In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valerievich and the family name is Datsyuk.
Ice hockey player
Pavel Datsyuk
Datsyuk with the Detroit Red Wings in March 2015
Born
(1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 45) Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Left
Played for
Spartak Yekaterinburg Ak Bars Kazan Detroit Red Wings Dynamo Moscow CSKA Moscow SKA Saint Petersburg Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
National team
Russia
NHL draft
171st overall, 1998 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career
1996–2021
Pavel Valeryevich Datsyuk (Russian: Па́вел Вале́рьевич Дацю́к, IPA:[ˈpavʲɪldɐˈtsuk]; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He was nicknamed the "Magic Man", honoring his incredible stickhandling and creativity with the puck. From 2001 to 2016, he played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 2017, Datsyuk was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history, and was the only active player outside of the NHL at the time of announcement.[1]
Datsyuk won the Stanley Cup in 2002 and 2008 with the Red Wings, and the Gagarin Cup in 2017 with SKA Saint Petersburg. He was part of the Russia men's national ice hockey team at the Olympic Games in 2002, 2006, 2010 and was team captain in 2014 and 2018.[2] With his gold medal win at the 2018 Olympics, Datsyuk joined the Triple Gold Club.[3]
Datsyuk won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward in the 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 NHL season. He also won four consecutive Lady Byng Memorial Trophies, from 2006 to 2009, awarded for performance and sportsmanship. He was nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player following the 2008–09 season. Datsyuk is well known for his elite defensive play and game-changing offensive skills. He was also a leading player for the Russian hockey team at multiple Olympics and World Cups.
^"100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^Sipple, George (15 January 2014). "Pavel Datsyuk named Russian Team Captain". USA Today. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^"Datsyuk joins TGC". IIHF.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
Pavel Valeryevich Datsyuk (Russian: Па́вел Вале́рьевич Дацю́к, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl dɐˈtsuk]; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey...
times, including Wayne Gretzky who won it five times, Red Kelly and PavelDatsyuk with four wins, and Bobby Bauer, Alex Delvecchio, Mike Bossy, Martin...
Robitaille and right-wing Brett Hull through free agency. Rookie center PavelDatsyuk joined the Wings from the Russian Superleague the same year. The Wings...
winner) and forwards Luc Robitaille and Brett Hull. Russian prospect PavelDatsyuk also joined the team. Strengthened by the additions, the Red Wings posted...
very close, and the tie was only broken with 1:50 minutes left, when PavelDatsyuk scored the game-winning goal. The Germans pressed in the final minutes...
2005–06, tallying 39 goals and 85 points, second in team-scoring to PavelDatsyuk in a lineup which included Zetterberg and teammates Tomas Holmström...
record during the regular season. Led by forwards Henrik Zetterberg, PavelDatsyuk, and Johan Franzen, Detroit scored 55 goals in the first three rounds...
and strong defence, Hischier has been compared to former NHL player PavelDatsyuk, who was renowned as a skilled two-way forward. Hischier himself has...
saves as San Jose shutout the Red Wings in game one by a score of 2–0. PavelDatsyuk gave the Red Wings the lead with just 1:24 remaining in the third period...
third championship (the Stanley Cup) at the age of 22 years, 42 days; PavelDatsyuk is the oldest, winning Olympic gold at 39 years, 220 days. Russians...
series. Detroit gained a huge boost in game five, as star two-way player PavelDatsyuk played for the first time in the series after returning from a foot...
Star Financial Group and Gold Star Sports. Notable clients include PavelDatsyuk, Nikita Kucherov and Ilya Mikheyev. Daniel Milstein was born to a Ukrainian-Jewish...
season, opposite PavelDatsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings and Jordan Staal of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He ranked second in the league to Datsyuk in takeaways...
Chris Osgood's chest; neither players were suspended. Detroit forward PavelDatsyuk scored a hat-trick in game three for the Red Wings; while Osgood stopped...
2016 (20th and 53rd overall) to Detroit in exchange for the cap hit of PavelDatsyuk and this pick. The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the...
Championships along with many other Russian stars, such as Evgeni Malkin, PavelDatsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk. Despite being heavily favored to win the tournament...
Detroit Red Wings Centres 19 Steve Yzerman (C)& 8 Igor Larionov 13 PavelDatsyuk 33 Kris Draper 91 Sergei Fedorov& 29 Jason Williams& Wingers 14 Brendan...
series. The Bruins eliminated the Red Wings in five games. In game one, PavelDatsyuk scored the only goal with 3:01 left in Detroit's 1–0 victory, but Boston...
RW, 1986–89, inducted 10 June 2000, Stanley Cup win vs. Dallas Stars PavelDatsyuk, C, 2012–13, inducted 25 February 2018, Olympic gold win vs. Germany...
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