Hockey player Nikolai Zherdev - sports career and personal life

Nikolay Zherdev was born in 1984 in Kiev. The first coach, who taught him the basics of hockey, was Yuri Krylov. When the boy turned 15 years old, Nicholas went to develop his talent in Elemash HC from Elektrostal. This club was the first in professional hockey. For 3 seasons Nikolay was involved in the team.

The beginning of a successful career

In 2002, the hockey player was called to the junior team, and at the World Championships, which was held in Slovakia, the team won silver. And Nikolai Zherdev himself became the best scorer of the tournament, earning 11 points in 8 fights. The successful performance of the young striker was noticed by the Moscow HC CSKA, with whom the contract was signed. Throughout the 2002-2003 season, Zherdev played in the form of a capital club, earning 28 points in 64 bouts.

Overseas career in Columbus

In the summer off-season of 2003, when the draft began in the prestigious NHL, Nikolai Zherdev signed a contract with Columbus, designed for 3 years. In November, a talented hockey player went to the US without telling the leadership of CSKA, resulting in a conflict between the clubs. Representatives of CSKA said that Zherdev is in military service and can not leave his part. The trainer of the army men threatened the hockey player with criminal proceedings, and the club submitted the case to the international sports court for consideration. In the spring of 2014, a verdict was issued in favor of Zherdev.

During the 2003-2004 season, Nikolai Zherdev earned 34 points in the form of Columbus. The next season of 2004-2005 in the NHL was a shutout, and the hockey player returned to the Russian championship. It's amazing that the club that hosted him was CSKA, despite the past conflict between the parties. Having won 51 games for the season, Zherdev earned 40 points. In the next season, the hockey player returned to Columbus, earning 54 points for 73 games.

At the beginning of the season 2007-2008, there was a conflict between the hockey player and the team leaders, which concerned the revision of working conditions in the direction of increasing wages. After that, Nikolai Zherdev signed a safety contract with the "Chemist" from the Moscow region. For him he played 8 games, in which he earned 6 points. And in October, the parties to the conflict agreed, and the hockey player signed a new contract with Columbus for a period of 3 years. Throughout the 2006-2007 season, Zherdev earned 32 points for 71 games. The next 2 seasons were the most successful in the NHL for the hockey player. In the championship of 2007-2008, which later turns out to be the last for him in the form of "Columbus", Zherdev earned 61 points for 82 matches.

Going to the Rangers

At the start of the next championship hockey player as a result of the exchange passes to the New York "Rangers". For several years the club wanted to get a talented striker. In the regular season of 2008-2009. Zherdev earned 58 points in 82 games, thus becoming the team's top scorer. However, the series of play-off games hockey player did not perform well, in 7 games without scoring. At the end of the season in the summer, Nikolai Zherdev becomes a free agent. The club management offered him a new contract, on the basis of which he was to receive 3.25 million dollars. However, this did not please the hockey player, and he filed a complaint to the sports court. During the trial, a decision was made, according to which the Russian should receive 3.9 million dollars. However, the club bosses refused to conclude a contract on similar terms, considering that the results of Zherdev are estimated lower. Agreeing to the previously offered amount, the Russian hockey player was ready to sign the contract, but the Rangers went back on track, thus leaving him out of work.

Return to Russia

After an unsuccessful attempt to continue his career in the Rangers, Nikolai Zherdev returns to Russia, where he plans to play in the KHL championship. In September 2009, the contract between the hockey player and HC Atlant was officially signed. In the championship 2009-2010 Zherdev earned 40 points for 56 matches. After his graduation, he wanted to return to the NHL.

In the strongest league of the world Nikolai Zherdev (hockey player) signed a one-year contract with "Philadelphia". Throughout 56 games, he earned 22 points, which, compared to last season, no one was impressed. In the spring of 2011 in the play-off games, the hockey player spent 8 games, earning 3 points. After "Philadelphia" he again returned to "Atlant". In the 2011-2012 season, he spent 53 games, earning 40 points. In the season 2012-2013 spent 39 games, earning 37 points. In the winter of 2013, Nikolai Zherdev moved to "Ak Bars", but to prove himself a hockey player could not properly and lost in the team. Therefore, at the end of the season, the club management decided not to continue working with him. In the summer of 2013, Nikolai Zherdev signed a contract for 3 years with HC "Leo" from Prague.

Conflict with wife

After a tumultuous celebration of the new contract, the Russian hockey player broke his car. Wife Eugene scribbled on the Bentley player nail obscene words. To repair the car Zherdev had to spend about a million rubles.

According to the hotel worker, Zherdev invited the girls and had fun with them all night, after which the service staff had to tidy up the room for a long time, and the media had unsightly photos. Nikolai Zherdev after all this learned that his wife promised to file documents for divorce.

Three clubs in one season

The hockey player was never destined to play a game for the Prague club, the reason was his desire to return to the family. In Russia, he signed a contract with Moscow's Spartak. After spending 16 games in the KHL championship, Zherdev did not show a good game, earning just 7 points. The management of the Moscow team decided to terminate the contract with the hockey player.

The next club, which was signed in November 2013 by Nikolai Zherdev, is Severstal. However, because of his character, he stayed there not for long. Nikolai's acquaintances said that on the day of the match between Spartak and Severstal in Moscow, the hockey player met his wife. Zherdev Nicholas, whose wife was not going to go with the hockey player for reconciliation, arranged a big quarrel with him. The sportsman slammed the door in an agony and, instead of going to the ice palace, went to pour grief on alcohol in a local tavern. At the end of the drunken driving in a state of intoxication, he sat down behind the wheel of his Bentley and drove in the direction of the hotel, but got into a traffic accident, the fault of which was Nikolay Zherdev himself. The latest news overflowed the patience of the club management. It was decided to terminate the contract with an expensive hockey player. Due to the fact that the transfer window in the hockey league was closed, he remained a free agent. Because of the scandalous reputation of the hockey player lost his fans, so where he plays Nikolai Zherdev, many fans are not interested.

National team appearances

The hockey player, since the age of 17, regularly called in the Russian team. As mentioned above, in his active silver of the championship of junior teams. In 2003, hockey player Nikolai Zherdev was admitted to the youth team, from which he won the gold medal of the World Cup. For the main Russian team, the successful seasons were 2009 and 2012, when the hockey player with the national team took gold medals.