Claimed: What's a life story? [1/2]

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Vyacheslav Smirnov, let me tell you. Your fucking first name is a bitch to write and in the depths of a couple after work vodka's prior to my girlfriend getting home and helping her cook stir fry, it's tough. It should be an easy concept, but I have a feeling for a real good portion of his career, it won't be. Let's start this amazing, wonderful tale about a potential prodigy on our hands off by telling you of where he was born. St. Petersburgh, Russia is where he is fortunate to call home and if you know how the Russian's work, it's that they wish to be the best at everything. I mean, their leader or man in charge plays hockey and is skin and bones, old as fuck and blah. At a young age, some of those kids who possess extreme talent, or wish to, are place into systems where they can truly develop their asset, roles and talent and truly become something for themselves, but mostly the country. When we look at Smirnov, this is what you get. Not only are his hands slick, but so is his name, so are his abilities to finding the net and so is his heart for the game of hockey. Probably, at the end of the day, you can thank Russia. Or Smirnov? Or both? 

 

He grew up in a wealthy household. His mother was a doctor, his father was a part of the government. Those close to Putin probably have a better chance of succeeding and his father likely knew it, but his family was always deeply involved in politics and have always shared greatly in money. The World Cup of Soccer for 2018 is only a couple of days away and unless you're blind, or maybe don't live in Russia, you'd know that the Smirnov family is a sponsor of the Russian team and love to get their name out. For their son, soccer was never a thing but from a young age, he possessed the skill and extreme passion for the game of hockey. By the age of 3, he had his first pair of skates on. What the fuck? For a prodigy that sound pretty young. Right? I don't know. But he quickly picked up the game, dominated at a young level and was quickly pushed up a grew due to his skill. While the hockey talents, scouts and personal management seen his skill, they figured it was best to challenge him. You either continue to dominate at your level or you find a way to become better. Fortunately, he did. 

 

 

His parents placed him into a young school, that had one of the best hockey teams in the entire country for developing youth. While his academic's were extremely important and he always did strongly in school, hockey was always the focus. He continued at this school for th next 10 years, and if you care - he attended from the ages of 6 to 16. Each year, he strongly progressed in his schooling and hockey and each year found himself being one of the brightest students, but easily, the best hockey player. For this, he always wore the "C" on his chest and led the team in pursuit of championships. The pursuit didn't seem to be too tough, as year in and year out, the team found a way to win - whether it was stellar goaltending or an amazing, team performance led by Smirnov himself. Of the 8 seasons in the league, he won player of the year 5 times - 3 of them coming in his finals 3 seasons. He was ready. He was willing. He wanted to become a hockey player and play the game for a lifetime. 

 

Following his years in school and after graduating at the age of 17, he moved onto the Moscow's RHL team. It was a league lower than the KHL, but strictly was for the purpose of drafting into the KHL and sometimes, leagues beyond. He knew his heart to play was in North America, where hockey seemed bigger and so did the passion. During the season, he played for the Moscow Renegade and completely tore the season apart. Through 72 games, he managed 60 goals, 39 assists and 99 points. While his point total was 2nd best, he led all goal scorers by 15 and truly claimed his right as a dominant sniper on a mission. For the first time in his life, he seen playing in the big leagues, a league that really mattered, a reality. The following year, he joined Moscow once again and found a way to bring it home. This time the team went all the way to the championship, hoisted the cup and seen Smirnov take off MVP of the playoffs. Along with this, his won the Ovechkin Trophy for leading goal scorer with 63 in 72, and managed to get the Bure trophy for most points with 114. It was a year, to say the least, that his dreams were starting to come true.

 

 

Now he sits, lying in bed, waiting for a phone call from one of the VHLM teams to pick him up. Rumour has it, he'll be playing for the Seattle Bears if he does happen to come over to the big leagues in North America and give it a shake. However, it does come with pressue and anxiety on his shoulders. Feeling for him, his mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, which likely won't be able to regress. Knowingly, he's still willing to make the trip to North America to conquer his goals. While some may see this as poor growing up, it's his mothers goal to see him success and has pushed him out of the door in hopes she can see him make it big, watch him play on tv and live out the life he's always wanted to life. He knows he doesn't have a lot of time with his mother, so he knows he's going to come stronger, play big and truly make her proud. At the end of the day, you can see him on the TV in Russia and just the look in his eye says, Are you watching 'Ma?

 

 

+10 Vyacheslav Smirnov

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Review:

Met the word mark. Nothing unexpected there with you.

Smirnov winning the Bure trophy.   Good shit.

Nice bio. Good stuff. Approved.