Playing Career
A defenceman, Alexandrov was drafted 37th overall by the Boston Bruins in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He debuted with his hometown Severstal Cherepovets of the then-Russian Hockey Super League in their 2005-06 season. On May 30, 2010, Alexandrov signed a two-year $1.5 million, entry level, two-way contract with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Alexandrov played the 2010–11 season in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins.
Read more about this topic: Yuri Alexandrov (ice Hockey)
Famous quotes containing the words playing and/or career:
“When you take a light perspective, it’s easier to step back and relax when your child doesn’t walk until fifteen months, . . . is not interested in playing ball, wants to be a cheerleader, doesn’t want to be a cheerleader, has clothes strewn in the bedroom, has difficulty making friends, hates piano lessons, is awkward and shy, reads books while you are driving through the Grand Canyon, gets caught shoplifting, flunks Spanish, has orange and purple hair, or is lesbian or gay.”
—Charlotte Davis Kasl (20th century)
“John Brown’s career for the last six weeks of his life was meteor-like, flashing through the darkness in which we live. I know of nothing so miraculous in our history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)