Alexei Viktorovich Kassatonov

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IIHF Hall of Fame , 2009
Alexei Kassatonov
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

Club competitions

International

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
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
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b russianrocket.de, Alexei Kasatonov
  2. ↑ a b c internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.de, International Hockey Legends: Alexei Kasatonov
  3. ↑ a b c r-hockey.ru, profile of Alexei Kassatonow
  4. ↑ International Ice Hockey Academy of Alexei Kasatonov: About Us ( Memento from November 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CXXVIII, Number 100, October 14, 2004, Club Hockey Adds Former Soviet Legend Kasatonov as Head Coach
  6. ↑ Руководство клуба - Вице-президент - Генеральный менеджер - Алексей Викторович Касатонов ( Memento of 22 September 2013 Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ eurohockey.com, Kasatonov named Russian General Manager for Sochi , April 25, 2013
personal data
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