#Russian Women's Hockey League

[chunkletskhl]

Blocker-bump for a young fan from Biryusa Krasnoyarsk goalie Darya Gredzen. (Image Source)

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𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷 “𝓽𝓲𝓷𝔂” 𝓯𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻 !

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ THE BASICS !

— ❥ FULL NAME: Raven Marie Fischer.

— ❥ NICKNAMES: Ray, Ray-Ray, Tiny (used by many NHL players), Smiley, weirdo (used by enemies and haters), freak (used by enemies and haters), dollface (by Dominic only, no longer used), baby (by Willy only), sweetheart, honey, princess (by Willy only).

— ❥ DATE OF BIRTH: June 24th, 1996 (Cancer).

— ❥ BIRTHPLACE: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

— ❥ CURRENT RESIDENCE: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

— ❥ SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, French (not fluently), Swedish (not fluently), Russian (not fluently), Czech (not fluently), American Sign Language (not fluently).

— ❥ ORIENTATION: Panromantic, asexual (sex-repulsed).

— ❥ GENDER IDENTITY: Cisgender female (she/her pronouns).

— ❥ OCCUPATION: Journalist for the Canadian Football League (formerly), journalist for the National Hockey League.

— ❥ FACECLAIM: None.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ PERSONALITY !

— ❥ HOGWARTS HOUSE: Hufflepuff (loyal, hard-working, compassionate).

— ❥ MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE: INFP - The Mediator (empathetic, open-minded, self-isolating).

— ❥ ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Type Two - The Helper (warm-hearted, sincere, sentimental).

— ❥ MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good.

— ❥ LOVE LANGUAGES: Physical touch for both giving and receiving.

— ❥ SKILLS: Writing, jewelry making, singing, baking, cooking, acting, memorization, speed writing, charming people, speed reading, reading body language.

— ❥ LIKES: Her family and friends, her hedgehog, her job, musicals, gifting her homemade bracelets to people, rewatching her favorite movies, watching all kinds of sports, being cozy, listening to music, dancing, making people laugh.

— ❥ DISLIKES: Rude people, discrimination of any kind, loud or sudden noises, scratchy clothing, mushy food textures, her ex, entitled people, high heels, how hard it is for her to read social cues.

— ❥ FEARS/PHOBIAS: Needles, people being angry or disappointed in her, dating another person like Dominic, having a panic attack or meltdown in public.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ RELATIONSHIPS !

— ❥ FAMILY: Phoebe Fischer (mother), Lewis Fischer (father), Oscar Fischer (pet hedgehog), John Tavares (father figure), Brad Marchand (uncle figure).

— ❥ FRIENDS: Mitch Marner, David Pastrnak, Joseph Woll, Austin Matthews, Quinn Hughes, Nico Hischier, Linus Ullmark, Trevor Zegras, Morgan Rielly, Matthew Knies.

— ❥ ACQUAINTANCES: Remainder of the Toronto Maple Leafs roster, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Jeremy Swayman, Brady Tkachuk, Connor McDavid, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Tessa Virtue, majority of NHL players and coaching staff.

— ❥ ROMANTIC INTERESTS: Conner Lucas (first crush), Nick Browne (former crush), Schuyler Beauregard (former crush), Jeremy Harper (brief relationship), Dominic Cormier (ex-boyfriend), William Nylander (current romantic interest).

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ FUN FACTS !

— ❥ Growing up, Raven watched all kinds of sports, since her father was a big fan of NASCAR and both kinds of football and her mother loved baseball and hockey. Phoebe Fischer, however, is a diehard Oilers fan, and was just slightly disappointed when her daughter turned out to start rooting for the Maple Leafs.

— ❥ A few months after she was diagnosed with autism, Raven wound up having to move classes at school, as her teacher beginning to give her accommodations because she now had an official diagnosis caused most of the other children in her class to pick on her on an almost daily basis.

— ❥ At five foot four, Raven is still three inches shorter than Cole Caufield, the shortest current player in the NHL. Plenty of her friends say this is proof that her nickname Tiny fits perfectly, but she insists that they’re all just giants.

— ❥ Ever since gaining popularity with NHL fans, Raven has made a habit of making a load of homemade bracelets before every game she reports at and handing them out to female fans beforehand. She wants to help foster a better sense of community for female fans, knowing how much animosity young women can face from male fans when trying to get into a sport.

— ❥ She has also become an outspoken advocate for more inclusivity within the league, as well as queer and disability rights and greater education and support for those with disabilities and mental illnesses. She hasn’t always stayed out of trouble with the NHL bigwigs for some of the statements she’s made, but she’s never backed down and she doesn’t plan on stopping - besides, she has a great group at SportsNet always ready to support her, as well as a pretty good-sized group of tall hockey men who are used to throwing punches willing to fight back against anyone who tries to hurt her.

tagging @lovings4turn, @hiya-itsamber, & @theopenlocker !

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“#wrote a college entrance essay about this once” re: rpf research excuse me WHAT can you elaborate please 😭 (i say as someone who has also written some unhinged essays)

okay in my defense i didn't actually talk about rpf explicitly, but i did write about how one of the big draws of hockey for me was all the minute details and research rabbitholes you could get absorbed in. it's funny to look back on now because i think my understanding of hockey has come a long way, and also i'm kind of a completely different person than i was, lol. i'll put a few sections under the cut just for fun :3

But in late November of my ---- year, I turned on the television to watch a hockey game. It was the Flames and the Senators -- not exactly a nail-biter. I knew what to expect. I’d been to a college hockey game once at the University of North Dakota, and I’d been casually interested. But I certainly didn’t count on the Ottawa Senators setting the starting point of a great epoch of my life. The thing about hockey is that, leaving aside everything else about the sport -- statistics, personality, fanaticism, gameplay -- hockey is fun to watch. It’s fast-paced but easy to follow. All you have to do is keep track of the puck. Stoppages aren’t too common, but if they do happen, it’s probably because a penalty has been called, or because of a scrum, which both lead to more interesting circumstances. In short, hockey held my interest, and outpaced my notoriously short attention span. At least, that was how it started.

apparently i was rly trying to keep that harvard admissions officer on their toes lmao

Hockey culture is an unmitigated disaster. Awash with misogyny, masculine posturing, glorification of violence, and a thriving disrespect for the civil rights of minorities, it’s easy to brush hockey off as another antiquated hold-out of gladiatorial sports. Fans live and die for the blood of it. It’s especially easy to do so as a queer woman, someone who is definitely unwelcome in central hockey circles. It took me about ten minutes to understand that hockey Twitter, at least, was not worth a second of my time. But I hadn’t gotten as far as making it through an entire Senators game just to give up now. And finding other avenues of building community was easier than I thought. The Internet, it turns out, is shockingly versatile. Just as white male hockey fans all tend to congregate in the loud, wide-open spaces of fandom, the rest of us found areas out of view of the mainstream gaze. Within Tumblr tags, Discord groups, and even fanfiction archive forums, the women, hockey fans of color, and even us queers began to find each other. It was easier, then, to know where to start. In short order, hockey turned from something I watched as stress relief after a long school day to something I knew about. The people I talked to were knowledgeable, and the research I did on my own -- as was my wont -- helped substantiate. First it was about the teams, and then, when I had satisfied my knowledge there, the players. The politics. The rules, the statistics, the prospects. The slow stop-start of change initiatives like the Hockey Diversity Alliance. It turns out that hockey is an unquellable fount of things to learn, and it quickly became a way to collect things to know.

it's interesting to look back and see which things i felt it was important to highlight, especially given all the things that have happened in recent years with hockey culture. also please disregard all the identity flashing, i WAS trying to get into college, after all.

i go on to talk a bit about the demographic layout of the nhl & the draw of european leagues, plus why i started learning russian (to read kirill's insta posts), but that's the rpf-related section. if i were to rewrite this essay today it would be a completely different look at the world of hockey and its current landscape, but i'm giving myself some grace for having committed the crime of being 18 and not very smart.

[beardedmrbean]

Helsinki Areena in Ilmala has been empty and out of use since EU sanctions affecting its Russian owners made it impossible to pay them any money.

It's a big facility, and it leaves a big hole in the capital's sporting and music calendars. It has caused a problem for Jokerit, who had played in Russia's KHL league and used the arena as their home venue, but will now return to the second-tier Mestis league for the 2023-24 season.

The ice hockey world championships were held at Tampere's brand new arena for the last two years, with the capital unable to offer a suitable venue.

But there might now be a chance to take the arena back into use.

Ilta-Sanomat reports that the owners have failed to pay July's instalment on the ground rent, and a reminder has been sent. If the bill is not paid after a further reminder, the city could start proceedings that might lead to new owners for the venue.

If the city began to recover the debt, it could eventually lead either to the cancellation of the rental agreement or sale of the asset to raise the unpaid rent.

The municipality could also make use of legislation to execute a compulsory acquisition of the hall, which mayor Juhana Vartiainen (NCP) says he wants to see in western — or Finnish — hands.

Health centre problems

The last government brought in long-awaited reforms to Finland's system of managing health and social care. Rather than the 300 or so municipalities in the country, services outside the capital are now arranged by 21 wellbeing services counties.

Helsinki retained its right to organise these services, as the largest council in the country containing around ten percent of its population.

The goal of the reform was to save money and rationalise services, but the details are only now being thrashed out and those who think they might lose out are not happy with the plans.

Aamulehti reports that in Pirkanmaa, the region around Tampere, smaller towns are concerned about the plans. The local health authority plans to shut down 19 of the region's 40 health centres, increasing travel times to get medical care for large numbers of patients.

Now municipal leaders in many of those towns set to lose their health centres have signed a joint statement criticising the plans. They claim their residents are sicker than the average Pirkanmaa community's, and therefore it would be foolish to shut down their local health centres.

They also question the financial calculations underpinning the move to shut down their health centres, asking if it is actually cheaper to centralise services than to maintain smaller health centres' operations.

Inappropriate baseball

Helsingin Sanomat has a lengthy expose on harassment in the world of Finnish baseball (known as pesäpallo in Finnish). The sport resembles its American cousin and is mostly played in provincial, inland regions of the country.

The paper has interviewed numerous women playing in the top flight, finding evidence of unsolicited explicit photos being repeatedly sent, players being propositioned, sponsors making inappropriate comments and girls as young as 15 being targeted.

One of the interviewees reported being targeted by a male elite player who sent explicit pictures and videos. The interviewee had also been sent inappropriate messages from a series of unknown, prepaid mobile numbers. As soon as one was blocked, another would start sending explicit messages. She was under 18 at the time.

"As a child, I accepted it thinking that I just have to put up with it," said the interviewee. "As an adult, I've received several explicit pictures."

Research also supports the interviewees' statements. In 2020 the sports ethics body FINCIS found that 46 percent of female players at the highest level had experienced harassment of some sort. The same study found that 25 percent of male players had experienced something similar.

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Kicking Up A $10Billion Sporting Storm! Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan To Dominate Football’s Premier League, PGA Tour Golf and More

— Image: Kryzsztof Nowak | August 10th, 2023 | Leaders | The Business of Sport

Sports fans have seen plenty of surprises this summer. Carlos Alcaraz won Wimbledon, ending years of domination of tennis by the trio of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. In golf the victors of the us Open and Britain’s Open were outsiders who were given odds of winning of 1% or less. On August 6th the all-conquering us women’s football team crashed out of the World Cup after Sweden scored a winning penalty. The ball crossed the goal line by only a few millimetres.

Yet the biggest shock has been off the field, as Saudi Arabia has barged into the sports industry. Pumped up on petrodollars and desperate to reinvent itself under Muhammad bin Salman (mbs), its 37-year-old de facto ruler, it has spent $10bn on players, teams and leagues, upending golf and football. That has upset Western fans, activists and politicians, who see it as “sportswashing” human-rights abuses, and complain about the desecration of the hallowed trophies of sport.

The Economist is no cheerleader for MBS (Oh well! F*** Yourself), but this sports-venting does not bear scrutiny. The West trades widely with Saudi Arabia, the deals will not make its bad human-rights record worse, and it is not clear that the country could or would monopolise and destroy any global sport. In a turbulent world many fans see their teams as a source of pride and stability. But many forget that sport is also a business that is being disrupted. It needs to be open to new capital and fresh ideas.

Sport has long seen investment splurges, whether by media tycoons or Russian oligarchs. Even by those standards the Saudi effort is big. In football it is paying for some of the world’s top players, including Karim Benzema, to play in a revamped domestic league. It controls Newcastle United, an English club, and may bid for the World Cup in 2030. In golf a Saudi-bankrolled tournament is merging with the pga Tour, America’s men’s circuit. The kingdom sponsors Formula 1, has deals in wrestling and boxing and is eyeing winter sports and e-sports.

Do not imagine that this is a modern version of Arab royals buying racehorses that catch their eye. Saudi Arabia’s plan is state-backed and more systematic than that. The kingdom views sport as a way to reinvest oil revenues and catalyse reform at home by creating a bigger services industry and boosting tourism. mbs is a volatile strongman, but he is also overseeing some liberalisation, including of women’s rights. The spread of a globalised, consumerist, sporting culture may help Saudi Arabia shift social norms away from austere religious conservatism.

The Saudi spree mirrors a surge in institutional capital flows into sport. Since early 2020 over $100bn of private-equity cash has been deployed. America’s baseball, basketball, hockey and football leagues contain brands with reliable cashflows (partly because these are self-regulating cartels). Europe’s soccer teams, which may be relegated, are riskier but sometimes undervalued given their big fan bases. Other sovereign buyers are active. Qatar, which hosted last year’s World Cup, has Paris St Germain, a French club, and a stake in the Washington Wizards, a basketball team. Bloomberg reckons 17 of Europe’s top 98 soccer clubs are now backed by sovereigns or institutional capital.

Many of these new investors see digital disruption as an opportunity. Revenues are in jeopardy, as viewers abandon traditional television, and in America “cut the cord” on cable packages that bundle sports. For old media firms this is a nightmare: Disney is looking for an investor to take a stake in espn, its huge, declining sports network. For nimble owners of teams and brands, digital disruption holds the promise of reaching audiences directly, with a more immersive, interactive experience.

Fans often fear change will ruin something that they love. However, sport is not just a competition between players, but also for an audience—and rival forms of entertainment do not stand still. Italy’s Serie A football league is a warning of what happens if reform is too slow. Its revenues are falling, its teams are underperforming and they are mostly lossmaking. European football costs over $7bn a year to run, excluding players’ wages, and does not break even. It can benefit from fresh money.

Besides, disruption can lead to improvements that bring in new fans. England’s Premier League broke off from the rest of the game in 1991 and is now one of the world’s most successful tournaments. India’s Premier League, launched in 2008, drew millions to Indian cricket. Formula 1 has found a younger audience in the Netflix show, “Drive to Survive” and direct-to-consumer streaming. Who knows what will come from Apple’s $2.5bn investment in streaming mls, America’s soccer league; or Qatar’s backing of Padel, a rival to tennis, with 25m players.

The case for disruption, then, is clear. However, Saudi Arabia faces two other objections. The first is that it is a state actor that is not motivated by profits and has vast resources. Sport requires a competitive balance, so if an owner buys all the best players their team can in theory win all the time and the game suffers. This risk needs to be watched. However, despite decades of crazy money, no team has managed to dominate football. Saudi Arabia’s spending on players is worth only 6% of European football’s annual operating costs. Its rebel league shook up golf.

Big Fan

The second objection is Saudi Arabia’s rotten record on human rights (Bullshit & Hypocrisy. West has a worst records of human rights as compare to Saudi Arabia), including the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (He was a Washington’s Puppet and a traitor who spewed filth against Saudi Arabia), a journalist (He was a Yellow Journalist). Foes of the West like Russia (Not true and big fat lie. What a Hypocrisy?) face sanctions (Nothing happened to Russia. Still alive and very much thriving. Read UN report.), which include sport. Yet the kingdom is not in this category. America and Europe did $140bn of trade with Saudi Arabia in 2022, including in oil and weapons—both more strategically sensitive than putting. And although some club owners gain influence, controlling sports assets does not seem to blind the Western public or their governments. Even Roman Abramovich, an oligarch who bought Chelsea to court Britain’s elite, has not escaped sanctions. As Qatar found with gay and labour rights (Qatar is a sovereign country and they have their own laws and regulations. That’s why they didn’t give a fuck to the World’s hypocrites. They managed the World’s elite event very successfully. Critics needs an immediate Psychiatric evaluation, tons of pills and a long bed rest not to wake-up again.) in the 2022 World Cup, sponsorship can sometimes bring more scrutiny.

An ever-expanding list of activities are restricted around the world on grounds of national security, well-being or morality: think of semiconductors, social media, and energy and arms. Adding sport to the list is an own goal. ■

— This Article appeared in the Leaders Section of the print edition under the headline "Kicking up a Storm"

[shutth3puckup]

https://www.tumblr.com/shutth3puckup/723180273907466240/when-the-anon-said-if-players-like-foreign

It’s always seemed like that for long term public relationship they tend to go for white women of their own country Russians with Russians, Czech with Czech, finish with finish and ect and for NA player for those long term relationship they’ll usually go for white and blond women from Canada or the US. I’ve noticed that even with NA players Canadians go with Canadians ( from the same province as well) and same for Americans but not at the same rates of Europeans players

For hookups as we all probably know by now they don’t try to meet the NHL beauty standards (for wags) and seem to be less picky

Yeah, that’s what I mean. A fair bit of hockey players meet their wife/gf back home, they went to high school or college together, from the same social circle etc.

The only time you really see a European player date a North American woman is when they have been single for a few years in the league and start dating someone. Like Freddie didn’t have a danish gf (that I know of) prior to signing in Anaheim, then spent 8 or 9 years predominantly in NA. In those situations it’s very understandable why his gf is North American and not Danish.

[dan6085]

Here are 20 of the biggest upsets in sports history, along with some details on why they were so surprising:

1. Miracle on Ice (1980): The U.S. men's hockey team, made up of amateur and collegiate players, defeated the heavily-favored Soviet team in the semi-finals of the Winter Olympics. The victory was seen as a symbol of American resilience and patriotism during the Cold War.

2. Leicester City's Premier League Championship (2016): Leicester City, a small soccer club with 5,000-to-1 odds of winning the Premier League, shocked the world by taking home the title. Their improbable run captivated fans around the globe.

3. Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson (1990): In one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, James "Buster" Douglas knocked out the previously undefeated Mike Tyson in the tenth round of their heavyweight title fight.

4. Appalachian State defeats Michigan (2007): Appalachian State, a small college football program, stunned the Michigan Wolverines in Michigan Stadium. The Mountaineers became the first Division I-AA team to beat a ranked Division I-A team.

5. Rulon Gardner wins gold (2000): Rulon Gardner, an American wrestler, defeated the heavily-favored Russian Alexander Karelin in the Greco-Roman heavyweight final at the Sydney Olympics. Karelin had not lost a match in 13 years and was considered unbeatable.

6. The Miracle Mets (1969): The New York Mets, a newly-formed expansion team, won the World Series in their first playoff appearance. They defeated the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles in five games.

7. Joe Namath's Guarantee (1969): New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed victory over the heavily-favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. The Jets won 16-7, and Namath's guarantee became legendary.

8. Japan defeats South Africa (2015): In one of the biggest upsets in rugby history, Japan defeated South Africa in the opening round of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Brave Blossoms had never won a World Cup match before.

9. The 1985 Villanova Wildcats: Villanova, an eighth-seeded college basketball team, defeated Georgetown in the NCAA championship game. The Wildcats shot an incredible 78.6% from the field in the game.

10. The 1980 Wimbledon Final: Bjorn Borg, who had won the previous four Wimbledon titles, was defeated by unheralded American John McEnroe in an epic five-set match.

11. The 2004 Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox became the first team in baseball history to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a playoff series. They went on to win the World Series, ending an 86-year championship drought.

12. The 1991 Minnesota Twins: The Twins, who finished last in their division the previous year, won the World Series. They defeated the heavily-favored Atlanta Braves in seven games.

13. The 1985 Chicago Bears: The Bears, led by their dominant defense, steamrolled their way to the Super Bowl. They defeated the New England Patriots 46-10, one of the most lopsided Super Bowl victories in history.

14. The 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer Team: The U.S. women's soccer team, led by Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain, won the World Cup in dramatic fashion. Chastain's game-winning penalty kick and subsequent celebration became iconic moments in sports history.

15. The 1992 Duke Blue Devils: Duke, a team that many experts believed was too small and too young to compete at the highest level, won the NCAA basketball championship. They defeated the heavily-favored Michigan Wolverines in the final.

16. The 1992 U.S. Men's Basketball Team: The "Dream Team," made up of NBA superstars like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, dominated the Olympic basketball tournament. They won each game by an average of 44 points.

17. The 2006 Miami Heat: The Heat, led by an aging Shaquille O'Neal and a young Dwyane Wade, defeated the heavily-favored Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. The Heat became the first team in NBA history to come back from a 2-0 deficit to win the championship.

18. The 1950 World Cup: The United States, a team made up mostly of amateurs and semi-professionals, defeated England 1-0 in one of the biggest upsets in soccer history. The game is known as the "Miracle on Grass."

19. The 2001 New England Patriots: The Patriots, led by quarterback Tom Brady, won the Super Bowl as heavy underdogs. They defeated the "Greatest Show on Turf" St. Louis Rams in one of the most thrilling Super Bowl games ever played.

20. The 2011 Dallas Mavericks: The Mavericks, a team that had been labeled as playoff chokers for years, won the NBA championship. They defeated the heavily-favored Miami Heat, led by LeBron James, in six games. Dirk Nowitzki was named Finals MVP.

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Alexei Yashin Net Worth, Biography, Career, Income, Home & Age

What is Alexei Yashin's Net Worth? Alexei Yashin is a former Russian professional hockey player with a $42 million net worth. Alexei Yashin played for the teams Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk and Dynamo Moscow in the USSR and the RSL, respectively. In the 1992 NHL Draft, Yashin was taken by the Ottawa Senators with the second pick. He was traded to the New York Islanders in 2001, and they quickly gave him a $87.5 million contract for 10 years. Alexei played for the Islanders and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the RSL and KHL. In the KHL, he played for SKA St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow. After the 2011–12 season, he quit. Yashin has competed for Russia in international competitions and won a silver medal in 1998 and a bronze medal in 2002. In 2012, Vladislav Tretiak, the president of the Russian Hockey Federation, chose him to be the general manager of the Russian National Women's Team. Early Life Yashin was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time, on November 5, 1973. We don't know much about his early life, except that he started playing ice hockey at a young age, which is common in Russia. When he was 19, the National Hockey League took notice of how good he was at hockey. Career Yashin's name made its first big splash on the international hockey scene in 1992, when the Ottawa Senators picked him with their first draft pick after the team grew. Since he was already playing with Dynamo Moscow, he chose to stay in Russia for the 1992-1993 season. He then moved to Ottawa for the 1993-1994 NHL season. He came with Alexandre Daigle, another Russian player. Both were expected to be stars, but Yashin turned out to be the team's best player. He scored 79 points in his first year with the Senators and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy. Yashin became an even bigger star player in the NHL in the years that followed. In 1997, he helped the Senators get into the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time. The next year, in 1998, he scored a key overtime goal in the playoffs that helped the team beat the New Jersey Devils in their first playoff series win ever. Yashin was named team captain for the 1998-1999 season. Even though the Senators were swept in the first round of the playoffs, he had a very good season. In the end, he scored 94 points, which was the most he had ever scored in his career. By the end of the season, he was a runner-up for the Hart Memorial Trophy, which is given to the NHL's most valuable player, and was named to the NHL's Second Team All-Stars. Yashin's time in Ottawa was very successful on the ice, but he had many contract disputes while he was there. When Yashin first signed his contract, Daigle, the other Russian player, was expected to be the star player and had the most valuable contract on the team. Yashin later asked for more money and broke his contract before the 1995 season because of how well he did. Because of this, some fans began to dislike Yashin. After Yashin said he would give $1 million to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, he made things even worse with his fans there. But when the Centre found out that one of the conditions of the donation was that they pay Yashin's parents over $400,000 in "consulting fees," they hesitated and Yashin canceled the donation, which hurt his relationship with the public even more. Getty Images Yashin's worst moment with the Senators was in 1998, when he again broke his contract and asked for a pay raise that would put him on the same salary level as NHL stars like Joe Sakic. Yashin asked to be traded, but the Senators said no. Instead, the Senators took away his role as captain and, when he continued to refuse to play, suspended him for the 1999-2000 season. Yashin's public image took a big hit when he tried to play for a Swiss team but was stopped by the International Ice Hockey Federation until the dispute was settled. He played his last season with the Senators in 2000–2001, and when he came into the arena, people would often boo and jeer at him. Yashin was traded to the New York Islanders on the day of the 2001 draft. Mike Milbury, the general manager of the Islanders, gave Yashin a ten-year, $8.7 million deal. At the time, this was a very high amount. Yashin's point production went down after he signed the contract, but he did help the team make the playoffs for the first time in years. In 2005, the team lost a number of important players, and Yashin was named captain. But the Islanders did not make the playoffs that year for the first time since Yashin joined the team. Over the next couple of years with the Islanders, Yashin had trouble getting back to where he used to be, and he also hurt his knee. In June 2007, the Islanders bought him out of the rest of his contract. Yashin signed a one-year deal with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague in July 2007. This was after he turned down contracts from other NHL teams. Then, in 2009, he signed with the Kontinental Hockey League's SKA Saint Petersburg. He stayed there until 2011, when he signed a one-year deal with CSKA Moscow. After that, he retired. The Russian Hockey Federation put Yashin in charge of the Russian women's national ice hockey team in December 2012. Yashin has also played for Russia in the World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and 2004 and the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, and 2006. In 2022, he was put into the IIHF Hall of Fame. Personal Life Even though they have the same name, Yashin is not related to Lev Yashin, the famous Soviet and Russian soccer goalkeeper. Yahin dated model Carol Alt for a long time, starting in the late 1990s. Real Estate Alexei paid just under $4 million for a beautiful piece of land in the town of Old Westbury, New York, in 2001. The 8,000-square-foot mansion on the 3.3-acre property is tastefully decorated with marble all over. In January 2022, he put the house on the market for $9 million. He finally took the listing off the market after lowering the price to $7.5 million. Watch this video to see the property: Alexei Yashin's net worth is calculated using data drawn from public sources. When provided, we also incorporate private tips and feedback received from celebrities or their representatives. While we work diligently to ensure that our numbers are as accurate as possible unless otherwise indicated they are only estimates. We welcome all corrections and feedback using the button below. Read the full article

[alexbkrieger13]

This women really hates Magda. But the brother of this troll plays ice hockey in the russian league...

🤢 what a langer

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Sports AU/Themed Masterlist

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Steve Rogers, however, is new and irritating and Bucky fucking hates him to hell and back.

Breakaway (ao3) - NegativeGhostrider yelena/kate E, 81k

Summary: Kate Bishop is a photojournalism student at NYU, talented but admittedly lacking in focus. When she’s all but forced to cover an international hockey tournament for her end of semester piece, it’s not exactly her dream come true. Kate has never really given a shit about hockey. But that was before she met the terrifying captain of Team Russia. Yelena Belova is one of the world’s best competitive hockey players - ruthless, driven, and talented beyond measure - and Kate knows a good story when she sees one. Sure, she’s strange and irritating and extremely distracting, but Kate can deal with it. But there’s more to this game than meets the eye, and when she goes digging and uncovers more than she bargained for, everything changes. The stakes are high and everything is on the line. But she can’t win alone.

Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) (ao3) - MarcellaBianca steve/bucky, peggy/steve M, 50k

Summary: Steve Rogers. James Barnes.

One, an NHL star with dreams of finally capturing an Olympic gold medal. The other, a former World champion and Olympic silver medalist, now a current coach and choreographer for the top flight figure skaters in the Russian Federation.

But before all of that..they were Steve and Bucky.

Until they weren't.

cute quaterbacks (ao3) - haveufoundwhaturlookingfor steve/tony T, 1k

Summary: Steve and Bucky grew up as childhood best friends and are now roommates in college. Bucky dares Steve to bring a date to one of his upcoming football games after Steve suggests he could date anyone he wanted to. Enter Tony Stark.

Forty-Seven Flat (ao3) - geekymoviemom steve/tony M, 171k

Summary: Steve Rogers was on the top of the world. He was one of the top students in his class, a world-class athlete, and had a man who loved him. Winning an Olympic Gold Medal seemed like the perfect addition to his picture-perfect life.

But only four years later, Steve’s entire world has come crashing down around him, leaving defending his Olympic title the only thing lying between him and utter ruin.

And then, the unthinkable happens.

Going Yard (ao3) - Brenda steve/bucky E, 41k

Summary: Going Yard: Baseball vernacular for hitting a home run.

This is the love story of shortstop Steve Rogers and pitcher Bucky Barnes, estranged childhood best friends about to be reunited on the same team.

This is a love story about New York's other baseball team, the Avengers, and their quest to claim the National League East division title.

This is a love story about going home and new friends and team bonding and first loves and how the people you're the closest to can also drive you the craziest.

But mostly, this is a love story about baseball and the boys of summer who play it.

Got a Heart in Me, I Swear (ao3) - thepartyresponsible bucky/clint, steve/tony M, 36k

Summary: The pictures leak on a lazy off-season Sunday, in that muddled bit of midafternoon Clint never knows what to do with when he isn’t training. He curls up with Lucky on the couch and naps through the end of his whole damn life. And that, honestly, is pretty much perfect.

Howitzer (ao3) - spacebuck steve/bucky E, 111k

Summary: Bucky Barnes, figure skating champion, is forced to switch his skates for hockey ones when he leaves for college. Problem is, he's never played hockey before, and now he has to be good enough to get the scholarship he needs. Enter Steve Rogers, Carter University Men's Hockey player, who's decided that he'd do anything to get this guy on his team.

Cue five am runs, overwhelming classes, new friends, plenty of snow, and a sport that's fast becoming a way of life.

I've got you under my skin (ao3) - sirona steve/tony, bucky/peggy M, 38k

Summary: Five times Beijing 2008 Olympics Gold Medalist Tony Stark thinks it's going to be no more difficult a job to get ready for London 2012, than what he has just achieved. That is, of course, before Coach Fury comes to visit, and offers him a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a part of something much bigger than himself. Swimming AU.

Strong Safety (ao3) - queenmab_scherzo steve/bucky M, 23k

Summary: Steve and Bucky figure out how to play in the NFL and how to live 800 miles apart.

Targeting (ao3) - queenmab_scherzo steve/bucky, clint/natasha E, 149k

Summary: Steve and Bucky end up playing for rival college football teams.

The Beautiful Game (ao3) - neversaydie steve/bucky E, 2k

Summary: [pissy goalie Bucky and angry defender Steve have hate-sex in the locker room]

The Gold (ao3) - superstringtheory steve/bucky, clint/natasha, tony/may M, 25k

Summary: Bucky Barnes: former world vault champion. Injured. Retired. Grumpy. Recently chunky.

Steve Rogers: up and coming gymnast on the world scene, attempting to learn Barnes' eponymous vault. Interest piqued by Barnes' new physique.

The meet-cute: Bucky begins to coach Steve on his vault technique. Steve tries to control his raging crush and desire to find out just how much Bucky can eat (especially in the bedroom).

Will Steve win the gold (and Bucky's heart)?

Time After Time (ao3) - beezyland steve/natasha M, 77k

Summary: A collection of AU oneshots I'd like to turn into full-length stories, but never will.

Recent: The Ballerina & the Baker AU. Between dance classes and being an awesome aunt, Natasha likes to stop in to Sarah's Bakeshop near her studio to flirt with a certain really hot baker. Little does she know, they have a history.

wholesale change (ao3) - biblionerd07 steve/bucky M, 83k

Summary: Steve Rogers, captain of a losing NHL team, has taken so many bad penalties this season he's worried he's going to get set down to the minors as punishment. His agent comes up with a plan to make Steve irreplaceable to the fans--a reality dating show. Where the contestants want to date Steve.

[chunkletskhl]

Women's Hockey highlights! The best from today's playoff opener between Tornado Moscow Oblast and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, a game that went right down to the wire.

[wjcicehockey]

IIHF bans Russia and Belarus tournaments 'until further notice'; Russia dropped as 2023 world junior hosts

The International Ice Hockey Federation banned Russia and Belarus from tournaments "until further notice" on Monday in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia will also no longer host the 2023 World Junior Championship, set to begin in December. A new host will be determined in the coming months.

The suspension applies to Russian and Belarusian national teams and clubs in every age category at IIHF competitions, the federation said. The IIHF noted six competitions between March and September in which the moratorium will apply:

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2022 Men's World Championship (May): ROC and Belarus would not participate

2022 Women's World Championship (August-September): ROC would not participate

2022 World Junior Championship (dates TBA): Russia's U20 team would not participate

2022 Men's U18 World Championship (April-May): Russia and Belarus' U18 teams would not participate

2022 Women's U18 World Championship (dates TBA): Russia's U18 team would not participate

2022 Continental Cup (March): Belarus club team HK Gomel would not participate

The IIHF did not announce a cutoff date for the countries to be reinstated. Russia is slated to host the 2023 Men's World Championship, which begins May 5, 2023, in St. Petersburg. The IIHF did not announce a change to that tournament on Monday. SKA St. Petersburg is building a 21,500-capacity arena with a planned opening in time for the tournament.

“The IIHF is not a political entity and cannot influence the decisions being taken over the war in Ukraine,” IIHF president Luc Tardif said in a statement. “We nevertheless have a duty of care to all of our members and participants and must therefore do all we can to ensure that we are able to operate our events in a safe environment for all teams taking part in the IIHF World Championship program.”

“We were incredibly shocked to see the images that have come out of Ukraine. I have been in close contact with members of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine and we hope for all Ukrainians that this conflict can be resolved in a peaceful way and without the need for further violence.”

The invasion has led to reactions from members of the hockey community, including Wayne Gretzky, who called for Russia to be removed from this summer's rescheduled World Junior Championship tournament in Alberta while on-air with TNT.

"I think international hockey should say we’re not going to let them play in the world junior hockey tournament," Gretzky said. "I think we got to, as Canadians, take that stance since the games are going to be played in Edmonton."

USA Hockey released a statement in support of the IIHF's decision. "The actions of Vladimir Putin and the support from Belarusian government officials, are beyond reprehensible," the federation said.

Hockey Canada released a statement supporting the IIHF's decision. It also is prohibiting Russia's participation in events held in Canada that do not fall under the IIHF's jurisdiction, including the Hlinka Gretzky Cup scheduled for Alberta this upcoming summer. “While this is a humanitarian crisis that goes beyond sports, we also stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian hockey family and all those impacted around the world,” the federation said.

Other sporting federations have already imposed sanctions on Russian teams. FIFA suspended Russia from competing in international games until further notice. UEFA also moved the Champions League final from St. Petersburg to Paris and suspended Russian club Spartak Moscow from European competition. The governing bodies of skiing and Formula One pulled upcoming races from Russia.

The International Olympic Committee requested sports federations not invite Russian or Belarusian athletes and officials to participate in international competition, and to cancel or move all events planned to take place in Russia or Belarus.

Read More>> Pre-tournament schedule announced for 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Agidel Ufa players celebrate with the championship trophy.]

[bongwater-baby]

VANKE RAYS ARE THE 2020 ZHHL CHAMPS, BABEY!!!

[auroraliiga]

Noora Räty • goaltender • Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays #41

nooraty41 “What a powerful two-word combo. Have fun. It’s an intelligent instruction. It is intelligent to have fun. In fact, having fun is one of the most responsible things you can do.” -Chris Dorris 🏒

Fun to win, fun to win 🐉🇨🇳

[jamesvanriemsdyk]

"the nhl hates the canes and i can tell you why" i'd love it if you did tell us why please! i've noticed it but idk the reason!

(ajr voice) here we go

basically its like, half tin hatting and half actual real evidence based theory, but the nhl hates the canes because the canes fuck up the nhl's entire image: this insane little "good canadian boy" "works hard, is humble" image that theyve bet every cent of money on being marketable. and it just.......isnt. its just not. new fans, young fans (who are queer, who are women, who are poc) dont give a shit about the old boys club that runs the nhl. gary bettman has no idea how to market to us and frankly he'd rather not, because if we focus on the Old Time Hockey brand, we dont have to jump into the 21st century with things like player safety and inclusion (and so, therefore, marketing).

the canes dont give a fuck about that. theyre fun, they love to win, theyre loud as fuck about it, and theyre TOO GOOD. itd be one thing if they were last in the league, the nhl and hockey culture in general wouldnt have a problem with storm surges etc if it was a last place team's effort to keep their spirits up. but the canes are a top three team in the ENTIRE LEAGUE, and them taking pride in their wins, their social media marketing to younger fans and being unapologetic about things like boosting pride nights - that shit is so far out of the realm of acceptable for bettman's nhl it makes me LAUGH.

i also need yall to think about the SAT line real quick. sebastian aho is exactly the kind of player that will move this game forward: smaller, faster, more skilled, smart smart SMART on the puck, a real genuine student of the game, and so he is a threat to Old Time Hockey. teravainen is too, in much the same way. andrei svechnikov is, for all it wouldnt seem just based on penalty stats this year, a very physical but very CLEAN player, who also happens to be a second overall pick and a damn hard worker and incredibly skilled player to boot. they are the canes' Big Boy Line, so to speak, and not one of them is canadian (and YES, that matters, the nhl is incredibly xenophobic - this is the culture that allowed don cherry to get on NATIONAL TELEVISION for forty years and spout the same racist, misogynistic, xenophobic bullshit before finally firing him after years of the fans calling for it. if you dont know what cherry's said about europeans and russians, look it up. or dont, because its bad and it will piss you off).

the canes also made homes for players dougie hamilton and brady skjei, who were both written off and at least implied they were unhappy in their former organizations. the canes also have a stunningly good head coach in brindamour - ive talked about this before, and if you watch the canes you see it, but yall, brindamour is THE carolina hurricane, and he loves his players and takes care of and stands up for them. hes measured and fair with them, and he is a good coach. that matters here because this sport's culture is rotten to its goddamn core, and nhl ownership doesnt quite know what to do with a locker room based in REAL trust and loyalty, from the coach to the staff to the players and back.

i guess all of this is to say that the canes and their entire culture - a (seemingly) healthy sports culture, i know, crazy - are the antithesis of everything the nhl's management and ownership want for the sport, and they represent the only survivable way forward, and the nhl hates them for it.