Kasutin Ivan - a talented goalkeeper from the KHL

Russian hockey schools can growgoalkeepers, who then play at a high level in the best leagues of the world, while not yielding to foreign colleagues in equipping. But for some reason not all clubs rely on their pupils. Our guys, in order to gain a foothold in the team from the KHL, you must first get the skills and gaming experience. An example is Kasutin Ivan, a goalkeeper who made a name for himself with his own labor.

The first steps in sports

Kasutin Ivan was born in Vologda on October 17, 1986of the year. There I went to hockey for the first time. But later he was invited to Yaroslavl. There he graduated from the school of training young hockey players. After completing the training the guy got into the second team of Yaroslavl "Locomotive". Kasutin Ivan showed a good level of play, but the main team he could not get through. It was because of this that he had to leave the team and move to Penza.

At first, this young goalkeeper had to gofor the second team. But it did not last long, since in 2005 he started his performance for the club "Diesel", which plays in the big leagues. In his first season for the main team Kasutin Ivan played 55 matches with a reliability factor of 1.81 and became a fairly young age the main goalkeeper of the professional team. It was thanks to a good game for the club "Diesel" that Ivan began to be interested in representatives of the strongest teams of the KHL.

Speech in the KHL

For a high level of play, Ivan was invited tohockey team KHL - Moscow "CSKA". In his first season this goalkeeper managed to hold 26 games. But next year Ivan was trusted less. For the whole year he spent only 12 games. Coaching staff goalkeeper trusted more foreigner Tom Lawson. Ivan was not satisfied with the lack of game practice, so he decided to accept the offer to move to Nizhnekamsk "Neftekhimik." It was in this club that Kasutin managed to realize himself, becoming one of the best goalkeepers of the Russian league.

For 3 spent years in Nizhnekamsk they wereplayed 125 games with a reliability factor of 2.59. In addition, in 2010, in the Gagarin Cup playoffs, Ivan was the best among all goalkeepers in terms of reliability and reflected throws. But the following year, Kasutin signed a two-year contract with Spartak. At this team the game did not work, and it was at the bottom of the standings. But Kasutin became one of the few who showed good results. At the end of the season, Ivan, because of the lack of victories, decided to change the club and go to "Ak Bars". But he spent in this team only 7 matches, conceding 21 goals.

Return to "Spartacus" and the continuation of his career

In Kazan, the coaching staff stopped trusting Ivan,and he did not get the playing time. After that, the goalkeeper decided to return to Spartak. On August 24, 2012 it became known that Ivan Kasutin, hockey player of Russia, signed a three-year contract with Vityaz. Having shown a high level of the game, he was invited to the St. Petersburg "SKA" during the season. "Vityaz" for this transition received a monetary compensation. But "SKA" in six months decided to make an exchange with the club "Severstal".

As a result, Kasutin received monetary compensation andselection of the first draft number. In exchange for this, the composition of the "SKA" team was replenished by Vadim Shipachov. At the moment, this wonderful goalkeeper plays in HC "Torpedo" and enjoys the fans very popular.

International career

Kasutin has little experience of speaking forinternational team. He was once at the World Junior Championships. He was not allowed to play there. Nevertheless, he became the world champion along with the team. More in the official matches, he did not play for the national team. In the Russian ice hockey championship teams are increasingly invited athletes from abroad. Fans of the teams can only hope that the number of our goalkeepers in the world hockey will always grow.