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Zubov became SKA coach

Sergey Zubov became one of the coaches of St. Petersburg SKA

Ilya Eliseev The famous Russian defender Sergei Zubov, who spent the last two years defending the colors of St. Petersburg SKA, became Milos Rzhiga's assistant. Former captain of the Russian national team Alexander Prokopyev has been appointed one of the coaches of the youth army team - “Silver Lions”.

Olympic champion, two-time Stanley Cup winner Sergei Zubov , who completed his playing career this year, has been appointed coach of SKA, the press service of the army club reports.

This SKA defender, who never took to the ice in the 2010/11 season, noted that his health condition would not allow him to continue his career.

The hockey player ended it in April due to surgery on the hip joint.

Sergey Aleksandrovich Zubov Born on July 22, 1970 in Moscow
Famous Soviet and Russian hockey player
The most successful Russian defenseman in NHL history
His sports nickname is “Zubby.”
He played for the Russian national team at the 1992 World Cup (6 matches, 2+2) and at the 1996 World Cup (4 matches, 1+1). Since then he has not played for the Russian national team.
First NHL game: December 6, 1992 with the New York Rangers against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 1993/94 season, he became the best scorer in the Rangers and second in the NHL among defensive players, scoring 89 points (12 goals + 77 assists) in 78 games. This result is a record for Zubov in 1 season.
Participant in four NHL All-Star games (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2006).
In 1999, he showed the best result in the NHL according to the +/- system in the playoffs - +13.
Entered the top ten highest paid Russian athletes of the 2003/2004 season - 6th position, $6,000,000.
Olympic champion 1992 Two-time Stanley Cup winner - 1994, 1999 USSR champion in the 1988–1989 season
World Youth Champion 1989

“I want to be useful to hockey and stay in Russia ,” he said then.

It has not yet been officially specified in what capacity, but, most likely, Zubov will be responsible on the team’s coaching staff for training defenders. Such an appointment did not become a sensation, because even at the end of the regular season there were rumors that he would join the SKA coaching staff. Which became quite possible after the team of club mentors led by Vaclav Sikora was fired.

Zubov began his career with CSKA Moscow and played in the NHL from 1992 to 2009. In North America, the defenseman played for the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Dallas Stars. He won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994 and with Dallas in 1999. In 1992, as a member of the CIS team, he became the champion of the Olympic Games in Albertville.

In turn, Alexander Prokopyev was appointed coach of the SKA youth team - “Silver Lions”, who will assist head coach Anatoly Semenov , reports the press service of the St. Petersburg team.

From 2007 to 2010, the former center forward of Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk worked as a coach at Atlanta near Moscow.

Alexander Yuryevich Prokopyev Born June 10, 1971
Russian hockey player and coach. Elektrostal hockey student
Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2002)
Three-time Russian champion (1995 and 2000 with Dynamo and 2004 with Avangard)
Vice world champion 2002
Winner of the “Golden Helmet” for the best players of the Russian championships in 2004
Awarded the title "Iron Man" for the maximum number of matches played in the 2004/2005 regular season
Former captain of the Russian national team and the best sniper of the Russian championship 2004. Scored 107 goals in the Russian championships.
Record holder for the number of games for the Russian national team, 156 matches

As a member of the national team, Alexander Prokopyev performed at eight world championships. In 2002 he became a silver medalist, for which he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports. He played in perhaps the best top three of the super league of the early 2000s, together with Maxim Sushinsky and Dmitry Zatonsky .

Maxim Sushinsky, world champion and Russian champion, shared his opinion about Alexander Prokopyev, his former link partner.

“Alexander Prokopyev is a hockey player who is primarily distinguished by his professionalism. He was the brains of the line, played center forward and always tried to play smart hockey. His game has always been distinguished by his understanding of how to play. He prepared well for both matches and training - stretching, warming up, psychologically and physically he was always ready for them.

Of course, it is difficult to transition from the status of a hockey player, but I am sure that his skill and knowledge of hockey will help him become an excellent coach, especially since he is already in his third year as a coach. I think he will succeed, he will be able to pass on a lot of knowledge to young players.

I wish him good luck and mutual understanding with the team. So that young hockey players share with him the love of hockey,” the official website of “Lviv” quotes Sushinsky.

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