Evgeny Kuznetsov is a prominent Russian hockey player who currently plays in the NHL for the Washington Capitals. What is interesting about his biography and the personal life of a young athlete?
Evgeny Kuznetsov literally burst into Russian hockey and immediately began to show great promise. First, he played for the Chelyabinsk Tractor, and then moved to play in North America.
Childhood and adolescence of Evgeny Kuznetsov
Evgeny was born on May 19, 1992 in Chelyabinsk. Hockey is very well developed in this industrial city. It is this sport that the future star of Russian hockey has taken a great interest in since childhood. Already at the age of six, dad gave him skates. From that moment on, Zhenya never parted with them.
Daily hours of ice training were not in vain. Over time, Evgeny enrolled in the Traktor hockey club school and continued his studies. If his peers studied for 2-3 hours, then Kuznetsov devoted 8-9 hours a day to this. Even then, he knew for sure that in the future he would be a hockey player.
Sports biography of Kuznetsov
Eugene made his debut in adult hockey in 2009. In the first season with Traktor, he scored only twice in 35 matches. But that was only the beginning. The next year, Kuznetsov was already recognized as the best player in the team, and he received a call to the youth team of Russia. At the first world championship with Evgeny's participation, the team failed and took only sixth place. But at the next tournament she rehabilitated herself and won. Then Kuznetsov became the author of the winning goal in the final and received universal recognition. The youth team repeated their success two years later. And again Kuznetsov made a significant contribution to the overall success, who became the best striker of the championship.
Eugene also played very well for Traktor and helped the team to constantly reach the playoff zone of the Gagarin Cup. But the desire to play in the NHL was above all. And in 2014 Kuznetsov moved to the team of Alexander Ovechkin's Washington Capitals.
In parallel with this, Kuznetsov began his career in the main Russian team. During this time, he repeatedly took part in the world championships and twice won gold with the team. This happened in 2012 and 2014. Also in his piggy bank are bronze medals of the 2016 and 2017 World Championships. True, he has not yet managed to participate in the Olympic Games. In 2014, the head coach did not take him in Sochi, and in 2018 the NHL hockey players did not participate in the competition.
As part of Washington, Kuznetsov became the team's top scorer more than once, but this did not affect the overall success of the club. And finally, in 2018, the team won the long-awaited Stanley Cup. Now Eugene is the owner of the ring, which is received by all the winners of the tournament. At the same time, he made a feasible contribution to this success and became one of the best snipers of the past season.
Hockey player's personal life
Back in 2011, Kuznetsov officially married a Russian girl, Anastasia Zinovieva. She was also from a sports family. Her older brothers worked together with Evgeny at the Traktor club. Before the wedding, the relationship of young people lasted about two years. The wedding took place at the ice rink of the Chelyabinsk Traktor arena.
In 2015, the young couple had their first child - daughter Yesenia. Eugene and Anastasia still do not part and love each other. This can be understood from the many compliments that Kuznetsov gives to his wife on social networks.
