He burst into tears with resentment, miraculously fulfilled his dream, played with the legendary storm! How Zvyagin got into CSKA

Correct path. Looking at the playing career of the former head coach of the Vanguard Sergey Zvyagin, it is difficult to understand which club is a pupil. You might think that the bronze medalist of the World Cup began a way in hockey in the Wings of the Soviets. After all, it was in this club that he made his debut at an adult level and spent the first three years in Bolshoi Hockey. But in fact, until 1990, when Zvyagin began a professional career, he had nothing to do with the Wings. After all, all his childhood and youth went into the vertical of the strongest team in the history of the Soviet Union – the Moscow CSKA. Sergea got to the Army School under not the most common circumstances. The fact is that his father all his life was a passionate and devoted fan of the Moscow Dynamo – a principled rival of CSKA. Therefore, the priority was given to the school of blue and white. But when Sergey came to sign up with his father, it turned out that the set was only for the guys born in 1970. And Zvyagin was born in 1971. There were enough situations in history when young hockey players deceived coaches and lied about their age, just to get into the team. Sooner or later, the deception was opened, but the idea was that by that time the young athlete was already able to prove himself, so the chief coach was not so easy to abandon the ward. But Sergey did not go along this path. Therefore, he automatically received a refusal when he called his age. The future goalkeeper was so upset that he even cried! But his father cheered his son, saying that on this they would not finish attempts to get into hockey. And next time they will go to the CSKA school.VideoThe time before the trip to the home stadium of the Moscow army was drawn to eternity. Zvyagin was eager to understand whether he would get into the school of one of the strongest teams of the country. But he had to humbly wait – at work, his father had a full load, so he managed to leave early only after 2 weeks. What was Sergey's joy when they still went to CSKA's viewing training! And to the great happiness of the young hockey player, it all ended well. There were about 60 children on the ice, but such high competition did not prevent Zvyagin from getting into the team. Luck helped him. His father approached the coach Alexander Viktorovich Biryukov and asked what he was thinking about his son. Then the mentor of the army system asked him to ride from side to side. As his father told Sergey, most of the distance, he drove quite successfully. And as soon as the coach turned away, the boy immediately fell! Probably, if Biryukov saw this fall, then the viewing could end negatively for Zvyagin. But he was very lucky. So he was accepted into the team. Under ten years, the team of Sergei simply learned to ride. And after that, there was a selection in different role. When the head coach asked: “Who wants to get up?”, The future bronze medalist of the World Cup immediately raised his hand. And so his further fate in hockey predetermined. Interestingly, Zvyagin played in the same team with Pavel Bure for children. The former Mentor of the Vanguard said that it was already obvious then – the Russian missile on talent on the cut above all peers. Oleg Petrov, Yegor Bashkatov, Dmitry Motkov and Andrey Skabelka also played from hockey players who have reached a professional level.ITAR-TASS/ Vitaly Belousovkak has already been said above, Zvyagin’s debut in Bolshoi Hockey did not occur in CSKA, but in the “wings of the Soviets”. The country's main team was based on the country, so he had to go to the “wings”. Nevertheless, in 1993, Sergei still returned to his native club. Which experienced very difficult times. In fact, it was waged by the war between the two camps, which is why CSKA was divided into 2 parts: HC CSKA Viktor Tikhonov and PHC CSKA Alexander Baranovsky. And soon American investors came to the club, after which the Russian Penguins project appeared. Within the framework of him, CSKA under this name participated in the North American championship. At that moment Zvyagin returned to his native club. But for a short while – already in 1994 he went behind the ocean to try to get to the NHL. “The emblem with Penguin had a pretty one – even in McDonalds photos hung. Tikhonov’s composition turned out to be such that at twenty -two I was the second most seniority. The youth team, in fact, – and we traveled all over America, playing with experienced men. Why did you go to America? One of the reasons – youth passed, but I wanted to play. In the “Wings” I only replaced Oleg Bratash, Kolya Khabibulin more often went to CSKA. The performance for CSKA in Niol was an impulse to leave Russia. After the match in Las Vegas-we lost, but there were many shots and in general I played well-the agent came up to me and offered to continue his career in America, ”the goalkeeper recalled in an interview. Also more stories about Sergey Zvygin: