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Vladimir Konstantinov Biography

Vladimir Konstantinov is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on March 19, 1967 in Vladimirovca, Moldova. Russian-born ice hockey defender. He was a player for the United States for the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup-winning 1997 Detroit Red Wings team.

The duo of He and Johan Franzen played a decade apart on Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings teams. played for a decade on the winning teams of the Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings teams.

During the final game of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships between Canada and the Soviet Union, a bench-clearing brawl known as the Punch-up in Piestany took place. The fight is famous for officials having turned off the arena lights in a desperate attempt at ending the 20 minute melee. During the fight Konstantinov leveled a head-butt that broke Greg Hawgood’s nose. As a result of the brawl, both teams were disqualified from the tournament.

Konstantinov was drafted 221st overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, after impressing a Wings scout at the 1987 World Junior Championships, where a brawl broke out in the Soviet Union–Canada game. Scout Neil Smith remembers, “He was the only one of the Russians who fought back.”

His spouse Irina have become parents to an infant daughter named Anastasia.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In the 1993–94 regular season, he scored three short-handed goals to tie Raymond Bourque, Jyrki Lumme and Richard Šmehlík for the NHL lead among defensemen.

Vladimir Konstantinov Net Worth

Vladimir Konstantinov is one of the richest Hockey Player from Moldova. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vladimir Konstantinov's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started his career in his CSKA Moscow hockey club. He was selected in 1989 by his team the Detroit Red Wings.

A fatal crash in a limousine in 1997 caused him to suffer a serious mental and physical impairment, and quickly ended his hockey career.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Константинов ; born March 19, 1967) is a Russian-American former professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings. Previously, he had played for Soviet club CSKA Moscow. His career was ended in a limousine crash just six days after the Red Wings 1997 Stanley Cup victory.

Konstantinov earned the NHL Plus/Minus Award in 1995–96, with a plus/minus difference of +60. The +60 has been the highest rating a player has finished with in the past 20 seasons, since Wayne Gretzky finished with a +70 in the 1986–87 season.

In 1996–97, Konstantinov helped his team to win the Stanley Cup against the Philadelphia Flyers. Flyers head coach Terry Murray expected his top line of centre Eric Lindros, left winger John LeClair and right winger Mikael Renberg—known as the “Legion of Doom” for its scoring and toughness—to face Konstantinov. However, Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman surprised the Flyers by instead opting for the finesse-oriented defense pairing of Nicklas Lidström and Larry Murphy to neutralize the Lindros line’s forechecking. In that same year, Konstantinov was runner-up to Brian Leetch for the James Norris Memorial Trophy, given to the NHL’s best defenseman. This would turn out to be Konstantinov’s final season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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A Russian journalist named Valery Matveev worked with Wings executive vice-president Jim Lites to secure an army discharge for Konstantinov. With cash provided by the Red Wings, Matveev bribed six Russian doctors to diagnose and confirm that Konstantinov was suffering from inoperable cancer, and thus secured his medical discharge from the military in the summer of 1991. The Red Wings were planning to fly Konstantinov and his family out from Russia and get him to Detroit in time for the start of training camp in September, but the 1991 Soviet coup d’état attempt forced a change in plans. With the airports closed, Matveev took the family by train to Budapest. Lites met them there, in Red Wings’ owner Mike Ilitch’s private jet, and went back to Detroit with Konstantinov aboard. His wife and daughter followed two days later on a commercial flight.

Although Konstantinov was never able to play hockey again due to the limousine crash, the Detroit Red Wings still recognized him as part of their team. The Red Wings sought and received special dispensation from the NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup after they won the 1998 title.

Who is Vladimir Konstantinov Dating?

According to our records, Vladimir Konstantinov married to Irina Konstantinov. As of December 1, 2023, Vladimir Konstantinov’s is not dating anyone.

Following a golf outing with the Stanley Cup on June 13, 1997, celebrating the Red Wings’ Stanley Cup triumph, Konstantinov, along with Russian hockey legend Viacheslav Fetisov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, hired a limousine to drive them home. The driver, Richard Gnida, whose license was suspended at the time for drunk driving, lost control of the limousine and hit a tree on the median of Woodward Avenue, in Birmingham, Michigan. Konstantinov spent several weeks in a coma. As a result of the limousine crash, Konstantinov suffered from serious head injuries and paralysis while Fetisov escaped with relatively minor injuries and was able to play the following season. Mnatsakanov sustained significant head injuries as well, and spent some time in a coma; he has had a considerably more difficult recovery.

Facts & Trivia

Vladimir Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Moldova. Vladimir Konstantinov celebrates birthday on March 19 of every year.

After the Red Wings successfully defended the Stanley Cup in 1998, Konstantinov was brought onto the ice in a wheelchair, surrounded by his teammates, to celebrate the win. Throughout the playoffs the Red Wings’ catchphrase was the single word, “Believe”, and throughout the 1997–98 season the Red Wings wore a patch, with the initials of Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov featured prominently, with the word “Believe” written in both English and Russian.

Is Vladimir Konstantinov still married?

Konstantinov lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. His wife, Irina, now lives in Florida with their daughter, Anastasia Konstantinova.

Is Irina Konstantinov married?

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Who are the Russian Five?

The “Russian Five,” as the deployment of forwards Sergei Fedorov, Igor Larionov and Vyacheslav Kozlov, and defensemen Vladimir Konstantinov and Viacheslav Fetisov became known, debuted Oct. 27, 1995, against the Calgary Flames and helped the Red Wings score two of its three goals.

Is Vladimir Konstantinov in the Hall of Fame?

Michigan Sports Hall of Fame inducts its 2019 class Inductee and former Red Wings player Vladimir Konstantinov is introduced on stage during the 2019 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony at MotorCity Casino Hotel, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.

Is Sergei Fedorov married?

Detroit Red Wings forward Sergei Fedorov admitted he married tennis star Anna Kournikova, but the two are now divorced. Fedorov, 33, revealed his former marriage to 21-year-old Kournikova in the March 14 issue of The Hockey News. “We were married, albeit brief, and we are now divorced,” Fedorov said.

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