Vitali Proshkin
Vitaly Vasilyevich Proshkin (Russian Виталий Васильевич Прошкин; born May 8, 1976 in Elektrostal, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who plays for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in 2007 in the Continental Hockey League.
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Career
Vitaly Proshkin began his career at youth level of crystal Elektrostal. During the 1993/94 season he came in ceramic Elektougli used before he made his debut as he next season for the first team his home club in the International Hockey League. In parallel, he played for the second team of crystal in the second-rate Wysschaja league. In the season 1996/97 he became a permanent first-team squad and collected in 59 regular season games 8 points scorer. During the following season Proshkin moved within the Super League to HK Dynamo Moscow and finished the final tournament of the European Hockey League in 1997/98 for second place. At the end of the final round he reached with Dynamo fifth place in the Super League and second place Beime inaugural cup competition of the Super League.
In the 1998/99 season Proshkin took Dynamo to three competitions: the Super League, the Wysschaja League and the European Hockey League ( EHL ). With the professional team of the club he took second place in both the EHL, as well as in the Russian championship. A year later he won with the HK Dynamo Moscow his first Russian Championship title when the team Ak Bars Kazan defeated 4-1 in the playoff final. This success contributed Proshkin with 14 scorer points in 53 missions in.
In the summer of 2000 Proshkin was committed by Ak Bars Kazan, but missed a part of the following season due to injury. In order to gain match practice, he has also been used for two matches for the second team of the club that played in the Perwaja league. With Kazan he then won the preliminary round of the Super League, but separated already in the playoff quarterfinals with 1:3 victories against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl from. A year later he reached after finishing second in the preliminary round with Ak Bars the playoff final, in which this subject again Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 0-3. In the following years, Kazan reached the playoffs in each case, but did not penetrate into the finals. Only in the season 2005/ 06 achieved this again: Kazan Avangard Omsk hit the HK 3-0 and won the second league title in club history. For Proshkin personally, it was with 34 scorer points also point the best season of his career so far. In the following season he gained as much as 47 points scorer and thus developed in the course of his career, from the defensive to the offensive defender. He also won with Kazan in January 2007 IIHF European Champions Cup and was voted into the All-Star team competition at the end of the tournament.
In the summer of 2007 Proshkin moved within the Super League to Ufa Salavat Yulaev, with whom he again Russian master was in the spring of 2008. Three years later he was able to repeat this success with Ufa, when he defeated his team in the final Atlant Mytischtschi 4-1 and won the Gagarin Cup.
Internationally
Proshkin played with the Russian national team at the World Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. 2008 and 2009 he was with Russia world champion. He also participated in several tournaments in the Euro Hockey Tour.
For his athletic achievements, he was awarded in 2009 as the Honored Master of Sports of Russia and received the Medal of Merit for the Fatherland II level awarded.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 Champion of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa with
- 2009 KHL Defender of the Month January
- 2009 KHL All-Star Game
- 2009 Honored Master of Sports of Russia
- 2009 Medal of Merit for the Fatherland II stage
- 2011 Gagarin Cup win with Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Internationally
- 2005 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2007 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2008 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2009 Gold medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Russia at:
- 2003 World Cup
- World Cup 2004
- World Championship 2005
- World Cup 2007
- World Championship 2008
- World Cup 2009
( 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 )