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Michael Garnett - the former star of the Chelyabinsk "Tractor"

Michael Garnett - goalkeeper from Canada, who is in favor of the Chelyabinsk club "Tractor". In 2015, he did not begin to renew the contract, and the hockey player left the team. In this article we will briefly tell about this athlete, as well as tell about the reasons for his departure.

Career

His professional career, Michael Garnett (photo below) began in 1999 in the lower league of North America. In the NHL draft in 2001, the hockey player chose the Atlanta Tresherz club. However, the athlete could really prove himself only in the 2005/06 season. At this time, the leading goalkeepers of the club were injured, and Michael played in the NHL 24 matches.

In 2007, Garnett as a free agent joined the Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik. A season later, the athlete joined the HC MVD. In 2010 he won silver medals with this team . In May 2011, Garnett signed a contract with the club "Tractor" (Chelyabinsk). True, he did not play there very long.

Care

In April 2015, the four-year era of the 32-year-old Canadian hockey player in the "Tractor" ended. Michael Garnett said goodbye to the team and left. Prior to this, the sportsman sold his turbocharged "Golf" and moved out of a two-room apartment in an elite residential complex. The hockey player went to New York to his girlfriend Stephanie.

While Michael does not know who will play in the future. The media slipped information that soon the athlete could return to the NHL. But it was an April Fool's joke. For Garnett, the KHL is a priority. Although for a good money hockey player is ready to play in the Swiss league, although it is less prestigious.

The reasons for leaving

Michael Garnett left the "Tractor" without a special ovation. On the contrary, Andrei Nikolshin (head coach) well "prospeschil" goalkeeper in the end. And he did it publicly. Nikolshin was unhappy with the game Garnett and considered unprofessional his attitude towards his work. Most likely, by this definition, Andrew meant the extra weight of the goalkeeper, which he had because of his love for Mexican cuisine and hamburgers. Although the athlete was always in good shape and periodically bragged about the relief press in front of his team's players.

The more real reason why Michael Garnett left Tractor is his high salary. There is no official data, but according to rumors, the hockey player received about 70 million rubles a year. In connection with the economic crisis, the club management simply could not pay the goalkeeper 10% of its own budget.

Hockey degradation

Of course, there were also game reasons. Despite the injury received at the beginning of the season, Michael Garnett played well the regular season. The coefficient of its reliability was almost 93%. The athlete gave out five of insane "salvations", and at the end of the year was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the KHL.

And then Michael Garnett "sank". In the series of matches with "Siberia" goalkeeper dropped to 88%, which is a fairly low rate. The athlete skipped simply ridiculous washers and increasingly the coach put him on the bench.

Hockey experts confidently declare that in the best shape, Michael is among the top five KHL goalkeepers. In such conditions Garnett played two years ago. Now the athlete is not at the peak of his abilities.

Media style

When Michael Garnett Slovan left the Tractor, the team lost not only a star player. She lost the main media asset. After all, the hockey sweater of this athlete went to the auction for 90 thousand rubles. And Garnett's admirers were ready to stand in line for hours for the autograph of their idol.

Russian fans called him Misha. The athlete bribed his openness. Garnett was registered in almost all social networks and regularly published. He fished, sold hamburgers, visited children-autists, read fairy tales to them, played the guitar, etc.

Also, Michael was considered the golden voice of the Tractor. For four years, spent in Chelyabinsk, the athlete visited every karaoke bar. Local party-goers and to this day remember seeing off in the Riga "Dynamo" Kyle Wilson. All the Canadians came out on stage. And while the culprit of the celebration drank a bottle of whiskey from grief, Garnett sang the hit "Gangsta Paradise" for him. And Michael never forgot the text and did not lose.

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