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Paul Coffey as one of the most promising NHL player in the world (Part 2)
Career at NHL
In the first round of the 1980 draft, a talented young man was selected by Canadian club Avon Oilers as number six. It is a mutually beneficial deal. Oilmen have built a new team and Paul Coffey fits ideally with the chosen game model of the Canadian club.
Already in his first season, Coffey confidently won a spot in the first team. You can’t call a bright first season – only 32 points scored in the regular championship, plus 7 points in play-off matches. But the second season at adult level allows us to reveal more fully about potential. Coffey scored 89 points, which is a great result for this defender.
Having played during Edmonton’s summer 7, Paul Coffey moved to Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Penguins, where he was lucky again with his partners. The penguins gathered around their star Mario Lemieux, a group of like-minded people, players, honed for their actions. This is exactly what Coffey has. He is not difficult to join the Pittsburgh team and win another Stanley Cup with this club.
The career ends
Having played five seasons for The Penguins of Pittsburgh, Paul Coffey moved to the Los Angeles Kings. As time has shown, this transition can be called a mistake. After the attacking style of Pittsburgh, it was hard for Coffey to change lanes to another game model.
In addition, injuries are beginning to affect, resulting in a loss of speed. Paul continues to be one of the tournament’s best defenders, despite the fact that its performance has dropped markedly.
Next is the trip to Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and finally to Boston. (Sauna Boston Bruins). Paul 39 years old due to numerous injuries did not achieve good results. In 18 matches, he only had 4 assists. The contract with Boston Bruins has been broken. At the age of forty, Coffey decided to end his professional career.
Achievements
For 20 years at NHL, Paul Coffey has established himself as a very versatile player. Speaking as a defender, where reliability is more valuable when playing in defending his own goals, Paul is still a very strong attacking player. Proof of this is scored 1531 points – the second number in NHL history among defenders.
Among his club accomplishments, four have won the Stanley Cup, in the Coffey national team three times becoming the owners of the Canadian Cup. Paul Coffey is a hockey player who received the James Norris Trophy award, being the best defender of the tournament three times at the end of the season. For outstanding accomplishments in 2004, Coffey was included in the Hockey Stadium.
The career of Vincent Lecavalier as a legendary NHL player (Part 2)
Career at Tampa Bay Lightning
In 1998, Vincent Lecavalier enlisted in the army through the draft. A talented young center has become so famous and popular that many experts claim he is Michael Michael Jordan’s future hockey.
On March 1, 2000, at the age of twenty, Vincent Lecavalier wrote his name in the history of NHL as the youngest captain. He is only 19 years old. Previously, the title was worn by Steve Ezerman from the Detroit Red Wings Club, who was given the rank of captain at the age of 21.
However, Vincent did not live up to his expectations and then lost his rank in the 2001/02 season. The management of the club decided that he was too young, even a great player.
In 2004, V. Lecavalier experienced an incredible season, paying special attention to the Stanley Cup tournament. This technically young striker plays an important role in winning the most important trophy of the National Hockey League. In the same year, he was named the MVP of the Canadian national team at the 2004 World Cup, which Canadians won.
Vincent Lecavalier returned to Russia
In the 2004/05 season, Lecavalier was at Ak Bars Kazan, where he moved with teammates Nikolai Khabibulin and Brad Richards. As a result of the continental hockey championship, Vincent scored 16 points, and the club ranked fourth.
The Canadian striker often shares his impressions of Russian hockey with journalists. Vincent noted that in Russia, hockey players play rough with players who don’t own the ball. At the same time, Vincent himself is always famous for rough play and has no opponents in the selection. Levalier also said that in Russian hockey, the arenas look smoother and more spacious.
In NHL, the game focuses more on the battle of contact rather than tactics and space, because he is hard to adapt to the new format at the beginning of the season, and injuries do not allow him to fully reveal his version. Friendly in Ak Bars.
In 2001, hockey players began to meet Caroline Portellans – the future actress of world cinema. After ten years of dating, they get married. Three children were born into marriage: Victoria, Gabriel and Amelia. Vincent Lecavalier’s wife starred in the company’s film Dangerous (2002), which earned her worldwide fame.
In October 2007, V. Lecavalier promised three million dollars to build a children’s hospital in St. Petersburg. Petersburg, Florida. Therefore, the object was made and named after a hockey player. At the moment, the hospital is one of them g Cancer Care Center.
