A Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) is named as Sergei Andreyevich "Bob" Bobrovsky. He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top regular-season goaltender for the 2012–13 season after posting a 21–11–6 record and a .932 save percentage and again for the 2016–17 season, where he posted a 41–17–5 record and a .931 save percentage. He is a very talented ice hockey player. He has played for other teams like Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Philadelphia Flyers, SKA Saint Petersburg.
Sergei Bobrovsky, Blue Jackets beat Bruins to take 2-1 series lead
- Bobrovsky kept up his impressive postseason play, making 35 saves as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Tuesday (30th April 2019) night to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
- The Bruins’ only goal was a flukey one in the last minute of the second period, the only chink in an otherwise brilliant game by Bobrovsky, who is having the best postseason of his career thus far.
- Bobrovsky withstood a flurry by Boston earlier in the second period, including an acrobatic save that saw him sweep away a puck from in front of the goal line. The Bruins pulled Rask with 2:11 left but couldn’t beat Bobrovsky with the 6-on-5 advantage.
Where was Sergei Bobrovsky born?
On 20th September 1988, Sergei Bobrovsky was born in Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His nationality is Russian and his ethnicity is White. As of today, his age is 30 but his age will be turning into 31 on his upcoming birthday in September as of 2019. His horoscope sign is Virgo and religion is Christian. Information regarding his parents, siblings, education and more have not been disclosed yet but we will let you know asap once we get information.
How tall (height) is Sergei Bobrovsky?
Sergei is a very handsome person with a tall height of 6 ft 2 in or 188 cm. He has a healthy body and a balanced weight of 182 lb or 83 Kg. His other body details will be added soon.
Who is the wife of Sergei?
Bobrovsky is a married person. He was married to Olya Dorokova on 16th August 2011. As of today, the couple is living a happy life without any sign of separation between them. His sexual orientation is straight.
How much is Sergei Bobrovsky's net worth?
As of 2019, Sergei Bobrovsky has an estimated net worth of over $30 million. He reportedly signed a four-year contract worth $29.7 million with Columbus Blue Jackets in 2015. Sergei has an average salary of $7,425,000 annually and has made earnings of $43,366,829 from his entire NHL career. His major source of earning is from his hockey career.
Which Hockey team drafted Sergei Bobrovsky?
- Moving towards, Sergei's career, he was never drafted into the NHL.
- General manager, Paul Holmgren of Philadelphia Flyers said that the Flyers considered drafting him during the 2006 NHL Entry Draft but ultimately decided not to given the difficulty of signing Russian players at the time.
- With his first four professional seasons with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in Russia, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Flyers on 6th May 2010 and began his North American career with the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Adirondack Phantoms.
- Later, he was named the starting goaltender for the opening game of the 2010-2011 season against the Pittsburgh Penguins on 7th October 2010.
- He picked up a 3-2 win and was named the game's first star in the first regular season game at Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center in his NHL debut.
- He became the youngest goaltender to win a season-opening game for the Flyers when his age was 22.
- He was also the first Flyers rookie goaltender to win his NHL debut since Antero Niittymaki did so in 2004.
- Later, he was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets on 22nd June 2012.
- In his 2012-2013 lockout, he signed a contract with SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) but he returned to the Blue Jackets when the lockout finished.
- He then signed a two-year, $11.25 million contract extension with the Blue Jackets on 1st July 2013.
- He was named to the NHL First All-Star Team on 3rd July 2013.
- He backstopped the Blue Jackets in the 2014 playoffs, where they played the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals.
- He posted a record of 41–17–5 during the 2016-2017 season.
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