Andrei Mesin

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Andrei Mesin
Date of birth July 8, 1974
place of birth Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
size 183 cm
Weight 78 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 31
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1995-1998 Flint Generals
1998-1999 Nuremberg Ice Tigers
1999-2002 Berlin Capitals
2002-2003 Ak Bars Kazan
2003-2004 HC České Budějovice
2004-2005 SKA Saint Petersburg
2005-2007 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2007-2009 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2009–2012 HK Dinamo Minsk
2012-2013 HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2013-2014 HK Awangard Omsk

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Andrei Mezin ( Belarusian Андрэй Анатольевіч Мезін , Russian Андрей Анатольевич Мезин . / Andrei Mezin, English transcription Andrei Mezin * 8. July 1974 in Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Belarusian - Russian ice hockey player who most recently at the Avangard Omsk from of the Continental Hockey League , and has been working as an ice hockey goalkeeping coach since autumn 2014.

Career

Andrej Mesin began his career as a hockey player in North America with Roanoke Express , for which he made his professional ice hockey debut in the East Coast Hockey League in the 1993/94 season . In his only season appearance, he allowed a goal in three shots in 18 minutes. From 1995 to 1998 the goalkeeper was with the Flint Generals in the Colonial Hockey League or after their renaming for the 1997/98 season in the United Hockey League between the posts. At the same time, during this period he occasionally played for the Fort Wayne Komets , Las Vegas Thunder and Detroit Vipers in the International Hockey League , as well as the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League . Following the Olympic Games in 1998, he was also voted Belarusian Player of the Year for the first time.

For the 1998/99 season , Mesin moved to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League . There he was able to convince straight away as a regular goalkeeper and led his team into the playoff final, in which they lost the Adler Mannheim with 2: 3 wins in the best-of-five series . He was then voted Belarusian Player of the Year for the second time. In the following three seasons he was on the ice for Nuremberg's league rivals Berlin Capitals . After they were excluded from the DEL due to financial problems, he moved to Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Super League . There he could not prevail and only played one game in the 2002/03 season . For the following season , the Belarusian with a Russian passport signed a contract with HC České Budějovice from the Czech extra league . With his team he had to accept relegation to the second class first division at the end of the season.

For the 2004/05 season Mesin was committed by SKA Saint Petersburg . There he was able to prevail in the super league in the second attempt and had an average of 2.58 goals against per game in his 42 appearances. He was then again voted Player of the Year from Belarus. From 2005 to 2007 he played for his league rivals Salawat Yulayev Ufa , where he regularly had an average of less than two goals conceded per game and was rewarded in 2006 with his fourth award for Belarusian Player of the Year. He then received a contract with the top club and reigning Russian master HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk . In this he was able to put himself in the limelight especially in the 2007/08 season and had in the main round in 35 games an average of 1.84 goals conceded per game, as well as a catch rate of 93.2 percent. In the following season he took part with Metallurg in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . At European level, he finished second with Metallurg in 2009 in the first-ever Champions Hockey League , in the final of which he lost to the Swiss club ZSC Lions with Metallurg .

For the 2009/10 season Mesin moved within the KHL to HK Dinamo Minsk . There, too, he was able to convince straight away as a regular goalkeeper and took part in the KHL All-Star Game on the part of the Russian selection of Team Yashin. In the following season he led Dinamo Minsk for the first time in the playoffs for the Gagarin Cup . In these, Minsk lost to Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the first round in the best-of-seven series with just 3: 4 victories.

After three seasons at Dinamo Minsk, Mesin left the club in June 2012 and was initially without a club. In September 2012 he received a contract with HK Tractor Chelyabinsk from his hometown. After the end of the 2012/13 season he was initially without a club, before he was obliged by HK Awangard Omsk in October 2013 . In the KHL 2013/14 Mesin completed 16 championship games and won the Nadezhda Cup of 2014 with the team . After he was without a club at the end of the season, he was already active as the ice hockey goalkeeping coach of the Belarusian national ice hockey team in autumn 2014 and announced his official career end as an active player on February 23, 2015.

International

For Belarus , Mesin took part in the B World Championships in 2002 and 2004 , as well as the A World Championships in 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 and 2010 . He was also in Belarus' squad for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , 2002 in Salt Lake City and 2010 in Vancouver .

At the international tournaments Mesin was not only regularly one of the best players in his team, but also at the tournaments as a whole. At the World Cup in Division I in 2002, with the highest catch rate and the lowest average goal conceded of all goalkeepers in Group A, he played a decisive role in the direct return to the top division. At the A-WM 2005 he was able to prevail in these two categories against the best goalkeepers in the world. At the 2006, 2009 and 2010 World Championships, he was one of the top three players in Belarus. Especially at the 2009 World Cup, he was able to convince and was elected to the All-Star Team of the World Cup and the best goalkeeper.

As a trainer

Between 2015 and 2017 he was goalkeeping coach at HK Dinamo Minsk. At the same time, he worked as a goalkeeping coach or assistant coach for the Belarusian national team.

In the 2018/19 season, Mesin was assistant coach at HK Traktor Chelyabinsk , after which he returned to Dinamo Minsk as goalkeeping coach.

Achievements and Awards

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Авангард" заключил контракт с Андреем Мезиным (Russian), accessed February 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Mezin retires - Belarusian Olympic hero turns to coaching , accessed on February 24, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Mesin, Andrei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mesin, Andrei Anatolyevich (full name); Mezin, Andrei (English); Мезин, Андрей Анатольевич (Russian); Мезін, Андрэй Анатольевіч (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian-Russian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR