Koshechkin, Vasily Vladimirovich

Pupil of the Lada hockey club. The first coach was Honored Coach of Russia Nikolai Nikolayev. He began his professional career in 2002 as part of the Higher League club of the Kirov-Chepetsk Olimpia . In the same season he also performed as part of Almetyevsk "Oilman" . In the 2002 NHL draft, he was selected in the 8th round under a total 233 number by the Tampa Bay Lightning Club ^[3] .

In 2003, he made his debut in the Super League as part of the native Lada, where he performed until 2007, twice becoming the prize-winner of the Russian championships. He spent the 2007/08 season in the Ak Bars Kazan ^[4] , after which he returned to Tolyatti ^[5] . In the middle of the season 2009/10 he became the player of Metallurg Magnitogorsk ^[6] . On June 30, 2010, he signed a contract with Serestal Cherepovets ^[7] , which included 38 matches in the 2010/11 season with a safety coefficient of 2.81. He was recognized as the best player of Severstal by the fans of the Cherepovets club, gaining 29.92% of the votes ^[8] . May 19, 2011 extended the agreement with the "steelworkers" for another 2 years ^[9] . May 1, 2013 returned to Metallurg ^[10] . March 19, 2019 goalkeeper signed a new contract with this club; The agreement is for 2 years.

In the national team

As part of the Russian national team, Vasily Koshechkin took part in six world championships: ( 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 and 2018 ). Winner of all types of medals of world championships. Called to the national team to participate in Euro Hockey Tour matches. At the Russian stage, the 2017 Euro Hockey Tour held two games out of three, scored two wins with the team, reflecting 60 shots out of 61.

In February 2018, he was summoned to the Russian national team to participate in the Olympic Games , where he became the main goalkeeper. At the tournament I played 6 matches (in two I won back to “zero”), with a coefficient of reliability of 1.38 and with a percentage of reflected throws of 93.65. Having won the gold medals of the Olympic Games together with the team, he entered the symbolic team of the tournament, together with the Russians Vyacheslav Voinov , Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk . He was called to the team number one for participation in the 2018 World Cup . In the very first game against the French team, he designed a dry match, reflecting 10 of 10 shots on target.

Wife, Irina Kozhina - the chief editor of the magazine "Expensive pleasure in Togliatti", three children. ^{[11] [12]}

• 01!   Winner of the German Cup 2017
• 03!   Bronze medalist of the championship of Russia 2003/2004 .
• 02!   Silver medalist of the championship of Russia 2004/2005 .
• 01!   Winner of the Continental Cup 2006 .
• 03!   Bronze medalist of the world championship 2007 .
• 01!   Winner of the Continental Cup 2008 .
• 01!   World Champion 2009 .
• 02!   Silver medalist of the 2010 World Cup .
• 01!   Winner of the Gagarin Cup 2014
• 01!   Winner of the Gagarin Cup 2016
• The most valuable player of the 2017 Gagarin Cup final
• The best goalkeeper of the KHL ( 2014 , 2017 ).
• 01!   Olympic champion 2018

• Order of Friendship ( February 27, 2018 ) - for high sporting achievements at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games of 2018 in the city of Pkhenchkhane (Republic of Korea), showing the will to win, perseverance and determination ^[13]
• Honored Master of Sports of Russia ^[14]
• Master of Sports of Russia international class
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (June 30, 2009) - For a great contribution to the victory of the national hockey team of Russia at the world championships in 2008 and 2009 ^[15]

Club career

In the national team

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• Koshechkin, Vasily Vladimirovich - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database (eng.)
• Koshechkin, Vasily Vladimirovich - statistics on Eliteprospects.com (English)