Alexei Kasatonov

Alexei Kasatonov

Born	(1959-10-14) 14 October 1959 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL New Jersey Devils Mighty Ducks of Anaheim St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins SL/IHL/RSL SKA Saint Petersburg CSKA Moscow
National team	Soviet Union
NHL Draft	225th overall, 1983 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1976–1997

Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
	1984 Sarajevo	Team
	1988 Calgary	Team
	1980 Lake Placid	Team

Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov (Russian: Алексей Викторович Касатонов; born 14 October 1959 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian ice hockey defenceman, a long-time member of the Soviet Union national team.

On the international stage, Kasatonov won two golds (1984, 1988) and one silver (1980) in the Olympics, and five golds (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989) in the World Championships. On the club level, Kasatonov played for SKA Leningrad, CSKA Moscow, New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, St. Louis Blues, and Boston Bruins. He was Anaheim's lone representative in the 45th National Hockey League All-Star Game.

After retiring from the NHL in 1996, following a shoulder injury in an AHL game for the Providence Bruins, Kasatonov returned to play one last season for his former Soviet club HC CSKA Moscow. Due to the severity of the injury his playing days were now behind him as he chose to return to New Jersey and settle down with his wife and son. In 1998 Kasatonov was the general manager of the Russian Olympic Team that captured the Silver Medal in Nagano. After the Olympics he could not stay away from Hockey as he began to train his son and soon began coaching youth hockey in the Tri-State area, running his own weekly clinics in Staten Island for 7 years. In 2003 Kasatonov founded the Admirals Hockey Club which at its peak had 5 teams ranging from Squirts to Juniors. In 2004 Kasatonov accepted the Head Coaching position at Columbia University.

In 2008 Kasatonov moved back to Russia for a Head Coaching position at PHC Krylya Sovetov.

(2010) Kasatonov is back in Moscow as the Vice President of the HC CSKA Moscow Hockey Club. (2011–2012) Kasatonov became the Vice President and General Manager of CKA St. Petersburg of the KHL, the first club that he played for in the Soviet Union.

Honours and awards

IIHF Hall of Fame (inducted 2009)
Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class
Order of Honour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
NHL All-Star game (1994)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–77	SKA Leningrad	Soviet	7	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	SKA Leningrad	Soviet	35	4	7	11	15	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	40	5	14	19	30	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	37	5	8	13	26	—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	47	10	12	22	38	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	46	12	27	39	45	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	44	12	19	31	37	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	39	12	24	36	20	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	40	18	18	36	26	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	40	6	17	23	27	—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	40	13	17	30	16	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	43	8	12	20	8	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	41	8	14	22	8	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	New Jersey Devils	NHL	39	6	15	21	16	6	0	3	3	14
1989–90	CSKA Moscow	Soviet	30	6	7	13	6	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Utica Devils	AHL	3	0	2	2	7	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	New Jersey Devils	NHL	78	10	31	41	76	7	1	3	4	8
1991–92	New Jersey Devils	NHL	76	12	28	40	70	7	1	1	2	12
1992–93	New Jersey Devils	NHL	64	3	14	17	57	4	0	0	0	0
1993–94	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL	55	4	18	22	43	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	St. Louis Blues	NHL	8	0	2	2	19	4	2	0	2	2
1994–95	Boston Bruins	NHL	44	2	14	16	33	5	0	0	0	2
1994–95	CSKA Moscow	CIS	9	2	3	5	6	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Boston Bruins	NHL	19	1	0	1	12	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Providence Bruins	AHL	16	3	6	9	10	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	HK CSKA Moscow	RSL	38	3	20	23	68	1	0	0	0	0
Soviet totals			529	119	196	315	312	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			383	38	122	160	326	33	4	7	11	40

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1978	Soviet Union	WJC	01 !	7	1	2	3	2
1979	Soviet Union	WJC	01 !	6	3	4	7	6
Junior Int'l Totals				13	4	6	10	8
1980	Soviet Union	Oly	02 !	7	2	5	7	2
1981	Soviet Union	WC	01 !	8	1	3	4	8
1981	Soviet Union	CC	01 !	7	1	10	11	8
1982	Soviet Union	WC	01 !	10	0	3	3	6
1983	Soviet Union	WC	01 !	10	1	10	11	14
1984	Soviet Union	Oly	01 !	7	3	3	6	0
1984	Soviet Union	CC	SF	6	1	4	5	2
1985	Soviet Union	WC	03 !	9	5	6	11	19
1986	Soviet Union	WC	01 !	10	3	4	7	4
1987	Soviet Union	WC	03 !	10	3	5	8	8
1987	Soviet Union	CC	02 !	9	1	4	5	4
1988	Soviet Union	Oly	01 !	7	2	6	8	0
1989	Soviet Union	WC	01 !	10	2	0	2	2
1991	Soviet Union	WC	03 !	10	3	3	6	8
1991	Soviet Union	CC	5th	5	0	1	1	6
Senior Int'l Totals				125	28	67	95	97

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