Athletistic/Hockey. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin scored a goal in a 5-3 Penguins win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
This fight was special for both teams. “Chicago” before the game officially retired Marian Gossa’s 81st number, while in the “Pittsburgh” his 1000th NHL game held Evgeni Malkin. And the Russian’s party turned out to be a success. In the second period, he managed to knock on the doors of Arvid Cederblom and help his team to a positive result.
Interestingly, in honor of the 1000th NHL game, Malkin’s son was given the roster for the game in the Penguins locker room. And during the pregame rollout, all the Pittsburgh players staged a sort of flash mob, rehearsing all his moves after the Russian.
Career 36-year-old Evgeni Malkin in the NHL is developing really brilliantly. To date, he has registered 52 goals and 714 assists. After the puck, abandoned on Sunday, the Russian striker has this season 20 (8+12) points in 19 matches.
Here’s how the Hero of the Day game was liked by overseas hockey fans on social media:
NewAgeOutlaw:
– And he scores in his 1000th match! Story!
Alejandrokaihockey:
– Gino Malkin – fire! Had a great game. He improves with every game.
Cole Pens:
– Celebrated this puck at the same time as if it were the first for him in the NHL. How cute!
scandal from Day :
Gino is my hero! Better.
SELBound:
“Damn, what a great job he’s still doing!”
Vodeni:
– A winner in life. A very cool player.
Icarium:
– With Zucker, Malkin is our best striker this season.
NewAgeOutlaw:
– That’s right… and today they made life absolutely unbearable for the Blackhawks defensemen.
Vodeni:
He hasn’t been as hungry as he is now for many years.
Cole Pens:
– I just want to congratulate Malkin for this incredible achievement… what a career! Definitely a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Swap:
– I agree…well, it’s hard for me to realize that the infamous roundhouse goal against Edmonton already happened in 2014.
Zirakzigil:
– Gino has scored points in 71% of National Hockey League games he’s played in…amazing!
Malkin: “If Russians are playing in the NHL, why are they banned from playing in the World Cup?
Malkin is a three-time Stanley Cup winner (2009, 2016, 2017) with the Pittsburgh Penguins, two-time world champion (2012 and 2014), participating in three Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014). Honorary Master of Sports of Russia (2012).
A student of the Magnitogorsk hockey school “Metallurg”. 2004 Junior World Champion. Double silver medalist at the Junior World Championships. Silver and bronze medalist of the championships of Russia in the “Metallurg” in Magnitogorsk. Double world champion, best player of the 2012 World Cup.
Drafted 2nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Since 2006, he has played for the Penguins, as the club’s alternate captain.
2006/07 NHL Rookie of the Year. The first Russian player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy. He ranks third among Russian hockey players in NHL regular season points, as well as second in goals and first in playoff points scored.
Malkin’s first match at the top level of the Russian league was Metallurg’s guest match with Yaroslavl Lokomotiv on September 12, 2003 in the 2003/04 season (Lokomotiv won with a score of 7:2). Before that, Evgeny played two games for the main team of Magnitogorsk at the XII Memorial of I. Kh. Romazan in 2003. He opened his goalscoring account on October 11, 2003 in Moscow in a match against Dynamo (Moscow) – together with Ravil Gusmanov, he assisted Alexander Koreshkov. Malkin scored his first goal in Yaroslavl in a match with the same Lokomotiv on December 12, 2003, and in this match he scored two goals.
In total, Evgeni Malkin played for the Magnitogorsk club for 3 seasons – 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06. During this time, he went from a budding hockey player to one of the leaders of the club and the national team.
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At the 2014 World Championships, Malkin became a double world champion, having scored the third goal in a 5-3 majority in the final match against Finland.
Also as part of the Russian national team, Malkin participated in three Winter Olympics: in 2006 in Turin, in 2010 in Vancouver and in 2014 in Sochi.
In 2020, Malkin was named to the 2010s IIHF All-Star Team.
The hockey player is married to TV presenter Anna Kasterova. On May 31, 2016, the couple had a son, whose name was Nikita. Malkin has two nationalities (Russia and the United States).
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