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Alexei Kasatonov
Selected in
12th round
No. 225 overall by New Jersey Devils
Born October
14, 1959
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Moscow CSKA (USSR)
Birthplace:
Leningrad, Russia (USSR)
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Russia |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1976-77 |
Leningrad | USSR | 7 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 |
| 1977-78 |
Leningrad | USSR |
35 | 4 |
7 | 11 |
15 | | 1978-79 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
40 | 5 |
14 | 19 |
30 | | 1979-80 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
37 | 5 |
8 | 13 |
26 | | 1980-81 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
47 | 10 |
12 | 22 |
38 | | 1981-82 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
46 | 12 |
27 | 39 |
45 | | 1982-83 |
Moscow CSKA | USSR |
44 | 12 |
19 | 31 |
37 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Olympics:
1980 (silver medal)
USSR Championship: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
1983 (CSKA)
Canada Cup: 1981 (first place)
Challenge Cup:
1979 (reserve, did not play)
World Championships: 1981 (gold), 1982 (gold), 1983 (gold)
World Junior Championships: 1978 (gold medal), 1979 (gold medal)
European Junior Championships: 1977 (bronze medal)
World
Championships Best Defenseman: 1983
World Junior Championships Best Defenseman: 1979
Canada Cup
All-Star First Team: 1981
World Championships
All-Star First Team: 1982, 1983
World Junior Championships All-Star First Team: 1979
USSR Merited Sports Master: 1980-81
(Moscow CSKA)
USSR
All-Star First Team: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83 (Moscow CSKA)
Canada
Cup Assists Leader: 1981 (10 assists)
Miscellaneous: Was eligible for the draft at age 23 because NHL had ruled
that all Europeans, regardless of age, would have to enter the league
through the entry draft, rather than as unrestricted free agents. ... Played
for Soviet national team in its 1979-80 and 1982-83 Super Series tours of
North America for exhibition games vs. NHL teams. ... Had already earned
USSR Merited Sports Master honors (equivalent to Hall of Fame induction)
prior to being drafted. ... Grew up in a family where most men joined the
Soviet Navy. He broke from his family tradition in order to pursue a hockey
career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 4, 1990 (Los Angeles at New
Jersey)
Numbers: 7 (New Jersey); 7
(Anaheim); 7 (St. Louis); 6 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1997 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1990-1996 |
N.J., ANA, STL, BOS | 383 |
38 | 122 |
160 | 326 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1990-1995 |
N.J., St. Louis, Boston |
33 |
4 | 7 |
11 | 40 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1994 (Anaheim)
1993-94: Played on first Mighty Ducks of Anaheim team.
Miscellaneous: Paired on defense with Viacheslav Fetisov
for New Jersey during second half of 1989-90 season. ... Broke toe on right
foot while playing for New Jersey in February 1990, but did not miss any
games. ... Led New Jersey with plus-23 rating in 1990-91. ... Missed part of
1991-92 season with hemorrhoids, a condition he developed in mid-December
1991. He required surgery to have the hemorrhoids removed. ... Paired on defense with Viacheslav Fetisov for New
Jersey in 1991-92 and 1992-93. ... Missed parts of 1992-93 season with
bruised left knee, an injury suffered during New Jersey's Oct. 6, 1992,
season-opener vs. N.Y. Islanders, and with the flu, an illness contracted in
late December 1992. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with the flu, an
illness contracted in October 1993. ...Was first Anaheim player to represent
Mighty Ducks at an NHL All-Star Game when he played in Jan. 22, 1994, game
at New York's Madison Square Garden. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with
bruised right foot, an injury suffered during Anaheim's Jan. 26, 1994, game
vs. Winnipeg. ... Missed part of 1993-94 season with broken right foot,
an injury suffered during Anaheim's Feb. 20, 1994, game at St. Louis. While he was
out with the injury, Anaheim traded Kasatonov to St. Louis in exchange for
Maxim Bets and 1995 sixth-round pick (later traded) on March 21, 1994. He
did not return to action until St. Louis' March 30, 1994, game at Florida. ... Signed with Boston as an
unrestricted free agent on June 22, 1994. ... Missed part of 1995 season
with right ankle injury, suffered during Boston's April 2, 1995, game at
Washington. He did not
return to action until Boston's April 14, 1995, game at N.Y. Rangers. ... Left North America after the 1995-96
season to return to Russia and play final season of his career with Moscow CSKA.
Coming to America: Kasatonov was allowed by Soviet hockey officials to enter the NHL when he joined New Jersey during the
1989-90 season at age 30. Kasatonov, however, was not one of the first eight players
released during the summer of 1989. After he turned 30, Soviet officials
were willing to let him join the others in North America. He signed with New
Jersey on Dec. 11, 1989, and arrived in the U.S. on Dec. 24, 1989. He began
his North American pro career with the team's AHL affiliate in Utica, N.Y.,
in late December 1989, playing only three games in the AHL before being
promoted to the NHL for good on Jan. 2, 1990. When he arrived in New Jersey,
he discovered his new teammate and former defense partner, Viacheslav
Fetisov, was angry at him. Fetisov felt Kasatonov had sided with Soviet
coach Viktor Tikhonov in the efforts to block Fetisov and other Soviet
veterans from being released from the
national team during the spring of 1989. In fact, Kasatonov was one of the
few Soviet stars who refused to join a threatened boycott of the 1989 World
Championships if Fetisov was reinstated as captain of the team after having
been suspended by Tikhonov, who was trying to undermine Fetisov's bid for
the NHL. The dispute was eventually resolved, but Kasatonov was made to feel
unwelcome by his ex-teammate and other Devils in his first few weeks. |
| NHL SALARY HISTORY |
Contract signed with New Jersey on Dec. 11, 1989
(Three years, $600,000) | |
1989-90: $200,000 |
1990-91: $200,000 |
1991-92: $200,000
(renegotiated, never paid) |
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Contract signed with New Jersey in August 1991
(Three years, $1.6 million) | |
1991-92: $400,000 |
1992-93: $550,000 |
1993-94: $650,000 |
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Contract signed with Boston on June 22, 1994
(Two years, $1.3 million) | |
1994-95: $650,000 |
1995-96: $650,000 |
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Total NHL Earnings: $3,300,000
(Reflects only base salary payout) |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Moscow CSKA (USSR/Russia); Utica (AHL); Providence (AHL)
Olympics: 1984 (gold medal), 1988
(gold medal), 1998 (silver medal) (as general manager)
NHL-USSR Rendez-vous Series: 1987
Canada Cup: 1984
(third), 1987 (second), 1991 (fifth)
World Championships: 1985 (bronze
medal), 1986 (gold medal), 1987 (silver medal), 1989 (gold medal), 1991
(bronze medal), 1998 (5-8 place) (general manager), 1999 (5-8 place)
(general manager),
2000 (9-12 place) (general manager)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
USSR Championship:
1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (CSKA)
World Championships All-Star First Team: 1985, 1986, 1991
USSR All-Star First Team: 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88
(Moscow CSKA)
Coaching Career: Named Russian national team assistant coach on June
26, 2003, and remained in that position until May 28, 2004.
Management
Career: Named Russian national team general manager prior to 1997-98
season and remained
in that position through 1999-00 season.
Miscellaneous: Paired on defense
with Viacheslav Fetisov for Moscow CSKA throughout much of the 1980s and
played on famous "Big Five" Soviet unit, also known as the Green
Unit, with Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Sergei
Makarov and Vladimir Krutov. ... Played for Soviet national team in its
1985-86 and 1988-89 Super Series tours of North America for exhibition games
vs. NHL teams. ... Scored Soviet Union's first goal in 1987 Rendez-vous
series at Quebec City. ... Played for Moscow CSKA in 1989 NHL Friendship Tour of
Soviet Union, during which both Washington and Calgary played against Soviet
teams. ... Began North American career with three-game stint for New
Jersey's Utica (AHL) affiliate in late December 1989. He would not play
another minor-league game until being demoted to Providence (AHL)
on Dec. 6, 1995. ... Returned to Moscow and played for CSKA during 1994-95 NHL
lockout. ... Ran hockey school in New Jersey after his retirement.
Personal: Also known as Alex Kasatonov during his playing
days. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: New Jersey left Kasatonov
unprotected for the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. He was claimed by Anaheim on
June 24, 1993. |
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SNAPSHOT '83 | | Total Selected: |
242 | | Forwards: |
134 | | Defense: |
86 | | Goaltenders: |
22 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
19/5 | | College Players: |
15 | | High School: |
47 |
| Canadian: |
148 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
60 | | U.S.-Born: |
60 |
| European: |
34 |
| Reached NHL: |
113 |
| Stanley Cup: |
21 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
20 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
34 |
| Picks Traded: |
41 |
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