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Andrey MezinBelarusian hockey player
Date of Birth: 08.07.1974
Country:  Belarus |
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Andrei Mezin: Belarusian Hockey Player
Andrei Mezin is a Belarusian hockey player who has been representing the Belarus national team since 1996. He is currently playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the Minsk Dynamo team. Mezin is a decorated athlete, having achieved various accolades throughout his career.
Career Highlights
Mezin's career highlights include participating in the Olympic Games in Nagano and Salt Lake City, as well as the World Championships in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (in the first division), 2003, 2004 (in the first division), 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 as a member of the Belarus national team. He has also won the Spengler Cup in 2009 and participated in the KHL All-Star Game in 2010. Mezin was also part of the winning team in the European Champions Cup in 2008.
Achievements
Throughout his career, Mezin has received several individual awards and achievements. He won the silver medal at the German Championship in 1999 and was named the Best Goalkeeper in the Ontario Hockey League in 1995. He was also recognized as the Best Goalkeeper in the Colonial Hockey League in 1996 and became a champion in the International Hockey League in 1997. Mezin has been named the Best Hockey Player in Belarus in 1998, 1999, 2005, and 2006.
Recognition
Mezin's outstanding performance during the 2006 World Championships in Riga earned him a place in the tournament's symbolic All-Star team. He was joined by defensemen Petteri Nummelin (Finland) and Nicklas Kronwall (Sweden), as well as forwards Sidney Crosby (Canada), David Vyborny (Czech Republic), and Alexander Ovechkin (Russia). In the 2009 World Championships in Bern and Kloten, Mezin was recognized as the tournament's best goalkeeper by the championship directorate. He was also selected for the tournament's symbolic All-Star team, as voted by journalists covering the event. This time, his teammates in the symbolic six were defenseman Shea Weber (Canada) and Kenny Jonsson (Sweden), forwards Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos (both from Canada), and Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk.
