Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Name Alexei Gusarov Weight 83 kg Playing career Career end 2001 | Career start 1981 Shot Left Role Ice hockey player Positions Defenseman | |
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Born July 8, 1964 (age 59)
Leningrad, URS ( 1964-07-08 ) NHL Draft 213th overall, 1988
Quebec Nordiques Played for Soviet Championship League, SKA Saint Petersburg Similar People Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Kovalenko, Igor Kravchuk, Pavel Bure, Sergei Nemchinov | ||
National team Soviet Union
Russia | ||
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Alexei Vasilievich Gusarov (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Гусаров) (born July 8, 1964) is a retired Russian ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.
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Playing career
Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Gusarov was a veteran of the Soviet national team before playing in the NHL. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996. He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, having won the 1989 IIHF World Championship, the 1996 Stanley Cup, and the Olympic gold medal in 1988.
Standing 6'2" and weighing in at 183 lb (83 kg), Gusarov was selected 213th overall by Quebec Nordiques in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Gusarov is considered to be one of the finest Russian defensemen to play in the NHL. After his playing career ended Gusarov retired to Colorado where he started coaching the AAA hockey club Evolution.
Gusarov now serves as the general manager of a professional hockey team in Russia.
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