Evgeny Malkin is a world famous Russian hockey player, a player of the professional NHL club Pittsburgh Penguins, a member of the Russian national ice hockey team. His game is admired by ordinary fans and hockey specialists. It seems that Eugene was born to win. Natural passion and incredible hockey intuition are literally in his blood.
The beginning of the sports path
Evgeny Malkin was born on July 31, 1986 in the city of Magnitogorsk. His father once played hockey himself, so at the age of 8, his parents send the future world hockey star to the sports school of the Metallurg club.
At first, Malkin could not prove himself in any way. He did not succeed, sometimes he even thought to quit playing hockey altogether.
Not all hockey experts at that time saw in Malkin the future outstanding player. At the age of fifteen, he could not even make his way to the youth team of the Ural region.
However, the incredible ability to work, striving for the goal and innate talent did their job. Malkin often remained on the ice after finishing training, and in 2004 he became the youngest player in the Russian youth team, which won gold medals at the World Youth Championship. Many eminent coaches began to look closely at the talented young Evgeny Malkin.
Professional career
In 2004, Malkin was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL. It was originally planned that the hockey player will begin his sports career in the NHL in 2006, but suddenly Malkin signed a new contract with Metallurg. Under the terms of this new agreement, Malkin became a player in the Ural club until 2007.
In 2006, Evgeny Malkin at the Tampere Cup tournament in Finland leaves his team and leaves for the NHL. This fall, he signs a contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Malkin played his first official match with the Penguins on October 19, 2006.
In the 2006/07 NHL regular season, Evgeny Malkin scored 85 points and was among the twenty most productive players in the NHL.
Despite his unexpected departure from Russia, Malkin said that he was ready to play for the national team of his country. At the 2007 World Cup, the Russian national team took third place, and Malkin, according to a poll among journalists, was included in the symbolic world team.
As part of the national team, Malkin took part in five world championships. In 2012, the Russian national team won gold medals, and Evgeny Malkin was recognized as the most valuable player in the tournament.
In June 2007, Malkin received the NHL Rookie Award. At the end of the 2007/08 season, Eugene scored 106 points.
The 2008/09 sports season was the most successful for Evgeni Malkin - he scored 113 points and earned the Art Ross Trophy.
The 2010/11 season was the worst for Malkin in the NHL. He was forced to miss a crucial part of the season due to a knee injury. However, the following year, Malkin fully recovered and became the league's top scorer, gaining 109 points and scoring more than 50 goals in a season.
In June 2013, Malkin extended his contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins for 8 years.
As part of the national team, Malkin became the world champion in 2014, scoring the winning goal in the final match, and also took part in three Winter Olympics: in Turin, Vancouver and Sochi.
Evgeni Malkin has an outstanding technique and a powerful wrist throw. He holds the club with a left grip. The hockey player is gifted physically and has impressive dimensions: height - 191 cm and weight about 90 kg.
Personal life
Yevgeny Malkin's personal life is no less interesting than a brilliant career in the NHL. At first, next to the talented hockey player was a simple student from Magnitogorsk, who was far from public life, then Malkin had an affair 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 been dating Daria Klishina, but Yevgeny is not inclined to advertise his personal life. One can only say with certainty: the world hockey star has not yet married.
