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  Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Vladimir Konstantinov
Konstantinov was born in 1967 in Murmansk, a town above the Arctic Circle that receives only two hours of sunlight a day in winter.
Konstantinov's teammates gathered around his hospital bed, talking to him and playing songs such as Queen's "We Are The Champions", music he had been listening to in the days prior to the accident.
When the Wings won their second consecutive Stanley Cup in 1997-98, Konstantinov was present at the Joe Louis Arena, in a wheelchair, and captain Steve Yzerman presented him with the Cup to the cheers of the crowd.
www.legendsofhockey.net:8080 /LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10818   (653 words)

  
 Vladimir Konstantinov
Strengths: In his prime, Konstantinov was one of the only players who could use his physical force to help his team in any situation.
Konstantinov clearly found his niche playing as part of a "Russian Five" with Fedorov, Kozlov, Larionov, and Fetisov.
Fetisov received minor injuries, but Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov were less fortunate; both suffered severe head injuries and were in a coma for weeks.
www.geocities.com /e_ouzikov/konstantinov.html   (425 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: A Wing and a Prayer
Konstantinov remains a stirring figure in the Red Wings organization, six years removed from the limousine accident that robbed him of his life's passion at the pinnacle of his career and left him unable to function normally or care for himself.
Konstantinov receives 24-hour care at a home in Ann Arbor, Mich. (His caregivers declined to comment for this story.) There, he is stimulated mentally and physically, and is a 45-mintue drive from Joe Louis Arena and a franchise that still loves him and looks after him.
Konstantinov's bond with the city was cemented one year after his accident, when the Red Wings won their second straight Stanley Cup, beating the Washington Capitals in the finals and celebrating on the MCI Center ice.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A60863-2003Dec12?language=printer   (1444 words)

  
 Red Wings History - DetroitHockey.Net
In 1989, the Wings picked defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Vladimir Konstantinov and forward Sergei Fedorov in the NHL entry draft, players who would fill key roles on the team throughout the 1990s.
Vernon, who had won the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs, was dealt to the San Jose Sharks in the off-season.
The Wings won their sixteenth game of the post season on the sixteenth of June, twice matching the number sixteen worn on the jersey of fallen teammate Konstantinov, who was wheeled onto the ice for the celebration in Washington.
www.detroithockey.net /history   (1534 words)

  
 Detroit Red Wings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Konstantinov was paired with Steve Chiasson during his rookie season and Chiasson thought he saw something familiar about his new partner.
Konstantinov’s game was to get others off theirs and he did it better than anyone.
Konstantinov was selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team that season and finished as runner-up in the Norris Trophy voting in 1996-97.
www.detroitredwings.com /history/wol/wol-vladimirkonstantinov.jsp   (569 words)

  
 NewStandard: 8/1/97
They were hurled forward, and Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov smashed their heads against the front of the passenger compartment when the limo hit the tree.
Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov were pulled unconscious from the limo and diagnosed with severe brain trauma.
Spreading bribe money and having Konstantinov pretend he was stricken with a rare cancer that could be treated only in the United States, the Red Wings were able to spring Konstantinov in 1991.
www.s-t.com /daily/08-97/08-02-97/c06sp145.htm   (1942 words)

  
 Ex-Red Wings defender becomes U.S. citizen - 07/07/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Konstantinov, a Russian native, was drafted by Detroit in 1989.
Konstantinov was injured in a limousine crash six days after Detroit's 1997 Stanley Cup win, leaving him with severe brain damage.
Konstantinov, a Russian native, was drafted by the Red Wings in 1989 and began his career in Hockeytown in 1991 after he was able to leave the Soviet Union.
www.detnews.com /2005/metro/0507/09/B01-239903.htm   (297 words)

  
 Vladimir Konstantinov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vladimir Konstantinov, "Vladdie," was drafted 221st overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, after impressing a Red Wings scout at the World Junior Championships, where a brawl broke out in the Russia/Canada game.
Konstantinov was more than a pest, as some had taken to calling him; he was a skilled player.
Konstantinov's jersey #16 has not been officially retired by the Red Wings; however, out of respect for Konstantinov, no player has been given the number since.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_Konstantinov   (644 words)

  
 Wings Injured in Car Crash
While it was known Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov were involved in the accident, the identity of the third passenger was at first unknown, and incorrectly reported to be Sergei Fedorov.
Vladimir Konstantinov and Sergei Mnatsakanov both sat at the far sear of the vehicle, facing Fetisov at the time of the accident.
Vladimir and Sergei remain in critical condition while doctors measure the pressure and monitor the swelling of each man's brain.
www.lcshockey.com /issues/75/75wings.asp   (1238 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Crash leaves Konstantinov with critical head injury 6/14/97
Detroit's Vladimir Konstantinov (left), who is hospitalized in serious condition after auto accident, celebrated with teammate Viacheslav Fetisov on June 7 after Red Wings won Stanley Cup.
Konstantinov underwent surgery on his right elbow to repair a tendon and remove debris.
Konstantinov played seven seasons for the Central Red Army club, and captained that team and the Soviet national team.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/061597/spo_redwing.html   (1139 words)

  
 Vladimir Konstantinov Enjoys Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Konstantinov, who turned 39 on March 19, lay in a coma after the accident, suffering from severe head and body injuries.
While Konstantinov still resides in the Detroit area, his fellow former teammate, Slava Fetisov, is back in Russia.
Konstantinov wasn't able to stand up, but did it in front on his teammate, during the game.
www.qnhl.com /Vladimir-Konstantinov-Enjoys-Hockey-t-660.html   (333 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: sports@ugusta: Red Wings defenseman still in coma; doctor optimistic 6/15/97
ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- Vladimir Konstantinov remained in a coma Sunday following a limousine accident, but his doctor is encouraged that the Detroit Red Wings defenseman appears to be responding to the voices of his family and teammates.
Konstantinov, 30, and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov, 43, remained in critical condition and breathing with the help of ventilators.
Red Wings players have been talking to Konstantinov and Mnatsakanov and playing Russian music and Queen's ``We Are The Champions,'' a song Konstantinov had been listening to in the days before the accident.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/061697/spo_redwings.html   (738 words)

  
 NHL Draft: Michigan defenseman best bet as draft's second pick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Konstantinov, whose career was cut short by grievous injuries he received in a limousine accident shortly after Detroit's first championship in 1997, made his reputation as a search-and-destroy specialist, a truly punishing hitter.
Johnson's frame is strikingly similar to Konstantinov's even though, at 6 foot, 202 pounds, he actually is an inch taller and about five pounds heavier.
And he should continue to fill out while he's in college, which can't be good news for the opponents he'll be stalking in the pros someday.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05208/544185.stm   (724 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : <SW_TITLE>
Fedorov and Konstantinov were brilliant, in their peaks as players.
Konstantinov's career was ended in June of 1997 in a limousine accident.
What happened from their first game together was the Russian Five seized the opportunity as a chance to show the NHL a different way to view the game.
www.macombdaily.com /stories/102705/spo_wings001.shtml   (973 words)

  
 vladimir konstantinov limo accident   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov suffered brain-stem injuries.
Chuck is the neurologist who took care of former Red Wing Vladimir Konstantinov after the limo accident that ended his hockey career.
His teammate, Vladimir Konstantinov showed improvement yesterday -- five days after a limo accident that left him in a coma.
s188398758.onlinehome.us /vladimir_konstantinov_limo_accident.shtml   (121 words)

  
 stan061
Several hundred Red Wings fans in the upper reaches of the MCI Center stood Tuesday night and chanted the name of Vladimir Konstantinov, the former Detroit defenseman who is confined to a wheelchair after being injured in a limousine accident six days after the team captured the Cup a year ago.
The crowd erupted when Konstantinov, wearing a Red Wings cap and his No. 16 jersey, was helped to his feet by two companions.
Tears were flowing when Konstantinov, once one of the NHL's most punishing defensemen, was wheeled onto the ice to take part in the celebration.
www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/stan061798.html   (800 words)

  
 Asia Times
The first indications came in his annual address this month when he said the conscript-dependent forces would be transformed into a professional army.
At present about 21 percent of military personnel are volunteers, said General Vladimir Konstantinov, deputy head for general staff mobilization.
This number would have to be raised to 75 percent to cut the service from two years to one, he said at an official round table in Moscow last week.
www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/EE24Ag01.html   (647 words)

  
 Markov makes mark rattling the opposition
The 6-foot-1, 194-pound Markov is neither the biggest nor fastest NHL defenseman, but his teammates have nothing but positives to say about him, even if he may have gotten under their skin while he played for Toronto, Phoenix, Carolina, Philadelphia and Nashville in his eight-year NHL career.
Konstantinov became a fixture for the Wings in his tenure and was one of the team's more popular players for his style of play that often drew retaliatory penalties from the opposition.
While hockey players have only gotten bigger in the days since Konstantinov suffered debilitating brain injuries in a limousine crash six days after Detroit's 1996-97 Stanley Cup win, Markov fits in the Konstantinov mold.
www.record-eagle.com /2006/sep/21markov.htm   (748 words)

  
 Dr. VLADIMIR B. KONSTANTINOV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Konstantinov with his group designed several devices for scientific and industrial application: holographic camera for space research, holographic microscope, holographic TV interferometer for non-destructive testing of the outside surface of the spacecraft windows.
The investigations with the help of the holographic interferometry and computer processing of the interferograms allows one to explore liquid flows and some other physical experiments with high accuracy and make them very effective.
Konstantinov provide consultations on different questions of holography, optics, fiber optics,
www.laboratory.ru /person/konstantinov/index.htm   (306 words)

  
 The Dogs Page
Mandy is the Mastiff that we adopted through MCOA Rescue.
Poppy wants nothing other than to be the center of your universe, and luckily, Brittany is that for him.
He is named in honor of Vladimir Konstantinov because he
www-personal.umich.edu /~kellyhaw/dogspage.htm   (456 words)

  
 draft-1989 - Washington Capitals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Adam Foote (22nd) and Patrice Brisebois (30th) were both taken in the second round.
Later prizes included Nicklas Lidstrom (53rd), Robert Reichel (70th), Sergei Fedorov (74th), Pavel Bure (113th), Donald Audette (183rd), Vladimir Malakhov (191st) and Vladimir Konstantinov (221st).
Konstantinov instead of Vykoukal would have been prescient, but that's easy to say now.
www.washingtoncaps.com /history/draft1989.asp   (314 words)

  
 The Dogs Page
She is the Canine Boss of the house and has no problem keeping the other 6canines in line.
He is named in honor of Vladymir Konstantinov because he takes as good as he gives and loves every minute of it.
At 7 months he is approximately 110 pounds and full of the devil.
www-personal.umich.edu /~kellyhaw/dogs_page.htm   (484 words)

  
 Vladimir Konstantinov
Just a couple of days after Detroit Red Wings won Stanley Cup, Konstantinov, Sergei Mnatsakanov (team masseur) and Slava Fetisov was driving home in a limo.
The driver under influence of drugs or/and alcohol crash in to a tree.
Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov and team masseur Sergei Mnatsakanov suffered brain-stem injuries.
home.swipnet.se /roshag/vladimirkonstantinov.html   (106 words)

  
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