Hockey player Nikolishin Biography

Video Andrei Nikolishin, the legendary hockey player, the favorite of the fans of Moscow, Chelyabinsk and Washington, until recently, could be fully considered the current hockey-professional hockey player. The striker, who, as part of the Russian national team, won the gold and bronze of the OI, not so long ago exceeded 40, but he managed to preserve such a good physical shape that another year, along with the action with the champion - Moscow Dynamo, the most severe gathering in Pinsk was held.

Nikolishin is generally an extremely versatile person. Even as a player of the Chelyabinsk “tractor”, he told the interview that he later saw himself, perhaps not a coach, but a journalist. And he began in volleyball at all, and he was dissuaded in every possible way from ice sports. This is an unpromising sport, nothing shines in it, stay in volleyball. ” I hope we’ll talk to him on this topic.

” The hockey career of Nikolishin is really difficult to call "unpromising." As a child, playing for Vorkuta’s team at the Golden Wasis final tournament in Penza, he became the best scorer and the best attacking competition. After that, Andrei was invited to Dynamo, where he won the title of champion of Russia, became the best hockey player of the country of the year, and the last couple of years before leaving for the NHL was the team captain.

For the same period, the most significant milestones of Nikolishin’s career in the national team came. As part of the junior team, he became the world champion in the year, at the adult level received a similar title a year later. Twice the "old new Dynamo" played for the national team at the Olympic Games. In the year, our team was left without medals, in M ​​won bronze.

The career of Nikolishin and in the NHL successfully developed. He subsequently became his first goal for the now nonexistent Hartford Waylers Carolina Hurricanz on March 7 in the match against New York Alenders. Already after the player’s season, the player was exchanged at Washington, with whom he took part in the Stanley Cup final of the year. It was in the camp of the “capital” that the best overseas years of the striker took place: he played five seasons here and on average gained about 0.5 points per game.

The last two seasons behind the ocean Nikolishin spent in the “Chicago” and “Colorado”. Starting from the year, the striker replaced many teams - Lada, Avangard, SKA, after which he stopped for a long time in the Chelyabinsk Tractor. There he became a real idol of the Ural fans and received the speaking nickname "Dad." In total, Nikolishin spent matches in the KHL, earned 75 points and the total usefulness of Minus 13.

In the year, he took part in the match of the Stars of the Continental League.