A famous goalkeeper and agent talks about the competition between Demchenko and Francouz, Voinov’s family drama and the most talented Chelyabinsk prospect.
“Crosby was already phenomenal at eight years old.”
“I left the USSR to play in Canada, I’ve lived there ever since, but I consider Chelyabinsk my home,” begins Alexander Tyzhnykh. “My relatives and friends are here, unfortunately, some of them have already passed away. Here I can meet the Makarov brothers, with whom I played together, at the match with CSKA. I remember Sergei from the Voskhod school. Even then he stood out for his perfect hockey IQ, good skating and hands. He was capable of defeating the entire team single-handedly.
As an agent, have you come across such diamonds as Makarov?
When I finished my sports career, I opened several hockey schools. One day, an 8-year-old boy named Sidney Crosby came to one of them. Even then he was extraordinary and was four years ahead of his peers in development. Sidney studied at our school for five years, and I always knew that one day the guy would grow into a big star. And so it happened.
How does hockey education overseas differ from Russian education?
Russia has a clear vertical structure. Take Chelyabinsk: there is Traktor, a farm, youth teams, schools of different ages. And it's all one structure. In Canada, children's teams have no connection with NHL clubs. Sections are mostly paid. If you take the entire hockey education of a child from 7 to 15 years old, it will cost parents at least 30 thousand dollars. And this is not counting summer camps, master classes and hotel costs. The minimum return begins only at the age of 15-16, when a guy gets into a team with a professional coach through a junior draft. The club provides him with equipment and a salary of $50 a week. But not everyone is selected in the draft.
“The story with Voinov cost me sleepless nights”
You are working with Traktor goalkeeper Vasily Demchenko, who is actively interested in Arizona.
The Coyotes are offering a two-year contract, there is also interest from Russian clubs, but I think that Vasily will connect his near future with Chelyabinsk. You see, the agent exists to give the guy the right advice. Contracts are a secondary matter. But I think that you need to stay in your native club, pay tribute to it and go through some stages together with it. “Traktor” is a great place, president Boris Dubrovsky is attentive to any issues, the club has ambitions - there is a place to prove oneself.
Demchenko started the season as number one, but then Francouz began to play more.
We must give credit to Pavel, who grabbed the chance and shows phenomenal statistics. Vasily needs to add stability. There are also games where one goalkeeper in the field is not a warrior. Like the recent away game with Dynamo Moscow. Three power plays - three goals. It seems that the goalkeeper is charged and determined for the match, but it’s just not his day. In any case, competition helps to grow. It’s very good that Traktor has two strong gates. The one who is better prepared plays.
Your client Vyacheslav Voinov survived charges of domestic violence and an American prison. Has what happened changed him in any way?
All families have arguments and difficult moments. Vyacheslav and Marta emerged from the situation with dignity. Gennady Timchenko, Roman Rotenberg, Vladislav Tretyak, Oleg Znarok, and our embassy in the USA helped us a lot. Now Vyacheslav plays great for SKA, he has rediscovered himself in Russia. The contract with St. Petersburg is valid for another year and a half; if Voinov continues to be satisfied with everything, then he may remain in the KHL. Moreover, the disqualification in the NHL has not yet been lifted.
What did history cost you?
Sleepless nights! But I did not fall into despair. I have known Vyacheslav since I was 15 years old - even then he was a leader and a man capable of overcoming difficulties.
“An agent is not a nanny or a friend, but a business partner”
Your colleague Shumi Babaev believes that the agent helps the hockey player not turn into a slave. Alexey Dementyev is sure that an agent is a player’s friend, helping him become the best. How would you formulate the mission of your profession?
The main goal is customer development! We need to help an 18-year-old boy with the training process, with choosing the right nutrition, and give the right advice. An agent is not a nanny or a friend of the player, but a business partner. When my hockey player doesn’t finish his work, I ask him harshly. If I find out about a violation of the sports regime, then I go into conflict. As for the “shackles,” there is no need to be afraid of long contracts for two or three seasons. This is a completely normal situation. Of course, it happens that the club imposes a contract according to the regulations... We, agents, would like all hockey players to be free and able to change jobs at any time. But in Russia this will not work. There will be chaos, everyone will run from their clubs.
How exactly do you help clients grow?
Every year I gather them in Ottawa and organize a camp: ice, general physical training, athletics, yoga, gymnastics. I hire strong specialists, for example, the Montreal coach works with the guys in skating. Each player has his own program: some need to work on speed, others on physics. During the season, I watch everyone the same and notice their shortcomings, no matter if we are talking about a promising young prospect or Andrei Vasilevsky, or Kirill Petrov.
“A hockey player should not discuss politics or criticize coaches”
Do you work only with Russian hockey players?
No, we are handling the cases of the Canadians and the Slovakian goalkeeper of Los Angeles Peter Budaj. The search for talent is ongoing. I have assistants in Russia who monitor young people and send me reports. But before signing a contract, I try to see the guy’s performance with my own eyes. When I was in Chelyabinsk, for example, I attended the Polar Bears match. There, many guys can grow into good hockey players.
Which of the unexposed Chelyabinsk avenues can shoot in the near future?
I've heard a lot about Vitaly Kravtsov. He is an interesting boy, called up to the 1999 national team. Already made his debut for Traktor. Also - Vladislav Sukhachev. He can develop into a goalkeeper for the national team.
Young players are active on social networks and sometimes this leads to disasters. An online showdown between ex-Black and White player Igor Velichkin and fans, for example, almost led to real bloodshed. Do you give recommendations to clients on what to post on Instagram and VK?
I can't stop a guy from talking about his personal life, but he has to be smart and remember to be public. Posting provocative things online is wrong. We constantly explain to players how the media works. This is also the norm for NHL clubs. Lectures on working with journalists are held for beginners. They are explained that they need to be open, but at the same time avoid provocations. Do not discuss politics, do not criticize the club, coaches and partners, do not wash dirty linen in public.
The last youth world championship showed that Russia is producing fewer and fewer stars. Kaprizov’s team was fantastic, the rest were workhorses.
In Bragin's team, each player has his own role. The coach, for example, did not take my client Nikita Korostelev to the championship, who scores almost two points per match in Canadian youth hockey. But you are right, Russian coaches do not have the same choice as Canadians, Americans or Swedes. This is confirmed by the latest NHL drafts. Previously, 20 of our guys were selected for them, now 7-10. And the point here is not at all about the “Russian factor”. I don’t want to offend anyone, but the problem is in the coaching staff. Children's mentors do not develop. They, unlike their predecessors who spent the night on the ice, lack enthusiasm. Today everything comes down to salary. We need to make good bonuses for coaches whose students end up in the KHL and NHL. And perhaps this will somehow affect the situation. Although there are strong schools in Russia, our hockey does not stand still.
Russian agent Alexander “Sasha” Tyzhnykh is not a frequent visitor to Russia. The former goalkeeper of CSKA and the USSR national team today is engaged in agent activities in the capital of Canada and represents the interests of over a hundred players from all over the world. It is Tyzhnykh who is leading, in particular, the affairs of Nikolai Zherdev, who arranged the scandalous escape of Viktor Tikhonov from CSKA in the fall of 2003.
$2 million for Malkin is normal money
– The current flight of Magnitogorsk forward Evgeni Malkin is reminiscent of the scandalous departure of forward Nikolai Zherdev to Columbus three years ago. Your client, by the way...
“The circumstances are completely different here.” After all, Malkin signed a contract with Metallurg for the upcoming season just a few days before his scandalous escape. He promised to spend the upcoming season at the club and did so.
– Now no one knows where Malkin is...
– I think that he is in Toronto with representatives of the agency that protects his interests. He wanted to leave Russia for Pittsburgh, and was able to do it.
– In your opinion, does it make sense for Magnitka to sue Mario Lemieux’s team?
– They will sue the Americans. But no one can predict for you now what the outcome of this court case will be. A year ago, Dynamo Moscow found itself in a similar situation, which until the last day fought for its pupil Alexander Ovechkin. So what's the result? Muscovites lost this case.
– What is the way out of this situation?
– Sit down at the negotiating table and find a common language with the NHL. An agreement between the two sides is now vital.
– But if you sign such an agreement, the club from Magnitogorsk will receive at most $200 thousand for the best student in the history of the club. Is this a normal price for a player of Malkin’s caliber?
– $2 million for Malkin is quite normal money, but $200 thousand, of course, is not enough. I believe that the new contract should specify the price for each drafted player.
– Gennady Velichkin gives analogies with, where the Ukrainians received $25 million for the transfer of the same Shevchenko from Kyiv to Milan.
– I know Gennady Ivanovich as a serious and very thoughtful club leader, but here he went too far. Hockey still cannot compete with football when it comes to money. How much money is earned in football only from the sale of tickets to 80,000-seat stadiums during Champions League games, and how much profit do hockey teams receive, which at most 15–20 thousand spectators come to watch? It's funny to compare, you'll agree.
We are waiting for a response from Columbus.
– Your client Nikolai Zherdev is undergoing training at Khimik near Moscow. Is it possible to say that he will spend the upcoming season in Pyotr Vorobyov’s team?
– This will be the case, unless, of course, Columbus agrees to the conditions that we offer. Nikolai is not against returning to Russia and playing here for one season. He is not at the age when a year of playing for a Russian club could interrupt his overseas career. But we are preparing to send defender Vadik Khomitsky to Dallas - he will compete for a place in the lineup in training camp. However, there is a possibility that he will return to Russia.
– Another of your clients, striker Alexei Shkotov, is also training in Mytishchi, and he may well leave for America this season. What can you say about this player?
“St. Louis has the opportunity to get such an extraordinary player on their team, and I think they will take advantage of it.”
– The vast majority of Russian hockey experts believe that your ward Sergei Zinoviev is currently one hundred percent ready to play overseas.
“I have no doubt that he is the best center forward in the Super League. I am sure that in America there are several teams that would be interested in his services. But for now, as far as I know, Sergei is happy with everything in Kazan.
Today in Ottawa, tomorrow in Novokuznetsk
– You have been living in Ottawa for several years now. Isn’t it difficult to deal with hockey affairs on the domestic Russian market?
– With modern technology, I can find out the information I need within minutes. And if the need arises, I take a plane ticket and fly in the right direction. Now I’ve arrived in Moscow, flew to Novokuznetsk, where one of my clients signed a contract with the club, and then I’m going to Togliatti for a tournament.
- Do you skate yourself?
- Necessarily. I have my own goalkeeper school in Ottawa, where we train young goalkeepers. Last year we brought two guys from Russia.
– Do the conversations about the crisis of the goalkeeper genre on the Russian market bother you?
– Talented boys were, are and will always be. Take Varlamov Semka from Yaroslavl. Or Ilya Proskuryakov from Magnitogorsk. And Galimov from Chelyabinsk and Bobrovsky from Novokuznetsk are on the way. But who will let them play now? Another thing makes me happy - Vladislav Tretyak is now gradually taking on this problem, and I think he will put things in order.
“Crosby was already phenomenal at eight years old.”
“I left the USSR to play in Canada, I’ve lived there ever since, but I consider Chelyabinsk my home,” begins Alexander Tyzhnykh. “My relatives and friends are here, unfortunately, some of them have already passed away. Here I can meet the Makarov brothers, with whom I played together, at the match with CSKA. I remember Sergei from the Voskhod school. Even then he stood out for his perfect hockey IQ, good skating and hands. He was capable of defeating the entire team single-handedly.
As an agent, have you come across such diamonds as Makarov?
When I finished my sports career, I opened several hockey schools. One day, an 8-year-old boy named Sidney Crosby came to one of them. Even then he was extraordinary and was four years ahead of his peers in development. Sidney studied at our school for five years, and I always knew that one day the guy would grow into a big star. And so it happened.
How does hockey education overseas differ from Russian education?
Russia has a clear vertical structure. Take Chelyabinsk: there is Traktor, a farm, youth teams, schools of different ages. And it's all one structure. In Canada, children's teams have no connection with NHL clubs. Sections are mostly paid. If you take the entire hockey education of a child from 7 to 15 years old, it will cost parents at least 30 thousand dollars. And this is not counting summer camps, master classes and hotel costs. The minimum return begins only at the age of 15-16, when a guy gets into a team with a professional coach through a junior draft. The club provides him with equipment and a salary of $50 a week. But not everyone is selected in the draft.
“The story with Voinov cost me sleepless nights”
You are working with Traktor goalkeeper Vasily Demchenko, who is actively interested in Arizona.
The Coyotes are offering a two-year contract, there is also interest from Russian clubs, but I think that Vasily will connect his near future with Chelyabinsk. You see, the agent exists to give the guy the right advice. Contracts are a secondary matter. But I think that you need to stay in your native club, pay tribute to it and go through some stages together with it. “Traktor” is a great place, president Boris Dubrovsky is attentive to any issues, the club has ambitions - there is a place to prove oneself.
Demchenko started the season as number one, but then Francouz began to play more.
We must give credit to Pavel, who grabbed the chance and shows phenomenal statistics. Vasily needs to add stability. There are also games where one goalkeeper in the field is not a warrior. Like the recent away game with Dynamo Moscow. Three power plays - three goals. It seems that the goalkeeper is charged and determined for the match, but it’s just not his day. In any case, competition helps to grow. It’s very good that Traktor has two strong gates. The one who is better prepared plays.
Your client Vyacheslav Voinov survived charges of domestic violence and an American prison. Has what happened changed him in any way?
All families have arguments and difficult moments. Vyacheslav and Marta emerged from the situation with dignity. Gennady Timchenko, Roman Rotenberg, Vladislav Tretyak, Oleg Znarok, and our embassy in the USA helped us a lot. Now Vyacheslav plays great for SKA, he has rediscovered himself in Russia. The contract with St. Petersburg is valid for another year and a half; if Voinov continues to be satisfied with everything, then he may remain in the KHL. Moreover, the disqualification in the NHL has not yet been lifted.
What did history cost you?
Sleepless nights! But I did not fall into despair. I have known Vyacheslav since I was 15 years old - even then he was a leader and a man capable of overcoming difficulties.
“An agent is not a nanny or a friend, but a business partner”
Your colleague Shumi Babaev believes that the agent helps the hockey player not turn into a slave. Alexey Dementyev is sure that an agent is a player’s friend, helping him become the best. How would you formulate the mission of your profession?
The main goal is customer development! We need to help an 18-year-old boy with the training process, with choosing the right nutrition, and give the right advice. An agent is not a nanny or a friend of the player, but a business partner. When my hockey player doesn’t finish his work, I ask him harshly. If I find out about a violation of the sports regime, then I go into conflict. As for the “shackles,” there is no need to be afraid of long contracts for two or three seasons. This is a completely normal situation. Of course, it happens that the club imposes a contract according to the regulations... We, agents, would like all hockey players to be free and able to change jobs at any time. But in Russia this will not work. There will be chaos, everyone will run from their clubs.
How exactly do you help clients grow?
Every year I gather them in Ottawa and organize a camp: ice, general physical training, athletics, yoga, gymnastics. I hire strong specialists, for example, the Montreal coach works with the guys in skating. Each player has his own program: some need to work on speed, others on physics. During the season, I watch everyone the same and notice their shortcomings, no matter if we are talking about a promising young prospect or Andrei Vasilevsky, or Kirill Petrov.
“A hockey player should not discuss politics or criticize coaches”
Do you work only with Russian hockey players?
No, we are handling the cases of the Canadians and the Slovakian goalkeeper of Los Angeles Peter Budaj. The search for talent is ongoing. I have assistants in Russia who monitor young people and send me reports. But before signing a contract, I try to see the guy’s performance with my own eyes. When I was in Chelyabinsk, for example, I attended the Polar Bears match. There, many guys can grow into good hockey players.
Which of the unexposed Chelyabinsk avenues can shoot in the near future?
I've heard a lot about Vitaly Kravtsov. He is an interesting boy, called up to the 1999 national team. Already made his debut for Traktor. Also Vladislav Sukhachev. He can develop into a goalkeeper for the national team.
Young players are active on social networks and sometimes this leads to disasters. An online showdown between ex-Black and White player Igor Velichkin and fans, for example, almost led to real bloodshed. Do you give recommendations to clients on what to post on Instagram and VK?
I can't stop a guy from talking about his personal life, but he has to be smart and remember to be public. Posting provocative things online is wrong. We constantly explain to players how the media works. This is also the norm for NHL clubs. Lectures on working with journalists are held for beginners. They are explained that they need to be open, but at the same time avoid provocations. Do not discuss politics, do not criticize the club, coaches and partners, do not wash dirty linen in public.
The last youth world championship showed that Russia is producing fewer and fewer stars. Kaprizov’s team was fantastic, the rest were workhorses.
In Bragin's team, each player has his own role. The coach, for example, did not take my client Nikita Korostelev to the championship, who scores almost two points per match in Canadian youth hockey. But you are right, Russian coaches do not have the same choice as Canadians, Americans or Swedes. This is confirmed by the latest NHL drafts. Previously, 20 of our guys were selected for them, now 7-10. And the point here is not at all about the “Russian factor”. I don’t want to offend anyone, but the problem is in the coaching staff. Children's mentors do not develop. They, unlike their predecessors who spent the night on the ice, lack enthusiasm. Today everything comes down to salary. We need to make good bonuses for coaches whose students end up in the KHL and NHL. And perhaps this will somehow affect the situation. Although there are strong schools in Russia, our hockey does not stand still.
Mikhail ARALOVETS
Chelyabinsk-Ottawa
Chelyabinsk sport has given the world many brilliant athletes - world and European champions, Olympic Games champions. Many of them left Chelyabinsk, ended their sports careers and now live in Moscow, Europe, the USA and Canada. In most of them, sport has raised strong, persistent and self-sufficient people. Their careers did not end after leaving the arenas. They found themselves in other areas of human life, becoming authoritative and respected people. Chelyabinsk "stars" did not fade in the crucible of life's trials.
"Chelyabinsk Worker" decided to find the famous South Ural athletes who completed their sports careers and tell readers how their future fates turned out. Our first interlocutor was the goalkeeper of Chelyabinsk Traktor, CSKA and the USSR national team Alexander Tyzhnykh.
Alexander Tyzhnykh had a difficult fate in sports. Having moved from Traktor to CSKA at the age of 18, he became a backup to the great army goalkeeper Vladislav Tretyak. Being second always and everywhere, and even more so in sports, is psychologically very difficult. It seems to me that Tyzhnykh’s career as a goalkeeper could have turned out differently if he had not had Tretyak’s back. Although the word failure is hardly appropriate here, since the Chelyabinsk resident became a seven-time champion of the USSR, was recruited to the national team, and participated in its composition in the 1984 Canada Cup. Many, many athletes could only dream of something like this.
After finishing playing for CSKA in 1988, Tyzhnykh went overseas to Canada, where he left the media for a long time. They started talking about him again quite recently, in December last year, in connection with the scandalous case of army forward Nikolai Zherdev, who voluntarily left the army camp and moved to the National Hockey League. As it turned out, Alexander Tyzhnykh represented the interests of the young player in the NHL, that is, he was his agent.
The call from the Chelyabinsk Worker correspondent was a pleasant surprise for the ex-CSKA and national team goalkeeper, who now lives in Ottawa.
How did you find me? - Tyzhnykh was surprised.
Through Moscow.
What, in Russia everything is still done through Moscow, even telephone numbers are recognized? - Alexander Vladimirovich laughed.
We have several questions for you.
Yes, please, - the interlocutor’s tone is extremely friendly. - It’s always a pleasure for me to communicate with fellow countrymen.
What was your fate after finishing your sports career?
In 1988 I finished playing for CSKA. Then in 1989 he played for half a season in the Ufa Salavat Yulaev with Sergei Mikhalev. And then in September of the same year he went to a training camp (training camp) of the Canadian club Edmonton Oilers, where he signed a contract. He played for two seasons for the Neftyaniki farm club. He finally hung up his skates in 1991.
And they stayed in Canada.
Yes. I opened a hockey school. I had about 400 children study with me every summer. This is how he began his new life after finishing his hockey career. I invited leading hockey specialists to the summer camp: Vladislav Tretyak, Vladimir Konstantinov, participant of the 72 Canada-USSR Super Series Peter Mahovlich and other “stars”. Together with them, we worked with boys aged from nine to 18 years. The training program included classes on land, on ice and theory. It was a kind of kindergarten - from 8 to 21 hours.
Where was your school located?
The same place where I played and ended my career. In the small Canadian town of Sydney, where the Edmonton Oilers farm club was based. Lived here for almost ten years. I had hockey schools in Halifax, where the youth world championship was held last year, Compton and St. John's in Newfoundland. All this lasted about eight years, then I retrained and became a hockey agent.
How did it all happen? One day, the parents of a student of mine asked to represent their son. This was a new job for me, as it required serious legal knowledge. He began collaborating with an agency firm located in Ottawa, and soon moved to this city. I've been living here for five years.
Have you started your own business?
Yes. Together with two more partners - Canadian lawyers.
What is the name of your company?
- "Fideles sports management groups." “Fideles” can be translated into Russian as honest, open.
Which famous hockey players are your clients?
Mostly all my students are from Moscow. For example, Alexander Khavanov (plays for the NHL club St. Louis Blues), Nikolai Zherdev (Columbus). At the World Championships in Halifax, the company represented the interests of ten players of the Russian youth team. This is a record. Our wards are about 40 hockey players of the Russian Super League - from Nizhnekamsk, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Cherepovets, Kazan. For example, Konstantin Gorovikov (Severstal), Ruslan Nurdinov (Ak Bars).
Do you have players from Chelyabinsk, from the Urals?
Unfortunately, no one from Chelyabinsk.
Do you often visit Russia?
Often. I come to all kinds of tournaments, regional, youth and junior teams. I'm very interested in this work. I would like to help the boys, give them useful advice on where to go to play, how to train, how to eat right. Agency activity is not only, as is often written, about money and interest. This is all untrue, Mikhail. This is the same job as a journalist or lawyer. And I like her. I myself went through everything that boys go through now.
Don't you forget Chelyabinsk?
No. But it turns out that I come to my family, my mother. There's no time for work here. Maybe that’s why my wards are not in their hometown.
Alexander Vladimirovich, how are Nikolai Zherdev doing now, will it be possible to find a compromise in his case? Is it possible to return to Russia and play for the national team?
We rely on reason. We don’t want Russia to lose the player Zherdev. We want Nikolai to play at both the World Championships and the Olympics. And he himself wants it. We proposed to the Russian Hockey Federation that he come to the World Youth Championship in Finland. We got a Finnish visa. But they were refused.
We explained: let the guy play for now, and in the meantime let’s sit down at the negotiating table and try to find a compromise. But we failed to reach an agreement. An arbitration committee will be created in Switzerland in March and, apparently, some decision will be made there. Therefore, now I cannot say anything additional. Call me at the beginning of March, I will give you complete information about what happened there and how.
Thank you, Alexander Vladimirovich.
I was glad to talk with Chelyabinsk Worker. Excellent newspaper, I always read it. Therefore, great success and health to all your readers.
We are waiting for your visit.
Thank you, Mikhail. I'll definitely come.
Photo courtesy of the newspaper "SPORT-EXPRESS"
Alexander Tyzhnykh, master of sports of international class. Born May 25, 1958. In 1974-1976 he played for Chelyabinsk Traktor. In 1976-1988 - in CSKA. USSR champion 1978, 1981-1985 and 1988. He played 194 matches in the USSR championships. Participant in the Canada Cup (1984). Lives in Ottawa (Canada).
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Alexander Vladimirovich Tyzhnykh(born May 25, Chelyabinsk, USSR) - Soviet and Canadian professional hockey player, coach and sports agent. Former goalkeeper of the USSR national ice hockey team.
Biography
Alexander Tyzhnykh is a student of the Traktor hockey club. He spent two seasons in the USSR Championship as a member of the Chelyabinsk team. in 1976 he moved to CSKA Moscow. He played several matches for the Soviet Union national team at the 1984 Canada Cup. He spent the 1988/89 season in Salavat Ufa. In 1989 he left for Canada and played for the AHL club Cape Brenton Oilers. In 1991, he retired from hockey. After retiring from sports, he opened a hockey school in the Canadian city of Sydney. Later he became a hockey agent. Together with two Canadian lawyers, Alexander Tyzhnykh runs the Fideles Sports Management Group agency.
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