Biography
Alexey Casatonov - Soviet hockey player, who spent on the position of defender, multiple world champion, Europe and the Olympiad.
The future winner and thunderstorm rivals in Leningrad were born and grew. Love for sport was handed over to the boy inherited - Mom Galina Pimenovna in his youth played volleyball as part of Spartak, won the medals of the USSR Championship.
The woman failed to physical culture and sons - Alexey and the younger brother Anton. The first-grader Lesha began to engage in the selection section on Nevsky Prospect. But after three years of persistent training, sports school was transferred to another area, where Casatonov was not to drive.
And then in the fate of the future hockey player the case intervened. The boy went to the stadium to find out which sections are available to him, but he confused the stop and found himself near the skate rink, where he saw an announcement of a set in a hockey school.
Oleg Konstantinovich Sivkov became the first coach of Casantonov, who saw the potential in the child and the ability to unstantarly think and quickly make decisions. Nevertheless, Hockey Casatonov was not just given - in the courtyard of the house Alexey played without skates, and then it was necessary not just to ride, but to lavish between rivals, keep strikes, gain speed. Just because of the coach and faith, Alexey managed to eradicate the lack and to reach a serious level of the game.
Sport
As part of the youth team SKA Alexei Casatonov became the champion of the Soviet Union, was brought to the Youth national team of the USSR. For the main team held 42 games, after which the young man invited in CSKA personally Victor Tikhonov - a permanent coach and club, and the national team. But even despite the support of the coach, Alexey has been fixed in CSKA with difficulty - competition is too high.
Only hitting the five Igor Larionov, where Vyacheslav Fetisov became a partner in defense, Casatonov revealed to the maximum. By the way, when a scandal associated with the conflict between the coach and players flared up in the team in the late 1980s, Alexey became the only one who supported Tikhonov. Although the remaining members of the five considered the behavior of Casatonov in treason.
The coach worked for the national team's prospect - for each match introduced newcomers - grave, Bure, Fedorov. Viktor Tikhonov was replaced by the current generation for the 1992 Olympic Games. But the stars of the Soviet hockey to achieve the best result needed a team of formed professionals.
In 1989, a new stage began in the Sports biography of Casantonov. Hockey player decides to try its own forces over the ocean. Alexey moved to America and is part of New Jersey Daeviz, for which he spent three excellent seasons. Later in NHL Casatonov played for Anaheim Dax, Saint Louis Blues and Boston Bruins. Interestingly, although Alexey performed on the position of the defender, once a real bombardir match happened in his career: in a duel against the Finnish club "Tappara", an athlete scored four washers at once, which is even for the attacker.
In addition to the main games, Casatonov was a member of the match "All Star" NHL, which took place in 1994 in New York. The goalkeeper, American Mike Richter, was recognized as the best hockey player.
The athlete to finish at the career went to Russia, where in the 1996/97 season he took the place of captain and playing coach CSKA. Hanging skates on a nail, Alexey Casatonov tried himself as a coach.
Since 1997, for three years, the manager at the invitation of NHL players for the Russian national team participating in the Olympiad. On the eve of the new millennium, a youth sports school with the unofficial name "Red Penguins" opened in New York. In addition to the coaching work, Casanton was often able to meet at the NHL veterans matches, which were organized in New Jersey.
Later, Casantov headed the club of the Higher League "Lynx" from Podolsk, then the Moscow "Wings of the Soviets", St. Petersburg SKA, and about a year was the general manager of the Russian national team. Due to weak results at the 2014 Home Olympics in Sochi Casatonov fired.
Personal life
In the early 80s, Casatonov met the future wife of Janet. Young people were officially signed in 1983, and a son of Leonid was born in the family in the family. The wife and child are still a major source of inspiration and support for Alexey Viktorovich.
Alexey Casatonov is not engaged in promoting his own name in social networks. A photo with an athlete can be seen on third-party accounts in "Instagram".
Alexey Casatonov now
To date, Alexei Casatonov is part of the Board of the Night Hockey League, oversees the Matches of the Legends Hockey with Western stars of past years, is part of the national team. The athlete holds the position of CEO of the Sports and Entertainment Quarter "Park Legend" in Moscow, where the ultra-axis stadium "Ice Palace" is built.
Also, Alexey participated in the opening of the museum and Hockey Glory alleys directly next to the palace. A number of events dedicated to the honoring of Soviet champions have already passed in the museum, in particular in September 2017, the 1972 Super Series Day was held - Canada. Also one of the treasures of the museum complex is considered to be the corner of Viktor Tarasova. The diary records of the coach, a description of the methodology of raising hockey players, the history of the formation of the CSKA school has been preserved due to the efforts of Alexei Casanton.
Now the sculptural monuments of the stars of Soviet sports are already installed on the alley - Lerl Yashin, Nikolai Starostin and Eduard Streltsov. In October 2017, the solemn opening of the monument to Valery Kharlamov took place. At the ceremony, in addition to the relatives of the athlete and representatives of the Moscow administration, athletes were also attended by athletes, winners Olympiad Boris Mikhailov and Alexander Yakushev.
At the end of November, the famous hockey player visited the Novosibirsk region, where in the city of Iskitim, the ceremony of the solemn opening of the Arena 300 Ice Sport Complex, which was awarded the name Alexey Casanton.
After Siberia, the athlete in the team of the star Hockey's star visited the base of the Northern Fleet, which is located in Polar, in the Murmansk region. A friendly match with the flotilla team took place on the spot. The event in which Alexey Casatonov's hockey players took part, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Valery Kamensky, Sergey Fedorov, Andrei Kovalenko, Alexey Morozov, as well as the musician Igor Butman, passed with a big sweep. There were no empty space in the stands, in separate tents it was possible to taste the field dishes, the T-34 tank and anti-tank installation of the Su-100 were blocked on the viewing sites. The match was held with a score of 12: 9 in favor of professionals, which did not silence the joy of the site owners.
Upon arrival in Moscow Casatonov gave an interview about the scandal around the solution of the IOC. Casatonov expressed support for Russian athletes who will go to the Olympics under a neutral flag. The hockey player believes that to miss two cycles of competitions, as the Olympic Committee offers a killer for the training system.
Achievements and awards
- 1984 and 1988 - Olympic Games Champion
- 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 - World Champion
- 1987 - Second medalist
- 1985, 1991 - Third Prize winner of the World Cup
- 1981 - Winner of the Cup of Canada
- 1979-89 - Champion of the USSR
- 1979, 1988 - Winner of the USSR Cup
- 2011 - Order "For merits to the Fatherland" IV degree
- 1996 - Honor Order
- 1988 - Order of the Labor Red Banner