Alexei Viktorovich Kassatonov
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2009 | |
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Date of birth | October 14, 1959 |
place of birth | Leningrad , Russian SFSR |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 96 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1983 , 12th lap, 225th position New Jersey Devils |
Career stations | |
1976-1988 | SKA Leningrad |
1978-1989 | HK CSKA Moscow |
1989-1993 | New Jersey Devils |
1993-1994 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim |
1994 | St. Louis Blues |
1994-1996 | Boston Bruins |
1996-1997 | HK CSKA Moscow |
Alexei Viktorovich Kassatonow ( Russian Алексей Викторович Касатонов ; born October 14, 1959 in Leningrad , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player (defender).
Career
His career began at SKA Leningrad at the age of 16 . Two years later he was signed by HK CSKA Moscow . In Moscow he became one of the best defenders in the world and won the championship 11 times with CSKA .
Kassatonow and his partner Vyacheslav Fetissov were considered the best defense team outside of the NHL . As a block behind the famous KLM series , they formed an almost unbeatable team. Some experts also believed that he was even better than Fetissov. This, and the fact that he was the “favorite player” and the so-called “eye” of the coach of the Soviet national team at the time, Viktor Tikhonov , led to an irreversible break in friendship. He also did not want to support the rebellion of the Russian players, led by Igor Larionow and Fetissow, against the Soviet system, for better treatment and the possibility of playing outside the Soviet Union.
In 1989 he moved to the New Jersey Devils , from whom he had already been drawn in the 12th round in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in 225th place. Here he met Fetissov again, but both continued to avoid communicating with each other.
Now 30 years old, Kassatonow was still a very good defender and so he moved to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1993 . Here he was also nominated for the All-Star Game . In 1995 he was hired by the Boston Bruins to support the Bruins legend Ray Bourque . He ended his career in the 1996/97 season at CSKA Moscow under Viktor Tikhonov.
International
With the Soviet national team, Kassatonov took part in three Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals (1984, 1988) and one silver medal (1980). In addition, he won the ice hockey world championship five times , and Kassatonow was named the best defender of the tournament at the 1983 world championship.
In 1981 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR .
As a manager and trainer
Even after his playing days, Alexei Kassatonow remained connected to ice hockey. For example, he led the Russian national ice hockey team to the silver medal as General Manager at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Kassatonow looked after the Sbornaja in the same position at the men's ice hockey world championships in 1999 and 2000 . At the same time he began to train his son and founded his own ice hockey school ("International Hockey Academy Kasatonov") in the New York area . He conducted weekly training sessions on Staten Island. In 2003 he founded the Admirals Hockey Club , which ran up to five youth teams. In 2004 he became the head coach of Columbia University .
In 2008 he returned to Russia and was head coach at HK Rys Podolsk from the second-rate Wysschaja Liga . In the 2009/10 season he was in charge of Krylja Sowetow Moscow , also in the second division. In 2010 he became the sports director and vice-president of HK CSKA Moscow , and between 2011 and April 2014 he worked as general manager and vice-president of SKA Saint Petersburg , where he also started his career.
In May 2009 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame .
In 2013 Kassatonow was again appointed General Manager of the Russian national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship .
Achievements and Awards
Orders and honors
- 1980 Medal "For heroic work"
- 1981 Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
- 1982 Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union
- 1988 Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- 1996 Order of Honor
- 2009 induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame
- 2011 Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV class
Club competitions
- 1979–1989 (11 times in a row) Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
- 1979 and 1988 win of the Soviet cup competition
- 1981–1988 All-Star Team of the Vysschaya League
- 1990 Soviet runner-up with CSKA Moscow
- 1994 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
International
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Career statistics
Club competitions
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1976/77 | SKA Leningrad | Vysschaya League | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1977/78 | SKA Leningrad | Vysschaya League | 35 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 5 | 14th | 19th | 30th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1979/80 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 37 | 5 | 8th | 13 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1980/81 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 47 | 10 | 12 | 22nd | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1981/82 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 46 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1982/83 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 44 | 12 | 19th | 31 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1983/84 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 39 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1984/85 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 18th | 18th | 36 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1985/86 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1985/86 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 6th | 17th | 23 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1986/87 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 13 | 17th | 30th | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1987/88 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 43 | 8th | 12 | 20th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1988/89 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 41 | 8th | 14th | 22nd | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | CSKA Moscow | Vysschaya League | 30th | 6th | 7th | 13 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 39 | 6th | 15th | 21st | 16 | 6th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14th | ||
1989/90 | Utica Devils | AHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1990/91 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 78 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 76 | 7th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 10 | ||
1991/92 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 76 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 70 | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
1992/93 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 64 | 3 | 14th | 17th | 57 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1993/94 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 55 | 4th | 18th | 22nd | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1993/94 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 8th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
1994/95 | CSKA Moscow | MHL | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1994/95 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 2 | 14th | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1995/96 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 19th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1995/96 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 16 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | CSKA Moscow | Super league | 38 | 3 | 20th | 23 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
NHL overall | 383 | 38 | 122 | 160 | 326 | 33 | 4th | 7th | 11 | 40 |
International
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1978 | Soviet Union | U20 World Cup | gold medal | 7th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
1979 | Soviet Union | U20 World Cup | gold medal | 6th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 6th | |
1980 | Soviet Union | Olympia | Silver medal | 7th | 2 | 5 | 7th | 2 | |
1981 | Soviet Union | WM | gold medal | 8th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th | |
1981 | Soviet Union | Canada Cup | 1st place | 7th | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8th | |
1982 | Soviet Union | WM | gold medal | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | |
1983 | Soviet Union | WM | gold medal | 10 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 14th | |
1984 | Soviet Union | Olympia | gold medal | 7th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 0 | |
1984 | Soviet Union | Canada Cup | Semifinals | 6th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 2 | |
1985 | Soviet Union | WM | Bronze medal | 9 | 5 | 6th | 11 | 19th | |
1986 | Soviet Union | WM | gold medal | 10 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 4th | |
1987 | Soviet Union | WM | Bronze medal | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 8th | |
1987 | Soviet Union | Canada Cup | Silver medal | 9 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 4th | |
1988 | Soviet Union | Olympia | gold medal | 7th | 2 | 6th | 8th | 0 | |
1989 | Soviet Union | WM | gold medal | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1991 | Soviet Union | WM | Bronze medal | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 8th | |
1991 | Soviet Union | Canada Cup | 5th place | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6th | |
Juniors overall | 13 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 8th | ||||
Men overall | 125 | 28 | 67 | 95 | 97 |
( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1 play-downs / relegation )
Web links
- Alexei Kassatonow at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Alexei Kassatonow at eurohockey.com
- Alexei Kassatonow at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Alexei Kassatonow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b russianrocket.de, Alexei Kasatonov
- ↑ a b c internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.de, International Hockey Legends: Alexei Kasatonov
- ↑ a b c r-hockey.ru, profile of Alexei Kassatonow
- ↑ International Ice Hockey Academy of Alexei Kasatonov: About Us ( Memento from November 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CXXVIII, Number 100, October 14, 2004, Club Hockey Adds Former Soviet Legend Kasatonov as Head Coach
- ↑ Руководство клуба - Вице-президент - Генеральный менеджер - Алексей Викторович Касатонов ( Memento of 22 September 2013 Internet Archive )
- ↑ eurohockey.com, Kasatonov named Russian General Manager for Sochi , April 25, 2013
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kassatonow, Alexei Viktorovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Касатонов, Алексей Викторович (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |