Dion Fahaneu: all the fun about the famous Canadian hockey player

Dion Faneuf is a very famous Canadian hockey player. He was born in Edmonton, on April 10, 1985. His parents are ordinary people. Father, Paul, was a builder, and my mother, Amber, was a nurse. Even Dion has a younger brother. He is also a hockey player, defending the honor of Sherwood Park Crusaders. I would like to tell you more about Dion himself.

early years

Hockey Faneff was fond of playing since early childhood. He liked how to play, and watch the matches on TV. As a child, he was rooting for the Edmonton Oilers team. And especially admired the game Wayne Gretzky, a little later he was imbued with Scott Stevenson.

Dion Fanef was born in a friendly family, so his hobby of hockey parents supported. The boy's father each winter poured an ice rink directly in the yard of the house and worked with his son, helping him with training. Fanef-senior taught the young hockey player to play in a violent, aggressive manner, which is typical for this sport. Paul recalled that his son was sometimes so powerful a blow that the washer, sent by his stick, punched the net of the gate.

But the skating of the boy was taught by his mother. Amber had good progress in this matter. In 1975, for example, she traveled from Prince Edward Island (from where she was born) to the Canadian Games to compete among the figure skaters.

Carier start

Dion Fahaneff was selected in 2000 by the Red Deer Rebels club (in the third round of the draft ZHL). And in 2001, his debut took place. For the first season he managed to score 17 points, given that he played in 67 meetings. As part of the playoffs, Dion spent 21 matches for the club, and even gave two assists.

In the next season, the successes were better. He scored 30 points, earning them 16 thrown into the opponents' goal pucks and 14 assists. In many ways it was thanks to him that the Red Deer was able to reach the finals in that season (for the second time in a row). Dion Fanef surprised with his game. All the people who observed his style, noted with attention the excellent physical qualities and universality. After all, the Canadian managed to play not only in defense, but also in the attack.

In the first round of the draft pick in 2003, Darryl Satter, the general manager of HC Calgary Flames, paid special attention to him. In the 2003/2004 season, the youngster scored 43 points for 62 games, which made him the best defender of ZHL. And the following year he managed to score 56 points for 55 (!) Games, and this success again led him to this title. He twice joined the Team of all the stars of the KHL and ZHL, and the publication Prospects Hockey recognized the young man as the best player in the KHL for 2004 and 2005.

KHL

To "Calgary Flames" Dion Fanef (a hockey player with great prospects) joined the season 2005/2006. The first puck in the gate of opponents, he sent five weeks after the debut. In general, for the season, he scored 49 points, which made him the third NHL history rookie-defender, scoring 20 goals.

In the next season, the result was almost the same. 50 points, of which 17 goals and 33 assists. Then he was first invited to the Match of all the stars. In the 2007/2008 season, he signed a contract with the Calgary for 6 years and then set a personal record for the number of points (60).

The following year was unsuccessful. Only 47 points and 11 goals. But on the ice, he spent a lot of time - an average of 27 minutes per game, and this is the 4th indicator in the League. Bad results were explainable by trauma. Dion throughout the season suffered from a hip injury, and then also broke the rib.

Further activities

In the middle of the 2009/2010 season the hockey player left the ranks of the Calgary. Dion Faneff, whose photo is presented above, joined the Toronto Maple Leafs. For 25 games, he scored only one goal, which is why he was named the most overrated hockey league. But the club management said that Dion has a positive effect on the team. He improved the general mood of hockey players, rallied everyone, which is also an excellent result in some way.

In the season 2011/2012, he took second place in the ranking of the toughest players in the history of the NHL. Over the past year, it really was deleted too many times. And in 2012/2013 years. He helped the club finally get into the playoffs.

In the next season, more and more talk began about the transition of a hockey player to another club. And in February 2016, after all, Toronto left defender Dion Fanef. "Ottawa Senators" became his new team, the colors of which he now defends.

Interesting Facts

The hockey player showed himself well in the national team. His debut took place in the youth World Cup 2004. And in 2008 he already performed at the World Championships in Moscow. Then the Canadian team won the World Cup, not conceding in the finals to the Finns. Dion made his undeniable contribution to the victory, because for the entire Championship he gave 8 assists.

It is interesting that Fanef is not only a hockey player. He is the official representative of the Children's Hospital of Alberta, located in Calgary. Faneff distributes tickets to the games of the "Flames" families of the sick and is often present at charity evenings.

By the way, the hockey player has a wife, and this is a famous Canadian actress named Elisha Katberg, with whom they married in 2013. The girl, by the way, is a passionate cheerleader. She had a blog on the NHL website in 2005. And three years later she met Dion.