Pavel Datsyuk
Pavel Datsyuk Valeryevich (Russian Павел Валерьевич Дацюк; born July 20, 1978 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who stands since 2005 with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League contract.
Due to the lockout in the NHL he played in 2012 for the HK CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League.
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Career
Pavel Datsyuk Valeryevich began his career in Russia with Dynamo-Energy Yekaterinburg in the third-class Perwaja league. However, no great future for him was first predicted as a professional player, he was a rather small player. After he was back in 1996 and 1997 NHL Entry Draft has been available without being selected, the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Entry Draft in 1998 secured his rights by the Russian attacker chose in the sixth round at 171 position. Although the talent scouts from Detroit him certified a high playing potential, they doubted whether he would ever reach the physical requirements for the National Hockey League. But Datsyuk continued to evolve. From 1999 to 2001, the links Sagittarius played for Ak Bars Kazan and in the summer of 2001, the Red Wings decided to bring him to Detroit.
In the United States arrived, he sat down by the same team in the NHL and played in a row with Brett Hull and Boyd Devereaux. At the end of his first season was winning the Stanley Cup. He also was part of the Russian team that won the Olympic bronze medal in Salt Lake City. In the fall of 2002 did with Henrik Zetterberg another young and talented players to the Red Wings. Then Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Hull formed a forward line. Due to a knee injury Dazjuks operating time was limited to 64 games in which he scored 51 points. In the playoffs, he failed with the Detroit Red Wings in the first round with 0-4 victories, with Datsyuk was no points.
Sergei Fedorov in 2003 left the Red Wings, which Datsyuk aufrückte in the hierarchy. He was often on the ice and could use. In 2004 he was appointed to the NHL All-Star Game. 68 points he recorded in the season and in the twelve playoff games of Detroit he was six assists.
After the season, his contract ran out, but he could not with the Red Wings agree on a new contract. As the NHL season 2004/ 05 failed due to the lockout, he signed in Russia at HK Dynamo Moscow, where he won the Russian championship with Alexander Ovechkin. In September 2005, he found an agreement with the Detroit Red Wings and signed a two -year contract.
During the 2005/06 season he was the best scorer of the Red Wings with 87 points. He also conceded just 22 penalty minutes the entire season. In recognition of these services he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy awarded, which is awarded to the player who stands out by fairness and a high sporting standard.
2006/ 07 Datsyuk tied to his strong performance from the previous year. He had 87 points again the best scorer of the Red Wings and won for the second time in a row the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. In the playoffs, he had eight goals and eight assists large share in the finals of the Western Conference.
On 6 April 2007 he signed a seven - year contract with the Red Wings a total of 46.9 million U.S. dollars.
During the 2007/ 08 season Datsyuk held its services throughout at a high level and was invited for the second time NHL All-Star Game in January 2008. The season he eventually finished with 31 goals, 66 assists and 97 points scorer, which he set new personal records in all three categories and the best scorer of the Red Wings was. In the league, he finished fourth in the scorers list, was second best behind Joe Thornton assist provider of the NHL and had the best plus / minus statistic of all players. In the playoffs, he still was one of the driving forces, contributed 23 points scorer in 22 games in, including a hat-trick in the Conference Finals against the Dallas Stars, on the way to the Stanley Cup victory. After the end of the season he was awarded the Frank J. Selke Trophy as best defensive forward and for the third time with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. For the first time since Frank Boucher in 1935, a player secured the trophy in three consecutive years.
In the 2008 / 09 season, Datsyuk was again top scoring with 97 points Scorer Player of the Detroit Red Wings and fourth- best scorer in the NHL. Detroit presented itself in defense, although much weaker than in the previous year, but Datsyuk was one of the players who kept their shape at a high level and was therefore once again nominated for the Selke Trophy as the best Frank J. Defensive Forward. In addition, he was the first Red Wings player since Sergei Fedorov in the 1993/94 season was nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as most valuable player in the NHL.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 Frank J. Selke Trophy
- 2008 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- 2009 NHL All-Star Game ( injury-related cancellation )
- 2009 Frank J. Selke Trophy
- 2009 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
- 2009 NHL Second All-Star Team
- 2010 Frank J. Selke Trophy
- 2011 Kharlamov Trofi
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
Internationally
- 2002 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
- 2005 bronze medal at the world Championship
- 2010 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2010 Best striker in the World Cup
- 2010 All - Star Team of the World Cup
- 2012 Gold Medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Russia at:
- World Cup 2001
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- 2003 World Cup
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2010
- World Cup 2012
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )