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Beginning of the sports way

Evgeni Malkin was born on July 31, 1986 in the cityMagnitogorsk. His father once played hockey himself, so at 8 years the future star of the world's hockey parents are sent to the sports school of the club "Metallurg". The first time Malkin could not show himself. He did not work, sometimes he even thought of completely quit hockey. Not all hockey specialists at that time saw in Malkin the future of an outstanding player. At the age of fifteen, he could not even get into the junior team of the Ural region. However, incredible work capacity, desire for goals and innate talent did their job. Malkin often remained on the ice after finishing training, and already in 2004 he became the youngest player in the junior national team of Russia, which won the gold medals of the Junior World Championship. To the talented young Evgeni Malkin, many eminent coaches began to look closely.

Professional career

In 2004, Malkin was drafted by the NHL clubThe Pittsburgh Penguins. Initially it was planned that the hockey player will start his sports career in the NHL in 2006, but suddenly Malkin signed a new contract with Metallurg. Under the terms of this new contract Malkin became a player of the Ural club until 2007. In 2006, Evgeni Malkin at the Tampere Cup tournament in Finland leaves his team and leaves for the NHL. In the fall of this year, he signs a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The first official match in the "penguin" Malkin held October 19, 2006 goda.V regular season NHL season-2006/07 Evgeni Malkin scored 85 points and hit the twenty most successful NHL.Nesmotrya players on their sudden departure from Russia, Malkin said that is ready to speak for the national team of his country. At the World Cup 2007 Russian team took the third place, and Malkin according to the results of the survey among journalists, was included in the symbolic team of the world. In the national team Malkin participated in five world championships. In 2012, the Russian team won gold medals, and Evgeni Malkin was recognized as the most valuable player of the tournament. In June 2007, Malkin received the prize of the best newcomer to the NHL. In the season -2007/08 Eugene scored 106 ochkov.Sportivny season-2008/09 was the most successful for Evgeni Malkin - he scored 113 points and earned the Art Ross Trofi.Sezon-2010/11 Malkin became the most unfortunate in the NHL. He was forced to miss the crucial part of the season due to a knee injury. However, next year, Malkin has fully recovered and became the best scorer of the league, gaining 109 points and scoring more than 50 goals in a sezon.V June 2013. Malkin extended his contract with the "Pittsburgh Penguins" for a period of 8 let.V squad Malkin became the world champion in 2014, scoring the winning goal in the final match, and also participated in three Olympic winter games: Torino, Vancouver and Sochi.Evgeny Malkin has outstanding technology and a powerful wrist shot. He holds the stick with his left grip. The hockey player is physically gifted and has impressive dimensions: height - 191 cm and weight about 90 kg.

Personal life

The personal life of Evgeni Malkin is not less thaninteresting than the brilliant career in the NHL. First, next to the talented hockey player was a simple student from Magnitogorsk, which was far from public life, then Malkin spun the novel with actress Maria Kozhevnikova. Relations with Oksana Kondakova were very difficult. The girl was four years older than Malkin, and the hockey player's parents were categorically against their relationship. Recently, Malkin has met with Daria Klishina, but Eugene is not inclined to advertise his private life. One can only say with certainty: the star of world hockey has not yet married.