2. THE HOKKEY- HIS LIFE
Evgeni Malkin had very good hockey player. Evgeni Malkin had very good
hockey player. The pupil of the school hockey Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist".
World junior champion in 2004. The two-time silver medalist World Youth
Championships. Silver and bronze medalist Russia in the Magnitogorsk
"Metallurgist". The winner and the best player of the World Hockey
Championship in 2012. Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
3. A SRART IN LIFE
Eugene's father had once played hockey and in three years put his son
on skates. The first coach of the future stars in the hockey school
Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist" was Yuri Tukaserov. At the age of 8 years
coach Eugene was Sergei Wittmann.
Before the age of fifteen years do not all experts could see the potential
of the young hockey player - one time it did not even take the youth
team of the Ural region.
However, their commitment and capacity for work hockey player proved
his right to be in the junior and youth national teams of Russia.
4. NHL
After his escape from Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist" Malkin September
5, 2006 signed a contract with the NHL, "Pittsburgh Penguins." In the
first exhibition game Sept. 20, 2006 against the Philadelphia Flyers
Malkin in the first period of 2 minutes, an assist, after which Sergei
Gonchar scored. However, early in the second period after a collision
with his partner John Leclair, he fell and injured his shoulder.
Fortunately for the player, the injury was not so serious, and hockey
player missed only four starting the match, "Pittsburgh" in the season
2006/2007.
The debut game in the NHL Malkin held October 19, 2006 at the home
for the "Penguins" ice "Mellon Arena" in a match against the New
Jersey Devils. After spending 18 minutes on the court 15 seconds
inflicting on goal two shots, he was able to excel in the 38th minute 38
seconds into the game with a gear Ryan Whitney and Mark Recchi.
5. ATTITUDE
"I was worried because it was my first game here. Further, I think, it will
be easier, "said Eugene, on the first play in," Pittsburgh Penguins "
6. THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL TEAM
His first appearance in the Russian national team jersey Malkin held at
the Junior World Championships in 2003 in Yaroslavl, where scored 9
points in 6 games and won the bronze. The following year, in Minsk is a
champion, and a few months later he was invited to the youth team to
the World Cup.
At the World Youth Championships in 2005 and 2006, winning silver.