St. Petersburg club "SKA". In 2011, he moved to CSKA. In 2012, professional hockey player finished.
Twice performed at the Olympic Games in the Russian national team - in 1998 he became a silver medalist, and in 2002 - bronze.
In 1993, there was a champion at the World Championship, in 2005 the national team rushed back to the pedestal, but for this time Yashin became a bronze medalist.
Three times became a member of all NHL stars.
Personal life
Alexey Yashin lives in a civil marriage with the American model and actress Carol Alto. He is the most than one who is 13 years old. Of course, they were repeatedly asked if a couple of age confuses a couple. But the woman looks great, much younger than his years. As before, it is the object of male desires. Carol takes an honorable fifth place in the list of "The best 10 models of the world." So Yashina is not something to be embarrassed, you need to be proud of your stunning girlfriend.
Carol and Alexey met in 1999 in Toronto at the NHL annual awards ceremony. He was among the nominees, and Carol - among the invited stars who presented awards. After Yashin approached the woman and asked him to take a picture. However, the camera did not work. Of course, it was an old Hollywood trick. Both laughed, but it was enough for acquaintance. Soon they began to meet.
They have repeatedly come to Russia, as a woman said, she feels everywhere at home if Alexey is nearby. There are no children from the pair. At the same time, in all the interviews Yashin denies the Carol his wife. According to a man, they have "long partnerships."
More than since the media spoke about their parting, and in 2012 there was a rumor that Yashin was carried away by a young model. But very soon, Paparazzi captured Alexey and Carol on shopping, thereby dispelled all the species. But since that moment, so many years have passed, and there is no news about the pair. Of course, their fans again began to think about the break. But there was no official statement about their parting.
And hockey player, and the model is "instagram". And if Yashina has their joint photos, then Carol, even if it is rare, but publishes the photo where they are together. The last photo is dated November 2017.
Alexey Yashin now
After graduating from a career, Hockey Player Yashin was carried away by tennis, and also regularly practiced in the gym. It is extremely rare on the ice. But from December 2017, he regularly holds free master classes on a gum rink for young hockey players.
By the way, he regularly participates in charitable promotions. In February 2018, together with the Nastya Foundation, an athlete participated in the event dedicated to the International Day for the Fighting Children's Oncology. Everyone could make a donation and get a chance to win a master class with a legendary hockey player.
In 2018, Alexey Yashin during the Olympics in Pchenchkhan worked as an expert on the Canadian CBC channel. He analyzed the games of male and female hockey tournaments.
Awards
- 1992 - Gold Medal at the CIS Championship
- 1992 - Gold Medal at the World Cup
- 1993 - Gold Medal at the NHL Championship
- 1998 - Silver Medal at Olympic Games in Nagano
- 2002 - Bronze Medal at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City
- 2005 - Bronze Medal at the World Cup
- 2005 - Bronze Medal at the Russian Championship
- 2008 - owner of the prize "Golden Klyazhen"
- 2008 - winner of the prize "Golden Helmet"
- 2010 - Winner of the Cup Spengler