Igor Shesterkin Biography

Interesting facts Biography Igor Shesterkin is a hockey player from Russia, who, following the example of many colleagues, moved beyond the ocean. The talented goalkeeper, starting from the juniors of the Moscow Club of Soviets, today, together with other compatriots, pushes the elbows of Americans in the NHL under the banner of the New York Rangers. Childhood and youth Igor Olegovich Shzherkin was born in Moscow on New Year's Eve - December 30.

The goalkeeper tells reporters about childhood. But the mother told in an interview with the “championship” that the family lived in Setun - the areas in the west of the capital. In the hockey section, the boy was accidental. Elena's friend took her son and invited them to look at the company for training for the children's section. The guys masterfully managed with a club and a puck on ice inspired Igor to their own victories.

Before that, the child was successfully engaged in swimming. But since Igor grew up by a mobile child, the adrenaline at matches attracted six more than the calm waters of the pool. According to the information given on the official website of the KHL, the growth of Shesterkin is a cm with a weight of 86 kg. The first achievements of the goalkeeper showed the “Wings of the Soviets” team among themselves were called “wings”.

The athlete speaks about Poleev with special warmth. Within the framework of the Fair, representatives of Spartak drew attention to a capable summer guy. So Igor entered professional sport, but for a start - as a player in a youth club. For "Youth", Shesterkin played 13 matches, showing himself a professional hockey player capable of playing in the High League. Speaking for Spartak became a great honor, the goalkeeper’s father was ill for the team.

Already in February, the surname of Shesterkin was listed in the application for the match of the High League against the Slovak club "Slovan". However, at that time Igor remained on the bench. But after 2 weeks, the debut took place in the Tournament "Cup of Hope". The member of the main composition, Yan Lashak unsuccessfully played, missing 2 goals in a short period of time.

Then the coach decided to release Shesterkin on the ice. The goalkeeper showed talent and an excellent reaction. Having spent almost an hour on ice, I missed only 1 goal. Thanks to the workshop, the game in that match for the season - Igor was preparing with the main composition. The star hour of the hockey player struck in a duel, which took place on October 31. Throughout the game, the forces were equal, but in the last seconds, Schierkin scored a decisive puck that brought the victory of Spartak and the popularity of the athlete.

And although the competition was held in the Youth League, the meeting turned out to be the most important milestone in the biography. Despite the unsuccessful beginning of the year, in M ​​Igor took the post of main goalkeeper of the club and spent most matches on ice. Nevertheless, in the season-Six, as part of the club, won the playoff tournament and received the Gagarin Cup. Nevertheless, sports observers discussed the fact that the goalkeeper was bored in the American hockey league.

Then at the Rangers went to rock the goalkeepers. The goalkeeper goes to the ice with varying success. So, in early March, in the match with New Jersey, Igor reflected 32 shots of 33, becoming the second star of the match. However, in a minute there was a misfortune - the athlete was injured by the PAH. The fellow countryman Alexander Georgiev came to replace Ste..

It is worth noting that recently, as hockey players themselves are divided in an interview, Russian speech and strong words are often heard in the “Rangers” locker room. American colleagues have already managed to learn some phrases and embarrassedly asking partners to switch to English. Russians can easily be found in other American hockey clubs. Often, the goalkeeper of the other New York team "Ilanders", Ilya Sorokin, acts as a direct opponent of Shesterkina on the ice.

She is given out for the best game among competitors as part of the regular championship. By the way, Schysterkin is only the third Russian goalkeeper, who received such a prize - his owners to Igor were Andrei Vasilevsky and Sergey Bobrovsky. In the year, Igor became the winner of the annual series of 6 matches between the Russian youth team and the national team of the Canadian Hockey League.

And in the year, the team with Shesterkin at the position of the main goalkeeper earned silver medals at the World Cup. In the year, the already adult team of Russia brought Igor into the application, but the guy remained on the bench, although he received bronze medals for the 3rd place. But in the period from November 3 to 6 in Finland, matches were held for the Karryal Cup, where Shzherkin stood at the gate.

According to the results of the meeting, the team received gold medals. In the season, Igor finally became part of the adult Russian team and even received the title of best goalkeeper in a series of friendly matches between national teams. At the World Cup - Shesterkin again became a bronze medalist, never once went out onto the ice. In January, Igor participated in the annual friendly game, held with the participation of the strongest KHL hockey players.

The venue for the games was Astana. At the main sporting event of the year - the Olympiad in Pyeongchang - Shesterkin again won the medals, without taking part in the tournament.This time the Russian team received gold. Personal life at the beginning of his career Igor remained silent about the details of his personal life. Once this gave rise to rumors about a novel with a participant in the scandalous television show "Dom-2" Tatyana Okhulkova.

But neither the athlete nor Okhulkov officially confirmed the information. The goalkeeper for a long time was considered enviable grooms. As it turned out, not the first year of Six, has been in relations with Anna Butusova. The couple met in Russia, then the model moved after the chosen one in the United States. Igor periodically published joint photos with his beloved girl on the Instagram page is prohibited in the Russian Federation, it belongs to the META corporation, which is recognized in the Russian Federation.

Happy parents called Timothy the first -born. At the same time, Igor did not share with the press information whether Anna became his official wife. But the presence of both engagement rings made it possible to conclude that the hockey player and the model still reached the registry office without advertising this event. He was happy with such an assessment of his game and the fact that he needed to represent the metropolitan division with Ilya Sorokin.

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