Alexei Kasatonov

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Alexei Kasatonov 2009.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Kasatonov in 2009

| played_for = SKA Leningrad
CSKA Moscow
New Jersey Devils
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
St. Louis Blues
Boston Bruins

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 212

| ntl_team = Soviet Union

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|10|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| draft = 225th overall

| draft_year = 1983

| draft_team = New Jersey Devils

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1997

| hall_of_fame=

| medaltemplates =

}}

Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov ({{langx|ru|link=no|Алексей Викторович Касатонов}}; born 14 October 1959) is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who was a long-time member of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009.

Career

On the international stage, Kasatonov won two Olympic gold medals, in 1984 and 1988, and silver in 1980. He won an additional five gold medals at the World Championships in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1989.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

On the club level, Kasatonov played for SKA Leningrad, CSKA Moscow, New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, St. Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins. He was Anaheim's lone representative in the 1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game. Following a shoulder injury in an American Hockey League (AHL) game for the Providence Bruins in 1996, Kasatonov retired from the NHL and returned to play one last season for his former club CSKA Moscow. The severity of the injury led Kasatonov to end his playing career, and he returned to New Jersey to settle down with his wife and son.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

In 1998, Kasatonov was the general manager of the Russian Olympic Team that captured the silver medal in Nagano. After the Olympics he began training his son, and soon began coaching youth hockey in the Tri-State area, running his own weekly clinics in Staten Island for seven years. In 2003, Kasatonov founded the Admirals Hockey Club, which at its peak had five teams ranging from Squirts to Juniors. In 2004, Kasatonov accepted the head coaching position at Columbia University.{{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Joshua |title=Club Hockey Adds Former Soviet Legend Kasatonov as Coach |url=http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/14/416e3c1fd8040 |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=10 February 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305171800/http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/10/14/416e3c1fd8040 |archivedate=5 March 2005 |date=14 October 2004}}

In 2008, Kasatonov returned to Russia for a head coaching position at PHC Krylya Sovetov. In 2010, Kasatonov was the vice president of CSKA Moscow. In 2011–12, Kasatonov became the vice president and general manager of SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League, the first club that he played for in the Soviet Union.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Honours and awards

IIHF Hall of Fame (inducted 2009){{cite news|title=Завтра Алексей Касатонов будет введен в Зал славы ИИХФ|last=Solomin|first=Anton|date=4 May 2009|newspaper=Sport Express|language=ru|location=Moscow, Russia|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/world/news/290262/|access-date=20 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://webarchive.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/iihf-hof-2009/index.html|title=IIHF Hall of Fame Inducts Five|date=10 May 2009|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=19 June 2023}}
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order of Honour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
NHL All-Star game (1994)

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1976–77

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 7

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1977–78

| SKA Leningrad

| Soviet

| 35

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 15

| —

1978–79

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 40

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 30

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1979–80

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 37

| 5

| 8

| 13

| 26

| —

1980–81

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 47

| 10

| 12

| 22

| 38

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1981–82

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 46

| 12

| 27

| 39

| 45

| —

1982–83

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 44

| 12

| 19

| 31

| 37

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 39

| 12

| 24

| 36

| 20

| —

1984–85

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 40

| 18

| 36

| 26

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 40

| 6

| 17

| 23

| 27

| —

1986–87

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 40

| 13

| 17

| 30

| 16

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 43

| 8

| 12

| 20

| 8

| —

1988–89

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 41

| 8

| 14

| 22

| 8

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| CSKA Moscow

| Soviet

| 30

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 6

| —

1989–90

| Utica Devils

| AHL

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 7

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 39

| 6

| 15

| 21

| 16

| 6

| 0

| 3

| 14

1990–91

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 78

| 10

| 31

| 41

| 76

| 7

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 8

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

New Jersey Devils

NHL

76

12

28

40

70

7

1

2

12

1992–93

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 64

| 3

| 14

| 17

| 57

| 4

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

| NHL

| 55

| 4

| 18

| 22

| 43

| —

1993–94

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 8

| 0

| 2

| 19

| 4

| 2

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| CSKA Moscow

| IHL

| 9

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 6

| —

1994–95

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 44

| 2

| 14

| 16

| 33

| 5

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 19

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 12

| —

1995–96

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 16

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 10

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| CSKA Moscow

| RSL

| 38

| 3

| 20

| 23

| 68

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Soviet totals

! 529

! 119

! 196

! 315

! 312

! —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 383

! 38

! 122

! 160

! 326

! 33

! 4

! 7

! 11

! 40

=International=

BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" width=50%

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! Place

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

align="center"

| 1977

| Soviet Union

| EJC

| {{Bronze3}}

| 6

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1978

| Soviet Union

| WJC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1979

| Soviet Union

| WJC

| {{gold1}}

| 6

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1980

| Soviet Union

| OG

| {{silver2}}

| 7

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1981

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 8

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 8

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1981

| Soviet Union

| CC

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 1

| 10

| 11

| 8

ALIGN="center"

| 1982

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 0

| 3

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 1

| 10

| 11

| 14

ALIGN="center"

| 1984

| Soviet Union

| OG

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 3

| 6

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1984

| Soviet Union

| CC

| SF

| 6

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1985

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{Bronze3}}

| 9

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 19

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 1987

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{Bronze3}}

| 10

| 3

| 5

| 8

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987

| Soviet Union

| CC

| F

| 9

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| 1988

| Soviet Union

| OG

| {{gold1}}

| 7

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{gold1}}

| 10

| 2

| 0

| 2

ALIGN="center"

| 1991

| Soviet Union

| WC

| {{Bronze3}}

| 10

| 3

| 6

| 8

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991

| Soviet Union

| CC

| 5th

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Junior totals

! 19

! 7

! 14

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=4 | Senior totals

! 125

! 28

! 67

! 95

! 97

References

External links

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Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

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