Yevgeny Vladimirovich Malkin

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Yevgeny Malkin
Date of birth July 31, 1986
place of birth Magnitogorsk , Russian SFSR
Nickname Geno
size 191 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
number # 71
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2004 , 1st round, 2nd position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
until 2006 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
since 2006 Pittsburgh Penguins

Yevgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( Russian Евгений Владимирович Малкин; English transcription: Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ; born July 31, 1986 in Magnitogorsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player . The center has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League since 2006 and is considered one of the best attackers of its generation. With the Penguins he won the Stanley Cup in 2009 , 2016 and 2017 and was honored with the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs in 2009 . In addition, the Russian won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's best scorer in 2009 and 2012 , while in 2012 he was also honored with the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award as the most valuable regular season player. In the jersey of the Russian national team , Malkin won the gold medal at the 2012 and 2014 world championships .

Career

HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2002-2006)

Yevgeny Malkin is the son of Vladimir Malkin, a former defender of HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk . His one year older brother Denis Malkin is also a hockey player , who also comes from the HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk management team. However, he does not have nearly the talent of his younger brother Yevgeny. Yevgeny Malkin made his debut at the age of 17 for his home club HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Super League , in which he had previously played through all youth teams. In his first professional season he was voted the best newcomer of the season. In the following two seasons, the striker was able to continuously increase his points. In the 2005/06 season he was the mainstay of his team, which was eliminated in the semifinals. He was considered the best player outside of the National Hockey League at the time .

Previously, the Russian was signed on June 26, 2004 in the NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins in second place behind his compatriot Alexander Ovechkin . However, many NHL scouts were of the opinion that while Ovechkin, a year older than him, made a stronger impression at this point, Malkin was the more versatile player with greater potential. Also due to the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Malkin decided after he was obliged to stay in Russia in order to continue his maturation process.

Pittsburgh Penguins (since 2006)

In the summer of 2006, the Pittsburgh Penguins decided to sign Malkin immediately. He was now ready to move to the NHL, but his team in the Russian league refused to release. The club also rejected the transfer fee of US $ 200,000 stipulated between the NHL and the Russian Federation . Since Malkin still wanted to go to the NHL, he went underground on August 11, 2006 during the Tampere Cup in Finland. Only a few days later did he cancel his contract in Russia. After almost two weeks he appeared in the US and trained with the Los Angeles Kings . On September 5, it was announced that he had signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Malkin training the penguins

The first four games of the 2006/07 season was Malkin, due to a shoulder injury in preparation, not part of the Penguins squad , but on October 18, 2006 he made his debut against the New Jersey Devils . Malkin was able to convince immediately and scored the only goal for the Penguins in their 2-1 defeat. The next day he scored again. Against the New York Islanders , Malkin scored once and set up a goal. They were able to win the game 4-3 in extra time. After more goals against Columbus , Philadelphia and again New Jersey, Malkin met on November 1, 2006 twice in a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. He was one of only four players who could score at least one goal in their first six NHL games. Only Joe Malone , Newsy Lalonde and Cy Denneny succeeded in this feat in the first NHL season 1917/18 . Malkin was also both in October than in November for the Rookie of the Month appointed and, along with goalkeeper Ron Hextall in the 1986/87 season only the second player since the introduction of the price in 1983, which was given this honor for two consecutive months.

In the 2007/08 season he made it to the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Pittsburgh Penguins, finishing second in the Eastern Conference . There they penetrated into the final series, but were defeated in the best-of-seven series against the Detroit Red Wings 2: 4. In the following season there was a new edition of the previous year's final, this time with the better outcome for the Penguins, who won the series in the seventh game. Malkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the best player in the playoffs . With his 36 points, he led the scorer ranking, which no other Russian had achieved before. He had also won the Art Ross Trophy as the top scorer of the regular season. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season , Malkin marked with an assist for Sidney Crosby the 200th scorer point of his career and assisted Crosby in his 100th goal in the NHL. Malkin took part in the NHL All-Star Game in January 2009 and won the competition for the most accurate shot as part of the Skills Competition . The attacker ended the season with a total of 113 scorer points and thus received the award of the Art Ross Trophy for the most scorer points within the league and was thus the second Russian and the fourth Penguins games in the history of the NHL to achieve this after Alexander Ovetschkin . In the play-offs , the left-handed shooter was able to build on his performances from the regular season and was instrumental in the Stanley Cup victory of the Penguins with a total of 36 scorer points and thus became the second player after Mario Lemieux , who both in the main round and in the play -offs led the offensive statistics. As a result, Malkin was the first player of Russian origin to receive the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the play-offs.

The 2010/11 season was marked by many injuries for Malkin, so that he only played 43 games and after a collision with opponent Tyler Myers in the game against the Buffalo Sabers tore both the anterior cruciate ligament and the medial ligament and then for the rest of the time Game time was canceled. In the 2011/12 season , Malkin was again able to convince with an outstanding offensive game and scored three hat tricks during the main round and for the first time 50 goals within a season with a total of 109 points, making him his second Art Ross Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the regular season won. In the play-offs, the Penguins were eliminated in the first round against the Philadelphia Flyers , with Malkin marking eight scorer points in six games. Due to the NHL lockout at the beginning of the 2012/13 season , Malkin played again between September and December 2012 for his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Continental Hockey League . On June 13, 2013, the Penguins announced that they had agreed on a contract with Malkin for a term of 8 years and the sum of 76 million US dollars.

In the 2015/16 season , Malkin won the Stanley Cup for the second time with the Penguins. On October 29, 2016, he scored the 300th goal of his NHL career in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers . At the end of the 2016/17 season , the Russian defended the Stanley Cup with the Penguins and won it a third time, becoming the top scorer of the playoffs in 2017. So he is only the fourth Russian, next to Igor Larionow , Sergei Brylin and Sergei Fjodorow , who has won the Stanley Cup three times.

In March 2019, Malkin recorded his 1000th scorer point in the regular NHL season. For this he needed 848 games and reached the milestone faster than any other Russian.

International

Malkin in the dress of the Russian national team

In 2003 Yevgeny Malkin played for the Russian U18 youth national team at the U18 World Cup , which was held in Russia . There he caused a stir for the first time together with Alexander Ovetschkin. However, at that time it was only enough for third place in their own country behind first-placed Canada and second-placed Slovakia .

A year later, the title could be won at the U18 Junior World Championship in Belarus . In the final, the team defeated the USA 3-2. Malkin also took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in Finland in 2004 , but where the Russians failed in the quarter-finals to hosts Finland 4-3.

In 2005 Yevgeny Malkin made his debut in Russia's senior national team at the World Cup in Austria . There he won bronze with Russia . Nevertheless, he still played for Russia's U20 national team at the U20 World Junior Championship in the United States . There, however, his team lost to the Canadian U20 juniors 6-1.

In 2006 Yevgeny Malkin played again at the U20 Junior World Championship in Vancouver, Canada . The Russian juniors - with Malkin as their team captain - lost again clearly against Canada with 0: 5, but the striker was named the best attacker of the tournament and was elected to the all-star team due to an outstanding tournament . The Russian also took part in the world championship in Latvian Riga in the same year . The Russian A-team was defeated there by the Czech national team in the quarter-finals 3: 4. Malkin was voted the best player of the Russian team by all national coaches at this tournament. A few months earlier, Malkin had represented his home country at the Winter Olympics in Turin . He scored six points in seven games, which was an excellent value for the then 19-year-old. In the course of the tournament, however, the Russian team lost 4-0 to the Finns in the semi-finals. Finally, they also lost to the Czech Republic in the bronze medal game with 0: 3.

Achievements and Awards

Yevgeny Malkin with the Conn Smythe Trophy

International

NHL records

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2002/03 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk II Pervaya League
2003/04 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Super league 33 3 9 12 12 - - - - -
2003/04 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk II Pervaya League 2 1 0 1 8th - - - - -
2004/05 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Super league 52 12 20th 32 24 5 0 4th 4th 0
2004/05 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk II Pervaya League 2 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
2005/06 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Super league 46 21st 26th 47 46 11 5 10 15th 41
2006/07 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 78 33 52 85 80 5 0 4th 4th 8th
2007/08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 47 59 106 78 20th 10 12 22nd 24
2008/09 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 82 35 78 113 80 24 14th 22nd 36 51
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 28 49 77 100 13 5 6th 11 6th
2010/11 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 43 15th 22nd 37 18th - - - - -
2011/12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 50 59 109 70 6th 3 5 8th 6th
2012/13 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 37 23 42 65 58 - - - - -
2012/13 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 31 9 24 33 36 15th 4th 12 16 26th
2013/14 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60 23 49 72 62 13 6th 8th 14th 8th
2014/15 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 69 28 42 70 60 5 0 0 0 0
2015/16 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 57 27 31 58 65 23 6th 12 18th 18th
2016/17 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 62 33 39 72 77 25th 10 18th 28 53
2017/18 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 78 42 56 98 87 9 4th 4th 8th 16
2018/19 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 68 21st 51 72 89 4th 1 2 3 6th
2019/20 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 55 25th 49 74 58 4th 0 1 1 6th
Super league overall 132 37 92 129 82 16 5 14th 19th 41
NHL overall 907 416 660 1076 960 166 63 106 169 228

International

Represented Russia in:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2003 Russia U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 5 4th 9 2
2004 Russia U20 World Cup 5th place 6th 1 4th 5 0
2004 Russia U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 4th 4th 8th 31
2005 Russia U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 3 7th 10 16
2005 Russia WM 3rd place, bronze 9 0 4th 4th 8th
2006 Russia U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 4th 6th 10 12
2006 Russia Olympia 4th Place 7th 2 4th 6th 31
2006 Russia WM 5th place 7th 3 6th 9 6th
2007 Russia WM 3rd place, bronze 9 5 5 10 6th
2010 Russia Olympia 6th place 4th 3 3 6th 0
2010 Russia WM 2nd place, silver 5 5 2 7th 10
2012 Russia WM 1st place, gold 10 11 8th 19th 4th
2014 Russia Olympia 5th place 5 1 2 3 2
2014 Russia WM 1st place, gold 4th 2 1 3 2
2015 Russia WM 2nd place, silver 9 5 5 10 8th
2016 Russia World cup 4th Place 4th 1 2 3 2
2019 Russia WM 3rd place, bronze 10 1 5 6th 4th
Juniors overall 30th 17th 25th 42 61
Men overall 83 39 47 86 83

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Malkin, Yevgeny Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Малкин, Евгений Владимирович (Russian); Malkin, Evgeni (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Magnitogorsk , Russian SFSR