Alexei Kasatonov

Who is Alexei Kasatonov?

Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov 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 and one silver in the Olympics, and five golds 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, Alexei returned to play one last season for his former soviet club HC CSKA Moscow. Due to the severity of Alexei's 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 Alexei was the general manager of the Russian Olympic Team that captured the Silver Medal in Nagano. After the Olympics Alexei 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.