Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Металлург Магнитогорск

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Full name	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Nickname(s)	"Steelers", "Magnitka"
Founded	1955
Based In	Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk
Arena	Magnitogorsk Arena (Capacity: 7500)
League	KHL 2008-present
Division	Kharlamov
Conference	Eastern
Team Colors
Owner(s)	Viktor Rashnikov
GM	Valery Postnikov
Head Coach	Fyodor Kanareikin
Captain	Sergei Fedorov
Affiliates	Yuzhny Ural Orsk (VHL) Stalnye Lisy (MHL)
Website	www.metallurg.ru

Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russian: Металлург Магнитогорск, English: Metallurgist) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). They also competed in the Champions Hockey League (CHL), losing the 2008-09 season championship round to ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A.

History[link]

Victoria Cup[link]

On October 1, 2008 Metallurg Magnitogorsk played against NHL's New York Rangers in the inaugural Victoria Cup at the PostFinance Arena in Berne with an attendance of 13,794. ^[1] Metallurg Magnitogorsk led most of the game, 3-0 at one point, but ultimately lost 4-3 by the Rangers' Ryan Callahan breakaway goal with 20 seconds remaining in the game.^[2] Denis Platonov, Vladimir Malenkikh, and Nikolai Zavarukhin scored for Metallurg, and Dan Fritsche scored and Chris Drury scored twice for the Rangers. As a sign of respect, Russian Dimitri Kalinin and Ukrainian Nikolai Zherdev accepted the Victoria Cup trophy on the behalf of the New York Rangers[1]. American analysts and broadcasters reported a rumor that team management was to reward all 22 the Metallurg Magnitogorsk players $100,000 USD for victory.

Honors[link]

Champions[link]

• Russian Super League Championship (3): 1999, 2001, 2007
• Pervaya Liga Championship (1): 1981
• IIHF European Champions Cup (1): 2008
• European Hockey League (2): 1999, 2000
• IIHF Super Cup (1): 2000
• Tampere Cup (3): 2005, 2006, 2008
• Spengler Cup (1): 2005

Runners-up[link]

• Champions Hockey League (1): 2009
• Victoria Cup (1): 2008
• Russian Super League Championship (3): 1996, 1998, 2004

Players[link]

Current roster[link]

Updated January 30, 2012.^[3][4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
50	Finland !	Aaltonen, JuhamattiJuhamatti Aaltonen	7.0 !RW	R	27	2010	Ii, Finland
30	Finland !	Ahonen, AriAri Ahonen	1.0 !G	L	31	2011	Jyväskylä, Finland
9	Kazakhstan !	Antipin, ViktorViktor Antipin	2.0 !D	L	19	2009	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
39	Russia !	Bernatsky, SergeiSergei Bernatsky	2.0 !D	L	30	2011	Voskresensk, Russian SFSR
48	Russia !	Biryukov, EvgenyEvgeny Biryukov	2.0 !D	L	26	2005	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
58	Kazakhstan !	Bondarev, AlexeyAlexey Bondarev	2.0 !D	L	29	2011	Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
80	Ukraine !	But, AntonAnton But	6.0 !LW	R	31	2011	Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR
7	Russia !	Bykov, DmitriDmitri Bykov	2.0 !D	L	35	2011	Izhevsk, Russian SFSR
18	Russia !	Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov (C)	4.0 !C	L	42	2009	Pskov, Russian SFSR
20	Russia !	Gelashvili, GeorgiGeorgi Gelashvili	1.0 !G	L	28	2010	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
55	Russia !	Kaigorodov, AlexeiAlexei Kaigorodov	4.0 !C	L	28	2006	Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR
67	Russia !	Kazionov, DmitriDmitri Kazionov	4.0 !C	L	28	2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR
70	Russia !	Khabarov, YaroslavYaroslav Khabarov	2.0 !D		23	2005	Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
29	Russia !	Khlystov, DenisDenis Khlystov	4.0 !C	L	32	2008	Ufa, Russian SFSR
68	Russia !	Kosov, YaroslavYaroslav Kosov	7.0 !RW	L	18	2010	Magnitogorsk, Russia
12	Finland !	Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	2.0 !D	L	30	2010	Oulu, Finland
47	Finland !	Lajunen, VilleVille Lajunen	2.0 !D	R	24	2011	Helsinki, Finland
22	Russia !	Lisin, EnverEnver Lisin	7.0 !RW	L	26	2010	Moscow, Russian SFSR
76	Russia !	Markov, DannyDanny Markov	2.0 !D	L	35	2012	Moscow, Russian SFSR
8	Ukraine !	Mikhnov, AlexeiAlexei Mikhnov	6.0 !LW	L	29	2011	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
15	Russia !	Misharin, GeorgiGeorgi Misharin	2.0 !D	L	27	2011	Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR
10	Russia !	Mozyakin, SergeiSergei Mozyakin (A)	6.0 !LW	R	31	2011	Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR
14	Russia !	Obukhov, DmitriDmitri Obukhov	7.0 !RW	L	28	2011	Kazan, Russian SFSR
60	Czech Republic !	Rolinek, TomasTomas Rolinek (A)	4.0 !C	L	32	2008	Žďár nad Sázavou, Czechoslovakia
33	Russia !	Sushinsky, MaximMaxim Sushinsky	7.0 !RW	L	37	2011	St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR
90	Ukraine !	Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	2.0 !D	L	36	2011	Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR
75	Russia !	Yakubov, MikhailMikhail Yakubov	4.0 !C	L	30	2011	Barnaul, Russian SFSR

NHL Alumni[link]

Alexei Kaigorodov (2001-07), Evgeni Malkin (2003-06), Nikolai Kulemin (2005-08)

References[link]

External links[link]

• (Russian) Metallurg Magnitogorsk official website
• "Metallurg Magnitogorsk Magnificent in Run to RSL Gold" at NHL.com. Retrieved 04-25-07.

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Magnitogorsk (English) Магнитогорск (Russian)
-  City[citation needed]  -
Satellite image
Magnitogorsk Location of Magnitogorsk in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 53°23′N 59°02′E / 53.383°N 59.033°E / 53.383; 59.033Coordinates: 53°23′N 59°02′E / 53.383°N 59.033°E / 53.383; 59.033
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of September 2011)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chelyabinsk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to	City of Magnitogorsk[1]
Administrative center of	City of Magnitogorsk[1]
Municipal status (as of September 2011)
Urban okrug	Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug[1]
Administrative center of	Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug[1]
Mayor[citation needed]	Yevgeny Teftelev[citation needed]
Representative body	City Duma[citation needed]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census, preliminary)	408,401 inhabitants[2]
- Rank in 2010	44th
Population (2002 Census)	418,545 inhabitants[3]
- Rank in 2002	43rd
Time zone	YEKT (UTC+06:00)[4]
Founded	1743[citation needed]
Postal code(s)	455000[citation needed]
Dialing code(s)	+7 3519[citation needed]
Official website
Magnitogorsk on WikiCommons

Magnitogorsk (Russian: Магнитогóрск; IPA: [məgnʲɪtɐˈgorsk], roughly translated as magnet-mountain city) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 408,401 (2010 Census preliminary results);^[2] 418,545 (2002 Census);^[3] 440,321 (1989 Census).^[5]

It was named for the Magnitnaya Mountain that was almost pure iron, a geological anomaly. It is the second largest city in Russia that does not serve as an administrative center of either a federal subject or an administrative division. The largest iron and steel works in the country, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, is located here.

History[link]

Magnitnaya was founded in 1743 as part of the Orenburg Line of forts. It remained insignificant until about 1929.

As a part of preparation for the Soviet Five-Year Plans in 1928 a Soviet delegation arrived in Cleveland to discuss with American consulting company Arthur G. McKee a plan to set up in Magnitogorsk a copy of the US Steel steel mill in Gary, Indiana. The contract was four times increased and eventually the new plant had a capacity of over 4 million tons yearly. The American company was responsible for delivering of the investment. ^[6]

The rapid development of Magnitogorsk stood at the forefront of Joseph Stalin's Five-Year Plans in the 1930s. It was a showpiece of Soviet achievement. Huge reserves of iron ore in the area made it a prime location to build a steel plant capable of challenging its Western rivals. However, a large proportion of the workforce, as ex-peasants, typically had few industrial skills and little industrial experience. To solve these issues, several hundred foreign specialists arrived to direct the work, including a team of architects headed by the German Ernst May.

A steel production facility in Magnitogorsk in the 1930s

Magnitogorsk State Technical University

According to original plans Magnitogorsk was to be inspired by Gary, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the time the most prominent centers of steel production in the United States. It was to have followed the linear city design, with rows of similar superblock neighborhoods running parallel to the factory, with a strip of greenery, or greenbelt, separating them. Planners would align living and production spheres so as to minimize necessary travel time: workers would generally live in a sector of the residential band closest to the sector of the industrial band in which they worked.

However, by the time that May completed his plans for Magnitogorsk construction of both factory and housing had already started. The sprawling factory and enormous cleansing lakes had left little room available for development, and May, therefore, had to redesign his settlement to fit the modified site. This modification resulted in a city being more "rope-like" than linear. Although the industrial area is concentrated on the left bank of the river Ural, and the most residential complexes are separated and located on its right bank, the city inhabitants are still subjected to noxious fumes and factory smoke.

Town status was granted to Magnitogorsk in 1931.

The book Behind the Urals, by John Scott, documents the industrial development of Magnitogorsk during the 1930s. Scott discusses the fast paced industrial and social developments during Stalin's first five year plan and the rising paranoia of the Soviet regime preceding the Great Purge of the late 1930s.

In 1937 foreigners were told to exit and Magnitogorsk was declared a Closed city. There is not much reliable information about events and development of the city during the closed period.

The city played an important role during World War II because it supplied much of the steel for the Soviet war machine and its strategic location near the Ural Mountains meant Magnitogorsk was safe from seizure by the German Army.

Later years[link]

During perestroika the closed city status was removed and foreigners were allowed to visit the city again. Years after perestroika brought a significant change in the life of the city, the Iron and Steel Plant was reorganized as a joint-stock company Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MISW or MMK), which helped with the reconstruction of the railway and building a new airport.

With the depletion of the substantial local iron-ore reserves, Magnitogorsk has to import raw materials from Sokolvsko-Sarbaisky deposit in northern Kazakhstan.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status[link]

Administratively, it is incorporated as the City of Magnitogorsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] Municipally, the City of Magnitogorsk is incorporated as Magnitogorsky Urban Okrug.^[1]

Transport[link]

The city is connected by the Magnitogorsk International Airport, and by railway. Public transport includes trams, buses and taxi.

Education and culture[link]

There are three establishments of higher education in Magnitogorsk: Magnitogorsk State Technical University (MSTU), Magnitogorsk State University (MaSU), and Magnitogorsk State Conservatory (MSC). There are also three theatres: Pushkin Drama Theatre (the oldest in the city), the Opera and Ballet House, and the Puppet Theatre.

Sports[link]

Metallurg Magnitogorsk is an ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League. Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nikolai Kulemin of the Toronto Maple Leafs both used to play for the club and both are Magnitogorsk natives. The town's football team is FC Magnitogorsk playing in the Amateur Football League. Located in the vicinity of the city, Abzakovo is a popular mountain skiing base built by the MMK (see the URL below).

Ecology[link]

Magnitogorsk was mentioned in the Blacksmith Institute's 2006 survey of the world's worst polluted cities, placed in the report's unranked list of the 25 most polluted places outside the top ten. Pollutants include lead, sulfur dioxide, heavy metals and other air pollutants. According to the local hospital, only 1% of all children living in the city are in good health. The Blacksmith Institute says that, according to a local newspaper report, "only 28% of infants born in 1992 were healthy, and only 27% had healthy mothers."^[7]

References[link]

Notes[link]

Sources[link]

• Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №580 от 29 сентября 2011 г «О внесении изменения в перечень муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111-112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #580 of September 29, 2011 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Scott, John, Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel, Indiana University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-253-20536-0
• Degtyarev A. G., Letopis' gory Magnitnoy i goroda Magnitogorska, 1993.

The book is about Magnitogorsk, its history and natural resources

• Stephen Kotkin. Steeltown, USSR

External links[link]

• http://magnitka.clink.ru the official website of Magnitogorsk
• City Magnitogorsk (Russian)
• http://macalester.edu/courses/geog61/aritz/magnitogorsk.html Macalester College site about Magnitogorsk
• Magnitogorsk and Vicinity (Abzakovo, Bannoye)
• The Soviet Steel City at Magnitogorsk
• Magnitogorsk Photos (Russian)

v t e Administrative divisions of Chelyabinsk Oblast Administrative center: Chelyabinsk Cities and towns Asha Bakal Chebarkul Chelyabinsk Karabash Kartaly Kasli Katav-Ivanovsk Kopeysk Korkino Kusa Kyshtym Magnitogorsk Miass Minyar Nyazepetrovsk Ozyorsk Plast Satka Sim Snezhinsk Troitsk Tryokhgorny Ust-Katav Verkhneuralsk Verkhny Ufaley Yemanzhelinsk Yuryuzan Yuzhnouralsk Zlatoust Districts Agapovsky Argayashsky Ashinsky Bredinsky Chebarkulsky Chesmensky Kartalinsky Kaslinsky Katav-Ivanovsky Kizilsky Korkinsky Krasnoarmeysky Kunashaksky Kusinsky Nagaybaksky Nyazepetrovsky Oktyabrsky Plastovsky Satkinsky Sosnovsky Troitsky Uvelsky Uysky Varnensky Verkhneuralsky Yemanzhelinsky Yetkulsky Urban-type settlements of oblast significance Lokomotivny

Sergei Fedorov
Fedorov (left) with Team Russia at the 2010 World Championships
Born	(1969-12-13) December 13, 1969 (age 42) Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position	Centre (sometimes winger and defenceman)
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Metallurg Magnitogorsk Washington Capitals Columbus Blue Jackets Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Detroit Red Wings CSKA Moscow Dinamo Minsk
National team	Soviet Union   Russia
NHL Draft	74th overall, 1989 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1986–present

Sergei Viktorovich Fedorov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Фёдоров; born December 13, 1969) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre, and occasionally a winger or defenceman.^[1] He currently serves as the captain of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk squad in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Fedorov gained fame in the NHL for his unique style of play with the Detroit Red Wings, where he won 3 Stanley Cups before tenures with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Columbus Blue Jackets, and lastly the Washington Capitals, playing in over 1,200 NHL contests. On October 25, 2008, Fedorov passed Alexander Mogilny to set a record for most goals by a Russian-born NHL player, scoring his 473rd goal. He was also the first European-trained player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1993–94 NHL season, and is considered to be one of the best playoff performers in NHL history.^[2][3][4]

Fedorov was considered one of the best players in the world in the 1990s leading into early 2000s (decade).^[5] He recently played for Team Russia in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He is currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was made captain of the team in early September 2011.^[6] He will also be an ambassador for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[7]

Playing career[link]

In his pre-NHL days, he played for CSKA Moscow on the famous line with future NHL superstars Pavel Bure and Alexander Mogilny, and was drafted a year after Mogilny (the same year as Bure). Fedorov was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, fourth round, 74th overall. In 1990, while CSKA Moscow was in Seattle for the Goodwill Games, Fedorov quietly slipped out of his hotel room and onto an airplane bound for Detroit.^[8] Thus, he became one of many NHL stars to have defected from the Soviet Union to play in the NHL.

Fedorov was described as "three great players in one". In his extraordinary career, he "once held claim to the title of top player on the planet".^[9] Former Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman said his teammate was the "best skater I've ever seen."^[10] During the 1993–94 NHL season, Fedorov's outstanding play earned him the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", the Golden Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP), the Frank J. Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward), and the Lester B. Pearson Award (Most outstanding player). He finished second in scoring behind Los Angeles' Wayne Gretzky with 56 goals and 120 points.

Sergei was also introduced to Gretzky by Paul Coffey during the 1994 NHL All Star Game, which led to him staying over at his L.A home for 2 weeks that year.^[11]

In the lockout-shortened 1994–95 NHL season, Fedorov finished second on the team in points with 50 (20 goals, 30 assists) in 42 games. That season, in a game against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday, February 12, Fedorov scored all 4 of Detroit's goals in a 4-4 tie. Although the Red Wings lost the Stanley Cup Finals that year to the New Jersey Devils, Fedorov led the playoffs in all scoring with 24 points (7 goals, 17 assists).

Fedorov won another Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1996, after compiling a 100-point season with 39 goals and 107 points in 78 games played. The next season, he played for Russia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and was a member of the Red Wings' first Stanley Cup championship team since 1955, lead in team scoring by contributing 20 points in 20 playoff games for Detroit. During the regular season, he had achieved the rare feat of scoring 5 goals in a single game, as he got all of Detroit's goals in a 5-4 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on December 26, 1996.

After a lengthy holdout to start the 1997–98 season, Fedorov, a restricted free agent, signed an offer sheet with the Carolina Hurricanes worth up to $38 million (with bonuses). The Red Wings matched the offer on February 26, 1998, ending Fedorov's holdout. The offer broke down as: $14 million for signing, $2 million for 21 regular season games, and $12 million for the team reaching conference finals. $28 million for 43 total games in 1997–98 is the largest single season amount paid to an NHL athlete.^[12] Fedorov helped the Red Wings win their second consecutive Stanley Cup that season.

On February 14, 1999, Fedorov announced that his entire base salary for the 1998–99 season, $2 million, would be used to create the Sergei Fedorov Foundation, a charity to assist Detroit area children. During the 1990s, Fedorov was third in playoff scoring, with 134 points behind only Jaromír Jágr (135) and Mario Lemieux (136). He is only the third player in NHL history to have four consecutive 20+ point playoff campaigns, along with Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier. He also led the entire NHL in Plus-minus in the 1990s with a +221.^[13]

Fedorov won his third Stanley Cup in 2002, and the next season scored 83 points in 80 games during the 2002–03 NHL season, and won the inaugural Kharlamov Trophy.

At the 2002 NHL All Star Game SuperSkills Competition, Fedorov slap shot the puck 101.5 mph in the net to win "Hardest Shot". Dominik Hasek said on Fedorov "I know his shot, and I'm not surprised that he won it... He can shoot from the blue line and he can score from the blue line".^[14]

After a October 25, 2002 game between Pittsburgh and Detroit, talking to reporters about Fedorov, Mario Lemieux said, "He was awesome. The way he skates, he's just dominating out there. Especially in the neutral zone, he picks up a lot of speed. You can't defend against that."^[15]

In the 2003 offseason, Fedorov signed with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim after a long contract dispute with the Red Wings, in which he rejected deals for 5 years/$50 million and 4 years/$40 million. He remained with Anaheim from 2003 to 2005. It was with the Ducks that Fedorov picked up his 1,000th point, becoming the first Russian-born and fifth European-born player to do so.^[16]

In an unanticipated move, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on November 15, 2005.^[17] As a Blue Jacket, he also played his 1,000th NHL game on November 30, 2005, becoming the 13th European-born player to reach 1,000 NHL games and the 205th player overall to do so.^[18]

In a 2006 interview, former Red Wing head coach Scotty Bowman said, "[Fedorov was] one of my favorite players as a coach because he can do anything [asked of him on ice]." Bowman coached nine of Fedorov's thirteen seasons with Detroit. During the late 1990s, Bowman experimented by using Fedorov on defense and pairing him with Larry Murphy. The Red Wings senior vice-president Jim Devellano said, "I’m convinced if we left him there, he’d have won a Norris Trophy".^[8] Although he was effective playing defense, Fedorov stated that he would rather play up front. This did not prevent Blue Jackets head coach Ken Hitchcock from moving Fedorov back to defense on occasion.

Fedorov signed a free-agent contract with Anaheim for less than the Red Wings offered him after Detroit lost to Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs in 2003. He is fourth all-time in many offensive categories in Red Wings history behind Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, and Alex Delvecchio. Only Howe, Yzerman, Delvecchio, Nicklas Lidström, Tomas Holmstrom, and Kris Draper have played more games as a Red Wing. Approaching the trade deadline in 2008, Fedorov was traded to the Washington Capitals for Capitals draft pick Theo Ruth.^[19]

The following summer, Fedorov signed a one-year, $4 million contract with the Washington Capitals. In 2008–09, what would become his final season in the NHL, Fedorov passed Alexander Mogilny for most goals by a Russian-born hockey player. The previous record held by Mogilny was 473 goals.

Fedorov during his tenure with the Washington Capitals

In a 2009 interview, former Red Wings Head coach Scotty Bowman recalled a conversation between Gretzky and him: "I talked to Wayne Gretzky about that six or seven years ago and he said to me: 'I couldn't play forward and defence. Mario couldn't do it. Jagr couldn't play defense. But Sergei could. He was a hell of a player'."^[20]

On April 28, 2009, in one of his last games in the NHL, after shooting the game-winning goal in the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New York Rangers in a 2-1 game 7 contest, coach Bruce Boudreau in a press conference remarked that, "Let's face it, sometimes experience pays off. He knew what he had to do, when to do it, and that's what makes him one of the greatest players, ever". Alex Ovechkin added "He's our leader...He's our best guy in the locker room. He showed it. He's our best guy. He has more experience than anybody in this locker room. He knows how to play like that. He just shows his leadership.".^[4]

For the 2009–10 season, Fedorov returned to his home country of Russia signing a 2-year deal with Magnitogorsk. He said that he wanted to fulfill his father's life long dream of having his two sons play on the same team.^[21] Early in the season, Fedorov scored his 1500th point in official games.^[22]

In a description of Fedorov in a Hockey Hall of Fame Legends biography article describing him as

"Equally superb at center or on the wing, and a high scorer with outstanding defensive ability, Fedorov is a pure player who has mastered all facets of the game from A to Z. A gifted stickhandler, he can take on two or three opponents at a time. But if he spots a teammate in a better position, he will pass the puck, whether it's a few feet or halfway down the ice."^[5]

International play[link]

On a team that was missing many of their top stars due to players declining and injuries, Fedorov with Pavel Bure and Mikhail Shtalenkov carried the team to a silver medal with Russia in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Fedorov and the Russians knocked out the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals 1-0, and ended the tournament winning a bronze medal.

In response on his decision to play hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Fedorov said, "I don't think it is appropriate to delay my decision about the Olympics any further. As much as I would enjoy representing my country in Italy, I'm afraid that at this point in the season my focus has to remain with the Columbus Blue Jackets... I feel that the most important thing is for me to continue to work towards being 100 percent healthy. My main priority and responsibility is to the Columbus Blue Jackets and I don't believe participating in the Olympics, which is a short, intense tournament, would be the best thing to do."^[23]

The Washington trio, Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, and Fedorov competed on the same line for Team Russia and won the Gold Medal at the 2008 World Championships, 5-4 in overtime against Canada in which he set up the game winning goal to Ilya Kovalchuk. The tournament was the held for the first time in Canada (Quebec City) for the 100th anniversary celebrations. Team Russia would repeat the Gold against Canada again at the 2009 World Championships. He also played for Russia in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, entering the competition ranked number one in the world.^[24]

Personal life[link]

Fedorov claimed he and tennis star Anna Kournikova were married in 2001, and did not divorce.^[25] Kournikova's representatives deny any marriage to Fedorov, however Fedorov's agent, Pat Brisson, claims that although he doesn't know when they got married, he knew "he [Fedorov] was married".^[26] Although she claims to have never married the hockey superstar, she did turn over her South Beach condo as part of the divorce. Sergei has also been linked to Tara Reid. He presently resides in Magnitogorsk during hockey season and splits his summers between Detroit and Miami.

On July 24, 2009, Fedorov filed a lawsuit against Joseph Zada for defrauding on a March agreement to pay him $60 million to compensate him for the $43 million Fedorov invested with Zada over the past 11 years. The lawsuit was filed by Fedorov in Michigan.^[27] Fedorov won the suit, but has been unable to collect on the judgment from Zada.^[28]

Sergei Fedorov and his brother, Fedor, both appeared in a music video for the song 'My Philosophy' performed by the band RU. Fedorov agreed to perform in the video, and asked his brother to perform as well, because he was personal friends with the members of the band. He also appeared in Soccer Aid, a football game that takes place in England pitting celebrities against each other to benefit UNICEF UK. He competed on the "rest of the world" squad.

In the summer of 2011 his foundation helped a boy with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy who needed a special bed, costing approximately $20,000.^[29]

Awards and achievements[link]

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Competitor for Soviet Union
World Championships
Gold	1989 Sweden	Ice hockey
Gold	1990 Switzerland	Ice hockey
World Junior Championship
Silver	1988 Soviet Union	Ice hockey
Gold	1989 USA	Ice hockey
Goodwill Games
Gold	1990 USA	Ice hockey
Competitor for Russia
Olympic Games
Silver	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold	2008 Canada	Ice hockey
Silver	2010 Germany	Ice hockey
World Cup of Hockey
Bronze	1996 Canada	Ice hockey

• [U-20] World Junior Championships - 1988 All-Star Team
• NHL All-Rookie Team - 1991
• NHL First All-Star Team - 1994
• NHL All-Star Game - 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003
• NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition - "Fastest Skater" Winner (1992, 1994), "Hardest Shot" Winner (2002)
• Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP) - 1994
• Lester B. Pearson Award - 1994
• Frank J. Selke Trophy - 1994, 1996
• Master of Sport Award (Ice Hockey) - 1998
• Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award - 2000
• Kharlamov Trophy - 2003
• 1994 NHL Player of the Year by The Sporting News
• Best Skater in the NHL by The Hockey News "Best of Everything in Hockey" Historical Guide (2003 ed.)^[30]
• Calder Trophy - 1991 (finalist) (2nd)
• Frank J. Selke Trophy - 1992 (finalist) (2nd), 1993 (4th), 1995 (4th)
• Lady Byng Trophy - 1994 (finalist) (4th)
• Hart Memorial Trophy - 1996 (finalist) (5th), 2003 (9th)
• NHL 1993–94 Season - Even Strength Goals (39) (1st)
• NHL 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Point Scoring Leader (24)
• NHL 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Assist Leader (17)
• NHL 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Assist Leader (18)
• NHL 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Goal Scoring Leader (10)^[31]
• 3rd player only in NHL history to have four consecutive 20+ Point Stanley Cup Playoffs campaigns (1995–98)
• 1st overall in NHL Plus-minus in the 1990s - (+221)^[13]
• 3rd overall in Stanley Cup Playoffs scoring in the 1990s - (134) points
• One of only 44 players in NHL history to score 5 goals in a game
• 5th all-time in Red Wings team history in points, goals and assists.
• NHL All-Time Regular season short-handed goals: 8th (36)
• NHL All-Time Regular season game-winning goals: 9th (93)
• NHL All-Time Playoff points: 13th (176)
• NHL All-Time Playoff short-handed goals: 12th (5)
• NHL All-Time Playoff assists: 8th (124)
• NHL All-Time Playoff Plus-minus: 17th (+38)
• 3-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion: 1997, 1998, and 2002, all with the Detroit Red Wings
• 3-time Presidents' Trophy Award Winner 1995, 1996, and 2002, all with the Detroit Red Wings
• 1989 World Junior Hockey Championships: Gold medal
• 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships: Gold medal
• 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships: Gold medal
• 1990 Goodwill Games: Gold medal
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey: (Semi-finalists - 3rd (Tie))
• 1998 Winter Olympics: Silver medal
• 2002 Winter Olympics: Bronze medal
• 2008 World Ice Hockey Championships: Gold medal
• 2005 Primus Challenge Bowl for World'Stars

NHL records and accomplishments[link]

• Most overtime points, career (27)
• Previously tied the record for Regular season overtime goals (15)
• First European-trained player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy
• First Russian player to reach 1,000 NHL points
• Most goals by a Russian-born NHL player (483)
• Largest single season amount paid to an NHL athlete ($28 million, 43 total games) (1997–98)^[12]
• Member of the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings team that won a NHL record of 62 games in a season
• 1st player to win an Olympic Silver Medal in hockey and Stanley Cup in the same year (1998)
• Previously tied the record for "Fastest Skater" in the 1996 NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition (13.510s '93 Gartner).
• Only player to win both the "Hardest Shot" and "Fastest Skater" in the NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition.
• Only player who has won a Hart to win the "Hardest Shot" or "Fastest Skater" in the NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition.
• Oldest player in NHL history to score a Game 7 game-winning goal (39 years, 136 days), Washington vs New York (April 28, 2009).^[4]
• Tied the NHL record for most points in a period (4 points - 3 Flyers vs 7 Detroit, January 21, 1992)^[32]
• Only player to score 5 goals in one game, with the last one in overtime (4 Capitals vs 5 Detroit OT, December 26, 1996)
• Only player to ever win the Hart and Frank J. Selke Trophy in the same Season (1994)

Career statistics[link]

_{Bolded numbers indicate season/ playoff leader}

[edit] All-Star Game statistics^[34]

International play[link]

Played for the Soviet Union in:

• 1988 World Junior Hockey Championships (Silver Medal)
• 1989 World Junior Hockey Championships (Gold Medal)
• 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships (Gold Medal)
• 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships (Gold Medal)
• 1990 Goodwill Games (Gold Medal) (defected during tournament to Detroit)
• 1991 Canada Cup (5th place)

Played for Russia in:

• 1996 World Cup of Hockey (Semi-finalist)
• 1998 Winter Olympics (Silver Medal)
• 2002 Winter Olympics (Bronze Medal)
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey (selected but declined due to Injury)
• 2006 Winter Olympics (selected but declined due to Injury)
• 2008 World Championships (Gold Medal)
• 2010 Winter Olympics (Quarter-finalist)
• 2010 World Championships (Silver Medal)

International statistics[link]

Notes and references[link]