Ice hockey player Dmitry Utkin

Most hockey players, leaving the elite teamdivisions, are thinking about the end of sports career. Some go into business, someone starts coaching, but there are also those who can not live without hockey and go to the league level below. Among them is Dmitry Utkin, the last time he played in the Soligorsk "Shakhtar" in Belarus.

Becoming a pro

Utkin Dmitry Sergeevich was born on July 10, 1984in Yaroslavl. At the age of 5, his father took him to a hockey school, where he helped his son to constantly develop in a professional direction. As a result, for a long time speaking for the youth composition of his native "Lokomotiv", in 2002 Dmitry made his debut on the Super League's ice, having played 4 meetings for the basis, in which he scored one point.

Three Seasons Super League

To gain a foothold in the Yaroslavl club Utkin is notI managed, and he went to gain experience in other teams. After a successful season in the youth squad of the Moscow "Spartak", Dmitry spent the season in Belarus, after which he was able to return to the Moscow team, but already in the base.

In 2006, despite the low effectivenessa young hockey player, a Russian noticed Chelyabinsk "Tractor", where the athlete and spent the next half of the season. The final part of the 2008 championship Dmitry Utkin was forced to finish the game in Yekaterinburg. Because of weak personal indicators, the coaching staff of "Tractor" has ceased to include the player in the basis. As it turned out, those matches were the last for the hockey player in the Super League.

Help in HHL

Despite the failure in the fight for a place in theRussian elite, Dmitri Utkin differed in his desire to play, for which he was assessed by the teams of the Second Division, which later became known as VHL. Over the next 7 years the hockey player rode through Russia, playing for 7 different clubs. Starting with the Khanty-Mansiysk "Ugra", through the oil tanker "Toros", Dmitry was in the "Satellite". The team from Nizhny Tagil was the best stage in the career of a hockey player - for two seasons he was given a mark of 61 assists.

In 2012, Utkin moved to Chelmet, where notbegan to reduce the bar, gaining 32 points. Following were the Tver club TCK, Kurgan "Zauralye", Orsk "South Ural" and Izhevsk "Izhastal". In none of the teams, Dmitry did not stay longer than for the season. As a result, in 2016, the Russian accepted the invitation from Belarus, moving to Soligorsk "Shakhtar". But even there the hockey player did not stay for a long time - in November Utkin left the club and did not find a new job for himself.

Personal life

Dmitry Utkin is married to a Russian athlete,master of sports in artistic gymnastics Alla. With the future wife of the hockey player brought friends, and a few years after the acquaintance, the happy couple played a wedding. One of Dmitry's hobbies is cooking - he likes to improvise in the kitchen, and also to please his wife with pleasant and tasty mini-masterpieces.