A student of Novokuznetsk Metallurg. He made his debut for the main team at the age of 18, playing several matches in the 2006/2007 season. The following season, he began to play much more often at the club’s base, and Metallurg’s regression continued. Defending the outsider's goal was a difficult task, but it allowed the goalkeeper to quickly gain experience - Bobrovsky was invited to the all-star match of the Russian Super League. He played for Metallurg until the end of the 2009/2010 season, when his contract expired. On May 6, 2010, the undrafted hockey player signed a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, who lost their main goalkeeper Ray Emery the previous season due to an injury incompatible with hockey. In the summer training camp, the young goalkeeper liked the coach of the “pilots” Peter Laviolette, and Bobrovsky began to be considered as a second goalkeeper, who had previously been considered Brian Boucher. On the eve of the start of the season, the club's main goalkeeper Michael Leighton was seriously injured, and Bobrovsky took to the ice in the opening match. His team won in Pittsburgh, and Bobrovsky became the youngest Flyers goalie to open the season and the first since 2004 to win his debut for the Philadelphia Flyers. At the start of the season, Bobrovsky became the revelation of the championship and won 7 of the first nine matches. With his 11th win in 14 games, Bobrovsky led the list of NHL goaltenders in wins. In November he was recognized as the best newcomer of the month. In his debut season, the rookie goaltender scored 28 wins in the regular season, and, to the displeasure of Philadelphia fans, was announced as the team's starting goalie for the playoffs. However, there he played only the first and last matches of his team, which finished after the second round.
In the summer, Ilya Bryzgalov came to Philadelphia. A multimillion-dollar contract was signed with him (the general manager had to get rid of several highly paid players), which indicated a bet on the newcomer as the first goalkeeper. At the beginning of October 2011, Leighton went to the farm club, leaving two goalkeepers in the main team - Bryzgalov and Bobrovsky. Of the club's first 14 matches of the season, Bobrovsky replaced his compatriot in four.
In early November 2011, information appeared about interest in him from the Columbus Blue Jackets. On June 22, 2012, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets for two second- and fourth-round picks in the 2013 draft and one fourth-round pick in the 2014 draft.
In January 2015, Columbus extended the contract with Bobrovsky until the end of the 2018/2019 season for $29.7 million.
National team career
Bobrovsky was a backup to his peer Semyon Varlamov at the 2006 World Junior Championships, where the Russian team came fifth. In late summer 2007, the 2007 Super Series, a remake of the 1972 Super Series, began. In the confrontation between the youth teams of Russia and Canada, the Russians were defeated, Bobrovsky played in half of the matches. At the 2008 World Youth Championship, Bobrovsky was the main goalkeeper of the national team and won bronze medals with it. Before the 2010 World Championship, Vyacheslav Bykov began the training camp without NHL players and hockey players who continued to fight for the Gagarin Cup. Among these reserves, Bobrovsky was called up, who played in the match with Italy (3:3), but was not included in the final squad for the World Cup in Germany.
In 2012, during the NHL lockout, Sergei, being a SKA player, played for the Russian national team at the Karjala Cup. Before the 2013 World Championship, most Russian NHL goalkeepers were unavailable for invitation due to the unsuccessful performance of their clubs. Although Bobrovsky spent the season much more successfully than the others (as confirmed by the Vezina Trophy Sergei received at the end of the season), Ilya Bryzgalov and Semyon Varlamov were called up to the national team. Zinetula Bilyaletdinov said that Bobrovsky was not invited due to fatigue, but the goalkeeper rejected this argument.
On January 7, 2014, Bobrovsky joined the Russian national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In the second match of the Russians against the US team, Bobrovsky made his debut for the main Russian team at major tournaments. The meeting ended with the Americans winning in a shootout 3:2. In a series of post-match shots, he became a hero. Bobrovsky's clean sheet did not help the Russian team avoid defeat, and as a result, the Russians took only fifth place at the home Olympics.
Bobrovsky was the main goalkeeper of the national team at the next World Cup in 2015 in the Czech Republic. At this tournament, Sergei was especially successful in the semi-final match against the US team, in which he saved all 35 shots, allowing the Russian team to reach the final for the second tournament in a row. Bobrovsky was recognized as the best player of the Russian national team in this match, as well as earlier in the victorious quarterfinals against the Swedes (5:3). However, in the final, Sergei missed six goals from Canada, to which the Russians responded only with a goal from Evgeni Malkin. Thus, Bobrovsky became the silver medalist of the World Championship.
In 2016, he was the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team at the home World Championship, where the hosts took third place. Bobrovsky was recognized as the best player of the match for third place against the US team (7:2).
In the same year, he participated in the World Cup, where he was the main goalkeeper of the team in all four matches, including the lost semi-final against the Canadian team.
Sergei Andreevich Bobrovsky was born in the city of Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region on September 20, 1988. According to the recollections of his parents, Sergei was a very active and energetic child from a very early age, and largely thanks to this, they decided to send him to a sports school.
The first coach of the future famous goalkeeper, Alexei Kitsyn, said that in the same year as Sergei, about a hundred boys were accepted into the hockey class. Therefore, the coach first noticed Bobrovsky only a few months later. Seryozha quickly learned to ride, was quick-witted, grasped everything on the fly and was endowed with pronounced leadership qualities.
The first real team for Sergei was the junior team of the Kuznetsk Bears. Bobrovsky tried his hand at professional hockey at the age of 18, appearing on the court in several games of the 2006/2007 season for his native Metallurg. Sergei defended the goal of this club until the spring of 2010, until his contract expired. This was an extremely difficult task, since Metallurg had been an outsider all these years. On the other hand, the harsh school of life gave Sergei enormous experience and significantly improved his professional skills.
In May 2010, Bobrovsky signed a three-year contract with the NHL club Philadelphia Flyers. He performed so well in the preseason training cycle that he took the court in the season's debut against the Penguins. Sergei made his debut brilliantly, repelling all the opponents' shots and leaving the goal intact. During the season, Bobrovsky became the Flyers' second main goalkeeper and often appeared on the court in the starting lineup.
But in the summer of 2011, Philadelphia signed a contract with experienced goalkeeper Ilya Bryzgalov. Bobrovsky remained through the 2011/2012 season. second goalkeeper for the Flyers, replacing his compatriot in some matches. In the offseason, he moved to the young NHL team Columbus Blue Jackets, already as the first main goalkeeper. History repeated itself: again Bobrovsky defended the goal of an outsider, again stood in the way of the barrage of attacks from stronger opponents.
For a short period of the NHL lockout during the 2012/2013 season. began very late, Sergei Bobrovsky was returning to his homeland, where he defended the goal of St. Petersburg SKA in the KHL regular championship. The athlete remembers St. Petersburg with warmth and gratitude, noting that he lived a happy time in a beautiful city and in a worthy team.
Sergei passed the new test with honor, becoming by the end of the first season in the new club not only the main, but also the almost permanent goalkeeper of the Blue Jackets. In all statistical indicators, he became the best in the league, and in 2013, despite the fact that his club did not reach the playoffs, he was rightfully awarded the Vezina Trophy, which is awarded annually to the best goalkeeper in the NHL. Sergei also received the prestigious Patrick Roy Prize, which is annually awarded to the best goalkeeper of the season by the authoritative weekly Hockey News. Bobrovsky is the first goalie from the former USSR to be awarded the Vezina Trophy.
Columbus extended the contract with Sergei Bobrovsky twice, most recently in January 2015. According to the terms of this contract, Sergei will defend the goal of the Blue Jackets until the 2018/2019 season and will receive 29 million 700 thousand dollars for his work at the club.
In our national team, Sergei Bobrovsky’s career did not work out for a long time, since the leading roles were played by strong and more experienced goalkeepers Ilya Bryzgalov and Semyon Varlamov. Sergei’s debut as the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team took place in the spring of 2014 at the World Championships in Belarus. It was a triumph: our team won the tournament, and Bobrovsky was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the championship.
Sergei Bobrovsky's wife's name is Olga (maiden name - Dorokhova). She is also from Novokuznetsk. They got married on August 16, 2011 in their homeland. Sergei Bobrovsky's game number is 72. Nickname is Bob.
WITH ergey Andreevich Bobrovsky is a student of the Novokuznetsk sports school.
Born in Novokuznetsk on September 20, 1988. Serezha’s first guide to big hockey was his father Andrei Bobrovsky. The favorite hobby of the Yubileiny mine miners in their free time was team games, in which Seryozha actively cheered for his dad. Together with their father, they did not miss a single match of their native Metallurg, and always heatedly discussed the victories and defeats of their favorite team. Sergei was an active and energetic child, so he was sent to a sports school (he studied at school No. 52 in Novokuznetsk).
First coach - Alexey Kitsyn- said that in the same year as Sergei, about a hundred boys were accepted into the hockey class, so Bobrovsky was first noticed only a few months later. At first he was appointed as a defender. And he got into the goal when the goalkeeper from their team got sick. The coach began to check who could replace the goalkeeper, and saw Sergei deftly doing the splits. So he invited Sergei to stand at the gate.
Daily training, serious workload, high demands - this rhythm of life continued for 10 years while Sergei was in school. In addition to endless training, Sergei read a lot about hockey, attended adult games, watched matches on TV and learned technique from the examples of the most famous goalkeepers. And I always remembered my father’s instructions: “I missed the puck, don’t be nervous, keep playing, try not to repeat the mistakes.” This “Olympic calmness” is still one of the main principles in the game for Bobrovsky. It is almost impossible to unbalance him.
After school, Sergei entered the Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy (department of physical education), from which he graduated in 2010.
The first sports success came at the age of 9 (1998), when Sergei Bobrovsky became the best goalkeeper regional tournament "Olympic Hopes". Thanks to the efforts and perseverance of the young Bobrovsky, the heads of other hockey clubs began to pay attention to him as a promising goalkeeper.
The first real team for him was the junior team of the Kuznetsk Bears. Bobrovsky tried his hand at professional sports at the age of 18 and participated in several games during the 2006/2007 season. for the team "Metallurg". He defended the gates of the Novokuznetsk club until the end of his contract - the spring of 2010.
In May 2010, Bobrovsky signed a three-year contract with the NHL club Philadelphia Flyers.. In the pre-season training cycle, he showed himself well and entered the court in the debut match of the season. He made a brilliant debut, repelling all the opponents' shots and leaving the goal intact. That season, Bobrovsky became the Flyers' second starting goalie.
In the summer of 2011, Philadelphia signed a contract with a more experienced goalkeeper, Ilya Bryzgalov. Bobrovsky remained through the 2011/2012 season. the Flyers' second goaltender. In the offseason he moved to the young NHL team "Columbus Blue Jackets" as the main goalkeeper. Here again, Bobrovsky, as in the Metallurg team, defended the outsider’s goal and stood in the way of attacks from stronger opponents.
During the short NHL lockout in the 2012/2013 season. Sergei Bobrovsky returned to Russia and defended the goal of St. Petersburg SKA in the KHL championship.
Meanwhile, the Blue Jackets became the best in the league by all statistical indicators. And in 2013, despite the fact that the club did not reach the playoffs, its goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the NHL. Sergei also received the prestigious Patrick Roy Prize, which is annually awarded to the best goalkeeper of the season by the authoritative weekly Hockey News.
Columbus extended the contract with Sergei Bobrovsky twice, most recently in January 2015. According to the terms of this contract, Sergei will defend the goal for the Blue Jackets until the 2018/2019 season.
Sergei Bobrovsky’s career in the Russian national team did not work out for a long time; the leading roles were played by more experienced goalkeepers Ilya Bryzgalov and Semyon Varlamov. Sergei’s debut as the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team took place in the spring of 2014 at the World Championships in Belarus. Our team won the tournament (ten wins in ten matches), and Bobrovsky was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the championship.
In 2014, Bobrovsky was included in the Russian national team to compete at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Bobrovsky is a member of the Russian team at the 2015 World Championships (Czech Republic, May 1-17, 2015). The Russian team won silver medals, losing to the Canadians in the final (1:6). Goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky was named among the top three Russian players.
Sergei Bobrovsky's game number is 72. Nickname is Bob.
Sergei Bobrovsky is married, his wife’s name is Olga, she is also from Novokuznetsk. They got married on August 16, 2011. Sergei’s parents live in Novokuznetsk: mother Larisa Bobrovskaya works at ZSMK, father Andrei Bobrovsky works at the Yubileiny mine.
In 2016, together with Dmitry Orlov, they founded the HOCKEY-NVKZ charitable foundation, the purpose of which is to financially support young students of the Metallurg hockey school.
Awards: Order of Honor (2014), Order of Honor of Kuzbass (2014), Order of Valor of Kuzbass (2013), honorary badge “For services to the city of Novokuznetsk” (2013).
In 2014, Sergey was named “Best Athlete of the Kemerovo Region” according to the Kuzbass newspaper (based on voting among fans).
In 2015, he was awarded a diploma from the Russian Olympic Committee for adhering to the principle of “fair play” and a high degree of social responsibility.
On June 22, 2017, Sergei Bobrovsky was awarded the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the best goalie following the results of the NHL regular season (2016/2017 season), for the second time. This has never happened in the history of Russian hockey. The winner of the Vezina Trophy was determined by the general managers of NHL clubs. 25 out of thirty people voted for Bobrovsky, four put him in second place and one in third. Everyone recognized the amazing season of the Columbus goalkeeper.
Additional materials
Sergei Bobrovsky was awarded the Order of Honor of Kuzbass (story, photo)Sources:
- Bobrovsky became a “pilot” / Ivan Dmitriev // Kuzbass. 2010. May 12 (No. 82). S. 4.
- Rapid rise / Igor Suvorov // Kuznetsk worker. 2010. December 4 (No. 141). S. 4.
- Bobrovsky breaks records / Victoria Konstantinova // Novokuznetsk. 2010. October 12 (No. 75). S. 5.
- Bobrovsky is reliable / Anastasia Viktorova // Novokuznetsk. 2010. November 9 (No. 83). S. 4.
- Visiting the goalkeeper / [Andrey Bobrovsky, Evgeniy Tishchenko] // Miner’s Solidarity. 2011. February 18 (No. 6). S. 5.
- "Sergei always believed in himself!" / Vladimir Germansky // Kuznetsk worker. 2011. March 24 (No. 33). P. 7.
- Siberian “Bob” surprised America: [interview with hockey player Sergei Bobrovsky] / Vadim Antonov // Kuzbass. 2011. June 2 (No. 97). P. I-II (Appendix: Sports Arena; issue 15).
- “I try to live in the present”: [interview with hockey player S. Bobrovsky] / Vladimir Germansky // Kuznetsky worker. 2011. May 31 (No. 62). P. 6.
- Novokuznechanin was recognized as the best goalkeeper in the NHL / Ilya Vlasov // Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2013. June 18 (No. 83). S. 4.
- “Vezina Trophy” for Bobrovsky / Viktor Nemkov // Novokuznetsk. 2013. June 20 (No. 45). S. 8.
- Guardian of the gate, attracting good luck / Vadim Antonov // Kuzbass. 2013. July 6 (No. 117). P. 18.
- Bobrovsky is going to Sochi! / Vladimir Germansky // Kuznetsk worker. 2014. January 14 (No. 4). S. 4.
- Bobrovsky’s first coach: “Sergei knows how to learn the most important thing” / Ekaterina Romanova // Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2014. February 7-8 (No. 13). S. 5.
- Equal among the first / Vadim Antonov // Kuzbass. 2014. January 10 (No. 2). P. 9.
- Well-deserved “gold” / Vladimir Germansky // Kuznetsk worker. 2014. May 27 (No. 59). S. 4.
- World Cup - from Sergei Bobrovsky / Denis Platov // Kuznetsky worker. 2014. June 3 (No. 62). S. 1.
- Sergei Bobrovsky: I have to catch pucks and grow every day! / Elena Shadrina
- // The Most Juice. 2014. April (No. 4). pp. 40-42.
- Order for Victory // Kuznetsk worker. 2014. June 5 (No. 63). S. 1
- Sergei Bobrovsky is the best in the world / Svetlana Dubinina // Our city Novokuznetsk. 2014. No. 3. P. 66-67.
- Athlete of the year in Kuzbass / Igor Suvorov // Kuznetsk worker. 2015. February 28 (No. 23). S. 1.
- Bobrovsky’s generous contract / Vadim Antonov // Kuzbass. 2015. January 15 (No. 4). P. 13.
- “If it weren’t for Bobrovsky...” / Vadim Antonov // Kuzbass. 2015. May 19 (No. 85). S. 4.
Two-time winner of the prize for the best goalkeeper of the NHL regular season: Vezina Trophy.
Sergei Bobrovsky was born on September 20, 1988 in the city of Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region. The boy's father was a miner, and his mother worked at a local metallurgical plant. Most likely, the son would have followed in the footsteps of his parents, but from an early age Sergei showed extreme activity and restlessness. The parents decided that sending such a hyperactive child to a regular school would be a big mistake, so he was enrolled in an educational institution with a sports bias. It is interesting that the guy ended up in the “hockey class”, which had previously graduated from such stars of domestic sports as Dmitry Orlov and Sergei Zinoviev.
Initially, Bobrovsky wanted to be a striker, but fate decreed otherwise. One day, the goalkeeper of the school hockey team was injured and the coach put Sergei in the goal as the tallest and most agile. Having shown good results, the coach left the athlete in the position of goalkeeper. The hockey player was brought up in Novokuznetsk Metallurg and at the age of eighteen he first appeared on the ice in the main team, playing several matches in the 2007 season.
Metallurg had one of the weakest defenses in the League, which allowed the goalkeeper to quickly gain experience: Sergei was even invited to the Russian Super League star match. Bobrovsky played for the Novokuznetsk club until the end of the 2009-2010 season, when his contract expired. And in May 2010, the young hockey player signed a three-year contract with the famous NHL club Philadelphia Flyers and left for America.
Coach Peter Laviolette liked Bobrovsky and became the second goalkeeper. One day, the main goalkeeper Michael Leighton was seriously injured and Sergei was brought onto the ice as a goalkeeper in the opening match. Thus, the Russian became the youngest Flyers goalkeeper to open the season, and the first since 2004 to win his debut match for the Philadelphia Flyers.
The goalkeeper turned out to be the revelation of the championship: after his 11th victory in 14 matches, Bobrovsky led the list of NHL goalkeepers in terms of number of victories. At the end of 2011, the Columbus Blue Jackets became interested in the young goalkeeper, where he moved in the summer of 2012. During a break in the National Hockey League, Sergei came to Russia, where he played for the St. Petersburg club SKA, to stay in shape.
Columbus was a much weaker team than the Philadelphia Flyers, and the club quickly fell to last place in the conference when the 2013 season began. When Bobrovsky was entrusted with defending the goal, he set a record undefeated streak for this club. By the end of the championship, Columbus rose high, but still failed to make the playoffs. Sergei was unanimously named the best goalkeeper in the NHL and was awarded the Vezina Trophy. For the first time in the history of the American Hockey League, the title of best goalkeeper went to a Russian.
At the beginning of 2014, Bobrovsky joined the Russian Federation team at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. In the same year, Sergei played for the national team at the 2014 World Championships in Minsk. Thanks to the confident play of the goalkeeper, the Russian team won gold medals, and Bobrovsky was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
Russian goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky with July 1, 2019 became a player for the Florida Panthers. The parties signed a seven-year contract, according to which the goalkeeper's salary will be $10 million per year. Thus, Bobrovsky became the second among goalkeepers in the NHL in terms of salary. Only Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens earns more: $10.5 million.
Awards of Sergei Bobrovsky
Badge of honor “For services to the city of Novokuznetsk” (June 21, 2013) - awarded to acting. O. Head of the city of Novokuznetsk Sergei Kuznetsov
Order of Honor Order of Honor (May 27, 2014) - awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin for winning the 2014 World Championship as a member of the Russian national ice hockey team
Order of Honor of Kuzbass (June 3, 2014) - awarded by the Governor of the Kemerovo Region Aman Tuleyev for skill and professionalism in sports activities
Sports Achievements of Sergei Bobrovsky
Team
Junior career
2010 Kuznetsk Bears Silver medalist MHL
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