Danny46
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Yevgeni Belosheikin was supposed to be the next Tretiak wearing nº20 also (even though their styles were different), but everything went wrong after a night of drinking with his teammate Alexei Gusarov, both were drugged and robbed by 2 girls. Belosheikin suffered from liver and vision problems from that day on and never came close to be the goalie that he was before this incident. His production on CSKA Moscow went down with him playing only 10 and 14 games in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, compared to the 30 and 33 games in the 2 previous seasons. He was still drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 1991 (232 pick) and went to training camp but never played in the NHL.
He was the starting goalie in the 1986 and 1987 World Championships and also in Rendez-vous 87. On the 1987 Canada Cup he was not on his best shape but he played game 2 of the finals.
He had a drinking problem that became worse after his career went down the toilet and committed suicide in 1999 by hanging, another one of the many sad deaths of russian players...
To the ones who saw Belosheikin, how good he was? Do you think he had what it took to be one of the best goalies ever? Was he better than guys like Nabokov, Khabibulin or Bobrovsky?
He was the starting goalie in the 1986 and 1987 World Championships and also in Rendez-vous 87. On the 1987 Canada Cup he was not on his best shape but he played game 2 of the finals.
He had a drinking problem that became worse after his career went down the toilet and committed suicide in 1999 by hanging, another one of the many sad deaths of russian players...
To the ones who saw Belosheikin, how good he was? Do you think he had what it took to be one of the best goalies ever? Was he better than guys like Nabokov, Khabibulin or Bobrovsky?
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