The story of one of the most uncompromising defenders in the history of Traktor, who now, as the CEO of ZaryaD, is trying to make the best sticks in the world.
hctraktor.org, Chelninskiye Izvestiya, Russian hockey style, vizasport.ru, Night hockey league
Ivan Savin spent six and a half seasons with Traktor and helped the team reach the Super League. In a frank interview, the hockey player recalls going to the casino, admits that the Wings hockey players offered to “surrender” the final series right on the ice, and explains why everything is just beginning after the end of his career.
Business, sticks, YouTube
- What takes more time: hockey or business?
Hockey players have chocolate compared to businessmen. Came to the arena, changed clothes, warmed up, practiced. The second half of the day is free. Yes there is away series, but more time in general. On the "citizen" everything changes. Constantly some business, calls, flights, meetings. We are with others former hockey players they even joked at first: “What now, work all day, or what?”.
- Was it difficult to rebuild?
No, because the conditional "ZaryaD" is nothing from hockey team is not different. At first, the employees were perplexed: they say, he compared sports and real production! In fact - one to one. The team is divided into several fives. Each has its own functions: someone realizes the majority, someone restrains the leaders, someone crushes and kills the minority. The factory is exactly the same - 80 people are divided into different production areas. Some sticks are harvested, others wind the material, others bake it in molds, etc. The transfer of information is comparable to a pass. In hockey, it’s like: I threw the puck with a butterfly, and the partner has to spend time processing it. And by doing so, you create a threat to him, because he can fall under the power reception. In an enterprise, the end result depends on normal communication.
- How much time do you sleep on average?
I used to think that only sleepwalkers wake up at six o'clock, but now I myself regularly get up at 6:15. I go to bed at 12. Due to night flights, chronic lack of sleep appears. Sometimes at four in the morning you get to bed, and at nine you already have to be on your feet to answer work calls. But I'm not complaining, if we succeed - I will forget about fatigue.
- You named the sticks "AK 47", "S 400", "Katyusha". Why do you need this military pathos?
Any business project begins with marketing research. 60 percent of respondents were skeptical about the fact that it is possible to make a modern hockey stick in Russia. And that it is able to compete with global brands. It was necessary to break the stereotype with a loud name that would be associated with reliability and quality. It is difficult to come up with something better than the VPK (Military Industrial Complex). In theory, hockey is the same war (in good sense words), where the battlefield is an ice box. We also use tactics, and there is always one winner. The stick is the weapon of this war. Hence our slogan - Russian weapons victories." By the way, the word "ZaryaD" also has a double connotation. Dawn is the nickname of our founder Danis Zaripov in hockey circles. D is the first letter of his name.
- To promote club production, you became a video blogger on YouTube. Do you feel comfortable in this capacity?
We want to show interesting things that happen in our production. Because we are making the first high-tech stick in Russia from composite materials - this is a small revolution that deserves attention. But I'm not very happy with the blog yet. He, unfortunately, does not reach the normal level.
You are not accustomed to communicating with the outside world. As a Traktor player, you often corresponded with fans on guest fan sites. Have you ever met "sawn off" characters like those who went into the locker room of the Moscow "Spartak"?
No, after all, the fans in Chelyabinsk are “more professional”. You know, the video with Spartak left an unpleasant aftertaste. Outraged that hockey players are silent. Maybe they were afraid to answer because of the subsequent resonance in the media? Just a dressing room - the house of the players. It turns out that they came to visit you and scoured you like a boy. And I didn't have the guts to answer. I kept waiting for one of the team leaders to say: "B... why the f... are you talking to us like that?". The feeling that the leadership could not influence the team and attracted an additional resource in the form of healthy guys from the outside. It seems that fans have the right to ask hockey players for a spineless game. But the players should not be silent when they are spoken to from a position of strength. If you don’t answer like a man, then a sincere dialogue will not work.
Gatherings, casinos, fights with veterans
You grew up in the 90s at ChMZ, one of the most criminal areas of Chelyabinsk. How was your youth? Faced with fights, shooters, weapons?
Faced everything. I remember how big companies gathered at Rossiya (a cinema in the Metallurgical District). One hundred man. I also came, but I always wanted to achieve success through sports, and not through crime. But the street is still a great school. And the lessons that I learned there, then transferred to hockey. If one of the veterans began to "press" me in the locker room, then I did not remain silent. He could even stand up for himself with his fists. This is how you gain credibility in the team. The coach sees that you are resolute, you don’t let yourself be offended, you act tough on and off the court. He starts counting on you.
Tough moments happen in preseason when people compete against each other. At this time, you win your place under the sun, using different methods. But already in the season, people rally and direct their energy against the players of other teams. In addition, the leaders understand that you are not a lawless person, but a person with vital concepts, ready to defend them to the end. For this I was respected. I made my way into big sport through character. There were a lot of guys around who played better than me. I would even say that everyone who got into the adult team was better. But our coach Nikolai Mikhailovich Makarov, in his own words, simply could not help but give me a chance. Because when a young guy plows and plays with the body even with veterans, it is captivating. I am still grateful to him. It was he who gave me a ticket to big hockey.
- You had money when you started playing major league for Traktor?
Yes, but then I paid for a rented apartment. Even at that time there were casinos ...
- Why did you go there?
I liked playing cards. I was young, single, did not drink alcohol. There had to be some way to pass the time. The habit is pretty bad. I think the state did the right thing by transferring casinos to special gambling zones.
- Biggest win?
Somehow I raised 20,000 rubles in one hand at ChMZ. I hit a straight flush - the payout was one in twenty. Basically, I never bet much. I adhered to the iron rule: I spend a little at the casino, and save the rest for the Mercedes ML. It was a dream car that I've been putting off for the whole season.
- Merc, poker, fights.
Full set (laughs). I also wore a leather coat and a custom-made eight-piece. Stylish, but only within the framework of the ChMZ (laughs). Now my wife is responsible for the style, she has excellent taste.
Tsygurov, Superleague, premium
- It is surprising that you did not give up hockey at all.
And there was a moment when I could finish. I was 23, just graduated from university. "Black and White" then hung out in 8th place, the guys wanted to get out of the city ... but got bogged down in this swamp. No offense, but for this big club, like "Tractor", VHL - this is the swamp. Then Anatoly Grigoryevich Timofeev, who led the team, looked at us and said: “Guys, what are you doing with yourself?”. It was he who gathered the backbone, gave impetus, which later helped us reach the Super League. There was nothing supernatural in his tactics, but he was a motivator from God. He also had healthy fists. He puts his hand on the tablet, and what is there on the board for the scheme is not visible at all. It was under Timofeev that Vova Vorontsov, Igor Kamaev and Kostya Panov sparkled.
- But you entered the Super League with a different coach.
No matter how strange it may sound now, Gennady Fedorovich Tsygurov managed to unite the team against himself. He was strict, authoritarian, sometimes despotic. This man had crazy energy and could mentally crush anyone one on one. It is clear that from the very start of the season we did not fight for him, but for each other and for the club.
- Many veterans never reconciled with him.
Gennady Fedorovich was focused on the result, and if he didn't need a player, he threw him out into the street. It's all done in a politically correct way. Management says: “Man, you are a good guy, our paths have diverged, but in the other team you will succeed! Let's terminate the contract by mutual agreement." Tsygurov didn't want to appear nice. He just shouted - you are the devil, because you don’t catch the puck, you let the team down, and scoundrels like you don’t belong in Tractor!
The guys were afraid of him, but respected him, because Gennady Fedorovich was not biased and did not divide the team into leaders and newcomers. Authoritative players got even more from him. He has guided me on the right path many times. And Panova, in general, sometimes so draconian in the locker room in front of everyone that Kostya then jumped out onto the site with burning eyes, climbed onto a nickel and smeared everyone on board.
- Did you come across "agreements"?
When is played fixed match- Five people know about him, including the goalkeeper. Young people are not privy to such things. If the whole team finds out, the circus will begin. There were situations when I had suspicions, but I did not catch anyone by the hand. When I myself became one of the leaders of the Traktor dressing room, nothing like this happened.
- Is it true that during the final series Wings of the Soviets offered you to pass the match in Chelyabinsk?
Yes, right during the game. And it was like a cry from the heart. We lost the first two meetings in Moscow in shootouts and were determined to rehabilitate ourselves in Yunost. The Wings thought that they would easily win the third match, but that was not the case. As a result, their leaders in the fourth game drove up to us right on the site and said: “Guys, good. Both you and we secured a place in the Superleague. Fuck this fifth game, let's finish everything and go on vacation ?! I remember how I shouted at them in response: “We will slap you in Moscow!” And so it happened: in the final game they were taken out on courage with a score of 7:0. And when we returned, seven and a half thousand fans met us at the airport. The security service ordered the hockey players not to get off the bus, fearing riots, but we assured them that everything was fine. And that fan meeting was one of the coolest moments of my career.
- What bonuses did you receive for entering the Super League?
I was paid 25 thousand dollars. The organizing committee for the distribution of money included five people, including me. Tsygurov asked how we would divide, and we offered equally. Gennady Fyodorovich, I remember, burst into an angry tirade that not everyone plowed the same way and there was nothing to encourage idlers. We argued for a long time. I don’t know how much the rest of the guys got, because the coach took the distribution of bonuses into his own hands.
Moscow region, operations, end of career
- Did you leave the HC MVD for money?
I tried to negotiate with Traktor on a salary increase, but nothing came of it. The difference was too big. The coaches of the Moscow Region club looked at me during the final series. They liked me, and they immediately offered me a contract with a salary of 500 thousand rubles a month. Huge money for those times, and this is without bonuses.
- Did you regret leaving?
I don't make decisions by chance. And I sincerely wanted to stay in Chelyabinsk. I was ready to play in Traktor even for less money, but not for the salary of a Major League player. Care left a residue. I remember that I was forced to surrender everything, even my socks.
- Some of the fans called you a traitor...
God is their judge. I was dragged into the conflict, but I did not enter into it. I did not answer the provocative questions of the Chelyabinsk journalists who called me. Just throw a match there, and the flame would flare up. On the other hand, not everyone hated me, and I managed to maintain sincere relations with many. When I arrived in Chelyabinsk with HC MVD, the fans hung out a banner in the stands: “Savin is ours forever!”. It was very nice. I remember that in the subtribune, out of habit, I went to the Traktor locker room, and my partners in the Ministry of Internal Affairs whistled: “Hey, Vanya, where are you going?” (laughs).
- How did you adapt to the new team?
Fine. By the will of fate, we ended up in the club together with the godfather of my child, Viktor Kalachik. They held each other with him, spent time together. Victor, by the way, also has an unyielding character. I remember he had a fight on the ice with Alexei Chupin, the champion of Russia and one of the leaders. After that, Kalachik was immediately respected (smiles).
- During the season in the HC MVD you were sent to the farm club. Why?
Conflict with management. One of the bosses after the defeat went into the locker room and started calling everyone assholes. He just walked past the guys and said: “You are an asshole! And you are an asshole! And you're an asshole too!" Well, I responded with emotion. Word for word, and for educational purposes I was sent to the second team. They returned to the playoffs, and after the season I moved to Magnitogorsk. There the final stage of my career began - an injury on an injury. Didn't really play anymore.
You were seriously injured in Spartak and had an operation in Germany with your own money. It seems that Muscovites promised to compensate for the expenses, but, as far as I know, in the end you were “thrown”.
- "Spartak" wanted me to be operated on in Moscow, because it's cheaper. But according to the law, I could choose the treatment myself and decided to fly to a German clinic. Money is money, but health is more important. I understand that the coaches and management were counting on me, but this is life, sometimes people break down. There are certain rules of the game (KHL regulations) - I believe that the Muscovites violated them. Moreover, this all coincided with the replenishment in my family, when there was no extra money.
Before returning to Traktor in 2010, you missed a year due to injury. How does an athlete deal with depression during such a long downtime?
I had a child that year - I helped my wife, spent time with my family. In principle, even then I realized that this was the end. When I went out on the ice, my knee hurt a lot. But in the pre-season with the "black and white" he got involved. Plus, Andrey Sidorenko went forward - he allowed the crosses not to run. He started the season normally, and after five games he tore a back muscle. Then I played hockey for a couple more years, but preparing for matches and training was not easy. I had to stretch my knee for a long time. In 2012, he crossed himself, made the final operation and began new life. "Ruby" asked to wait, but what is there - the body could no longer.
Deputy Tkachenko, football player Ronaldo, President Putin
I can't help but ask what kind of story happened between you and Andrei Tkachenko, an LDPR deputy? You had judgment. He accused you of beatings, you collected a dossier with sins on him and passed it on to the press. What for?
We had a gentlemen's agreement with his representative: not to leak the story to the media. But they made a stuffing that the hockey player Savin beat a well-known businessman. After that, I decided to show the cards.
You claimed that you came to his apartment to talk like a man because he was rude and did not let your pregnant wife into the elevator. But during the conversation, no beatings were inflicted. And yet, did you beat him or not?
Let's put it this way: both learned a lesson. I don't think he would do that with women in position. I also learned a lot from this unpleasant story. Thank God everything ended well. The wife successfully gave birth, although the threat of termination of pregnancy was real.
- Did you pay Tkachenko to hush up the case?
Not a penny. The case was closed due to the statute of limitations. But I still believe that I was innocent.
- Once you admitted that you dream of visiting football stadiums England. Managed?
No, but I hope it works. I also want to get to El Clasico in Madrid, and that my beloved Real Madrid will certainly beat Barcelona.
- It turns out that everything is obvious to you in the choice between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
100 percent.
- And the last. Who needs to play with your stick for you to be absolutely happy?
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Why? I didn’t skate for a year, I went out on the ice and it became very hard for me. Although I am a professional hockey player in the past. Putin plays great at 64. He started playing hockey recently, but he is doing well with skating. That's who you need to take an example from.
P.S. Savin's dream came true. In the recent gala match Night hockey league In Sochi, Vladimir Putin scored seven goals with a ZaryaD stick.
The story of one of the most uncompromising defenders in the history of Traktor, who now, as the CEO of ZaryaD, is trying to make the best sticks in the world.
hctraktor.org, Chelninskiye Izvestiya, Russian hockey style, vizasport.ru, Night hockey league
Ivan Savin spent six and a half seasons with Traktor and helped the team reach the Super League. In a frank interview, the hockey player recalls going to the casino, admits that the Wings hockey players offered to “surrender” the final series right on the ice, and explains why everything is just beginning after the end of his career.
Business, sticks, YouTube
- What takes more time: hockey or business?
Hockey players have chocolate compared to businessmen. Came to the arena, changed clothes, warmed up, practiced. The second half of the day is free. Yes, there are away series, but in general there is more time. On the "citizen" everything changes. Constantly some business, calls, flights, meetings. We even joked with other former hockey players at first: “What now, work all day, or what?”.
- Was it difficult to rebuild?
No, because the conditional "ZaryaD" is no different from a hockey team. At first, the employees were perplexed: they say, he compared sports and real production! In fact - one to one. The team is divided into several fives. Each has its own functions: someone realizes the majority, someone restrains the leaders, someone crushes and kills the minority. The factory is exactly the same - 80 people are divided into different production areas. Some sticks are harvested, others wind the material, others bake it in molds, etc. The transfer of information is comparable to a pass. In hockey, it’s like: I threw the puck with a butterfly, and the partner has to spend time processing it. And by doing so, you create a threat to him, because he can fall under the power reception. In an enterprise, the end result depends on normal communication.
- How much time do you sleep on average?
I used to think that only sleepwalkers wake up at six o'clock, but now I myself regularly get up at 6:15. I go to bed at 12. Due to night flights, chronic lack of sleep appears. Sometimes at four in the morning you get to bed, and at nine you already have to be on your feet to answer work calls. But I'm not complaining, if we succeed - I will forget about fatigue.
- You named the sticks "AK 47", "S 400", "Katyusha". Why do you need this military pathos?
Any business project begins with marketing research. 60 percent of respondents were skeptical about the fact that it is possible to make a modern hockey stick in Russia. And that it is able to compete with global brands. It was necessary to break the stereotype with a loud name that would be associated with reliability and quality. It is difficult to come up with something better than the VPK (Military Industrial Complex). In theory, hockey is the same war (in a good sense of the word), where the battlefield is an ice box. We also use tactics, and there is always one winner. The stick is the weapon of this war. Hence our slogan - "Russian weapon of victories." By the way, the word "ZaryaD" also has a double connotation. Dawn is the nickname of our founder Danis Zaripov in hockey circles. D is the first letter of his name.
- To promote club production, you became a video blogger on YouTube. Do you feel comfortable in this capacity?
We want to show interesting things that happen in our production. Because we are making the first high-tech stick in Russia from composite materials - this is a small revolution that deserves attention. But I'm not very happy with the blog yet. He, unfortunately, does not reach the normal level.
You are not accustomed to communicating with the outside world. As a Traktor player, you often corresponded with fans on guest fan sites. Have you ever met "sawn off" characters like those who went into the locker room of the Moscow "Spartak"?
No, after all, the fans in Chelyabinsk are “more professional”. You know, the video with Spartak left an unpleasant aftertaste. Outraged that hockey players are silent. Maybe they were afraid to answer because of the subsequent resonance in the media? Just a dressing room - the house of the players. It turns out that they came to visit you and scoured you like a boy. And I didn't have the guts to answer. I kept waiting for one of the team leaders to say: "B... why the f... are you talking to us like that?". The feeling that the leadership could not influence the team and attracted an additional resource in the form of healthy guys from the outside. It seems that fans have the right to ask hockey players for a spineless game. But the players should not be silent when they are spoken to from a position of strength. If you don’t answer like a man, then a sincere dialogue will not work.
Gatherings, casinos, fights with veterans
You grew up in the 90s at ChMZ, one of the most criminal areas of Chelyabinsk. How was your youth? Faced with fights, shooters, weapons?
Faced everything. I remember how big companies gathered at Rossiya (a cinema in the Metallurgical District). One hundred man. I also came, but I always wanted to achieve success through sports, and not through crime. But the street is still a great school. And the lessons that I learned there, then transferred to hockey. If one of the veterans began to "press" me in the locker room, then I did not remain silent. He could even stand up for himself with his fists. This is how you gain credibility in the team. The coach sees that you are resolute, you don’t let yourself be offended, you act tough on and off the court. He starts counting on you.
Tough moments happen in preseason when people compete against each other. At this time, you win your place under the sun, using different methods. But already in the season, people rally and direct their energy against the players of other teams. In addition, the leaders understand that you are not a lawless person, but a person with vital concepts, ready to defend them to the end. For this I was respected. I made my way into big sport through character. There were a lot of guys around who played better than me. I would even say that everyone who got into the adult team was better. But our coach Nikolai Mikhailovich Makarov, in his own words, simply could not help but give me a chance. Because when a young guy plows and plays with the body even with veterans, it is captivating. I am still grateful to him. It was he who gave me a ticket to big hockey.
- Did you have money when you started playing in the Major League for Traktor?
Yes, but then I paid for a rented apartment. Even at that time there were casinos ...
- Why did you go there?
I liked playing cards. I was young, single, did not drink alcohol. There had to be some way to pass the time. The habit is pretty bad. I think the state did the right thing by transferring casinos to special gambling zones.
- Biggest win?
Somehow I raised 20,000 rubles in one hand at ChMZ. I hit a straight flush - the payout was one in twenty. Basically, I never bet much. I adhered to the iron rule: I spend a little at the casino, and save the rest for the Mercedes ML. It was a dream car that I've been putting off for the whole season.
- Merc, poker, fights.
Full set (laughs). I also wore a leather coat and a custom-made eight-piece. Stylish, but only within the framework of the ChMZ (laughs). Now my wife is responsible for the style, she has excellent taste.
Tsygurov, Superleague, premium
- It is surprising that you did not give up hockey at all.
And there was a moment when I could finish. I was 23, just graduated from university. "Black and White" then hung out in 8th place, the guys wanted to get out of the city ... but got bogged down in this swamp. No offense, but for such a big club as Traktor, the VHL is a swamp. Then Anatoly Grigoryevich Timofeev, who led the team, looked at us and said: “Guys, what are you doing with yourself?”. It was he who gathered the backbone, gave impetus, which later helped us reach the Super League. There was nothing supernatural in his tactics, but he was a motivator from God. He also had healthy fists. He puts his hand on the tablet, and what is there on the board for the scheme is not visible at all. It was under Timofeev that Vova Vorontsov, Igor Kamaev and Kostya Panov sparkled.
- But you entered the Super League with a different coach.
No matter how strange it may sound now, Gennady Fedorovich Tsygurov managed to unite the team against himself. He was strict, authoritarian, sometimes despotic. This man had crazy energy and could mentally crush anyone one on one. It is clear that from the very start of the season we did not fight for him, but for each other and for the club.
- Many veterans never reconciled with him.
Gennady Fedorovich was focused on the result, and if he didn't need a player, he threw him out into the street. It's all done in a politically correct way. Management says: “Man, you are a good guy, our paths have diverged, but in the other team you will succeed! Let's terminate the contract by mutual agreement." Tsygurov didn't want to appear nice. He just shouted - you are the devil, because you don’t catch the puck, you let the team down, and scoundrels like you don’t belong in Tractor!
The guys were afraid of him, but respected him, because Gennady Fedorovich was not biased and did not divide the team into leaders and newcomers. Authoritative players got even more from him. He has guided me on the right path many times. And Panova, in general, sometimes so draconian in the locker room in front of everyone that Kostya then jumped out onto the site with burning eyes, climbed onto a nickel and smeared everyone on board.
- Did you come across "agreements"?
When a fixed match is played, five people know about it, including the goalkeeper. Young people are not privy to such things. If the whole team finds out, the circus will begin. There were situations when I had suspicions, but I did not catch anyone by the hand. When I myself became one of the leaders of the Traktor dressing room, nothing like this happened.
- Is it true that during the final series Wings of the Soviets offered you to pass the match in Chelyabinsk?
Yes, right during the game. And it was like a cry from the heart. We lost the first two meetings in Moscow in shootouts and were determined to rehabilitate ourselves in Yunost. The Wings thought that they would easily win the third match, but that was not the case. As a result, their leaders in the fourth game drove up to us right on the site and said: “Guys, good. Both you and we secured a place in the Superleague. Fuck this fifth game, let's finish everything and go on vacation ?! I remember how I shouted at them in response: “We will slap you in Moscow!” And so it happened: in the final game they were taken out on courage with a score of 7:0. And when we returned, seven and a half thousand fans met us at the airport. The security service ordered the hockey players not to get off the bus, fearing riots, but we assured them that everything was fine. And that fan meeting was one of the coolest moments of my career.
- What bonuses did you receive for entering the Super League?
I was paid 25 thousand dollars. The organizing committee for the distribution of money included five people, including me. Tsygurov asked how we would divide, and we offered equally. Gennady Fyodorovich, I remember, burst into an angry tirade that not everyone plowed the same way and there was nothing to encourage idlers. We argued for a long time. I don’t know how much the rest of the guys got, because the coach took the distribution of bonuses into his own hands.
Moscow region, operations, end of career
- Did you leave the HC MVD for money?
I tried to negotiate with Traktor on a salary increase, but nothing came of it. The difference was too big. The coaches of the Moscow Region club looked at me during the final series. They liked me, and they immediately offered me a contract with a salary of 500 thousand rubles a month. Huge money for those times, and this is without bonuses.
- Did you regret leaving?
I don't make decisions by chance. And I sincerely wanted to stay in Chelyabinsk. I was ready to play in Traktor even for less money, but not for the salary of a Major League player. Care left a residue. I remember that I was forced to surrender everything, even my socks.
- Some of the fans called you a traitor...
God is their judge. I was dragged into the conflict, but I did not enter into it. I did not answer the provocative questions of the Chelyabinsk journalists who called me. Just throw a match there, and the flame would flare up. On the other hand, not everyone hated me, and I managed to maintain sincere relations with many. When I arrived in Chelyabinsk with HC MVD, the fans hung out a banner in the stands: “Savin is ours forever!”. It was very nice. I remember that in the subtribune, out of habit, I went to the Traktor locker room, and my partners in the Ministry of Internal Affairs whistled: “Hey, Vanya, where are you going?” (laughs).
- How did you adapt to the new team?
Fine. By the will of fate, we ended up in the club together with the godfather of my child, Viktor Kalachik. They held each other with him, spent time together. Victor, by the way, also has an unyielding character. I remember he had a fight on the ice with Alexei Chupin, the champion of Russia and one of the leaders. After that, Kalachik was immediately respected (smiles).
- During the season in the HC MVD you were sent to the farm club. Why?
Conflict with management. One of the bosses after the defeat went into the locker room and started calling everyone assholes. He just walked past the guys and said: “You are an asshole! And you are an asshole! And you're an asshole too!" Well, I responded with emotion. Word for word, and for educational purposes I was sent to the second team. They returned to the playoffs, and after the season I moved to Magnitogorsk. There the final stage of my career began - an injury on an injury. Didn't really play anymore.
You were seriously injured in Spartak and had an operation in Germany with your own money. It seems that Muscovites promised to compensate for the expenses, but, as far as I know, in the end you were “thrown”.
- "Spartak" wanted me to be operated on in Moscow, because it's cheaper. But according to the law, I could choose the treatment myself and decided to fly to a German clinic. Money is money, but health is more important. I understand that the coaches and management were counting on me, but this is life, sometimes people break down. There are certain rules of the game (KHL regulations) - I believe that the Muscovites violated them. Moreover, this all coincided with the replenishment in my family, when there was no extra money.
Before returning to Traktor in 2010, you missed a year due to injury. How does an athlete deal with depression during such a long downtime?
I had a child that year - I helped my wife, spent time with my family. In principle, even then I realized that this was the end. When I went out on the ice, my knee hurt a lot. But in the pre-season with the "black and white" he got involved. Plus, Andrey Sidorenko went forward - he allowed the crosses not to run. He started the season normally, and after five games he tore a back muscle. Then I played hockey for a couple more years, but preparing for matches and training was not easy. I had to stretch my knee for a long time. In 2012, he crossed himself, underwent the final operation and began a new life. "Ruby" asked to wait, but what is there - the body could no longer.
Deputy Tkachenko, football player Ronaldo, President Putin
I can't help but ask what kind of story happened between you and Andrei Tkachenko, an LDPR deputy? You had judgment. He accused you of beatings, you collected a dossier with sins on him and passed it on to the press. What for?
We had a gentlemen's agreement with his representative: not to leak the story to the media. But they made a stuffing that the hockey player Savin beat a well-known businessman. After that, I decided to show the cards.
You claimed that you came to his apartment to talk like a man because he was rude and did not let your pregnant wife into the elevator. But during the conversation, no beatings were inflicted. And yet, did you beat him or not?
Let's put it this way: both learned a lesson. I don't think he would do that with women in position. I also learned a lot from this unpleasant story. Thank God everything ended well. The wife successfully gave birth, although the threat of termination of pregnancy was real.
- Did you pay Tkachenko to hush up the case?
Not a penny. The case was closed due to the statute of limitations. But I still believe that I was innocent.
- Once you admitted that you dream of visiting football stadiums in England. Managed?
No, but I hope it works. I also want to get to El Clasico in Madrid, and that my beloved Real Madrid will certainly beat Barcelona.
- It turns out that everything is obvious to you in the choice between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
100 percent.
- And the last. Who needs to play with your stick for you to be absolutely happy?
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Why? I didn’t skate for a year, I went out on the ice and it became very hard for me. Although I am a professional hockey player in the past. Putin plays great at 64. He started playing hockey recently, but he is doing well with skating. That's who you need to take an example from.
P.S. Savin's dream came true. In a recent gala match of the Night Hockey League in Sochi, Vladimir Putin scored seven goals with a ZaryaD stick.
On April 26 and 27 Chelyabinsk will host a two-day closing of the hockey season. On the first day, a mini-tournament for amateurs will be played on the ice of the Yunost Sports Palace. Four teams will take part: KHL-Bar, People vs. Traktor, Traktor Fans, made up of amateur hockey players, and Stars of Chelyabinsk, a team of Traktor players from different years.
The main manager of the Chelyabinsk Stars is 32-year-old defender Ivan Savin, known for playing for Tractor, Mechel, HC MVD, Spartak, Neftekhimik, Avtomobilist and Rubin. Now Ivan is recovering from an injury received in the VHL regular season, and in his spare time he organizes the team.
– Ivan, on what basis did you select players for the Chelyabinsk Stars team?
- I see my task as follows: you need to gather in this team the players who are most interesting to the fans. Not just a strong line-up that will beat everyone, but to focus on the show. We chose hockey players different ages. For example, current players Traktors are interesting for young fans, and older spectators will be happy to see hockey players who played five years ago. I want all fans, regardless of age, to get as many positive emotions as possible from the game of my team.
– Are you going out on the ice yourself?
- I had a minor injury, so I can’t compete with all my desire. Of course, I really want to... All my friends are in this team, it would be great to play with them, especially in such an informal atmosphere. Such matches are always positive, with good mood and fun. It's a pity that I won't be able to play, but, on the other hand, I will still take part as a manager.
- The first "All-Star Game" among hockey players and fans in Chelyabinsk took place more than 10 years ago, and you were one of the organizers ...
- Yes, we really held such an event, which then became a tradition. I am pleased that I was a direct participant and organizer of that match. I'm not alone, of course. My task was to organize Traktor hockey players, the rest was done by the fans.
At that time, I was in close contact with the fans. It seems that I was the first who started to write guestbooks on the Internet. I was interested in what they think about the team, and we started such informal communication. Fans could calmly express positive and not only emotions, express their opinion about the game. We quickly established a connection. They met not only at guest meetings, sometimes they crossed paths somewhere in the city, they knew each other by sight. We still maintain warm relations, despite the fact that I do not play in Traktor. Communication is not only based on hockey, there are some common interests.
– Is it really important for players to know the opinion of the audience?
- I'm not the first to say that Chelyabinsk has the best fans in the league. They are not just fans who blindly believe and demand something. Traktor is supported by self-sufficient people who understand hockey. I am pleased to communicate with them, they have a rational attitude to the game, even if critically. They will not dissemble, so it is interesting to listen to their opinion.
– « Traktor achieved the best result in history - reached the final. Due to what it was possible to "shoot" like that?
– There are many factors. To reach the final, everything must be present: and a good tactical training, and physical condition, and luck, of course. I think Traktor has it all. And tactically we played well, and "physics" allowed us to maintain the pace in the playoffs and beat the most serious opponents.
I want to say that the guys are great. I don’t know if the word “heroes” can be applied to their performance, but something close is for sure. They performed very well. Traktor has never reached such heights, even in such seemingly stellar times as 1993 - the most powerful team was, but did not reach the final. And now the guys played in the final. Proved that last year's bronze was not accidental. This season we have taken it one step further. I hope that next Traktor will win the Gagarin Cup.
- How do you feel about the attacks of fans on individual players? The person doesn't score for a while and becomes an anti-hero.
It's okay, that's life. If someone in Traktor did not score for a long time, it means that he worked for the team, somehow contributed to the victories in some other way. "Tractor" reached the final thanks to him. A team result is always more important than someone's individual performance.
As for the fans… They can and even should express their opinion, and it is absolutely normal if they criticize someone. Only criticism should be constructive, give rise to reflection. Not stupid mudslinging, I mean. In the end, all hockey players play for the fans. I am sure that none of the Traktor players is indifferent to the audience. When you play at home, seven and a half thousand people drive you forward - this gives you strength.
- When Traktor played with Ak Bars in the conference final, a wave of negativity arose against the Chelyabinsk pupil Danis Zaripov. Many are haunted by his T-shirt under the arches of our arena ...
– Here, too, the fans can be understood. When Zaripov plays against Traktor, it doesn't matter what city he is from. First of all, he is a player of the other team. I also once came and played against Traktor. Should fans rejoice when a Chelyabinsk player scores against Traktor? Of course not. But when Danis brought the cup from the World Cup to Chelyabinsk, it caused a huge stir. Everyone treated him well, said words of gratitude. I am sure that at the world championships all Traktor fans support Danis, like any other pupil of the Chelyabinsk school. Therefore, everything is absolutely normal here.
Of course, his jersey under the arches of the arena is an irritant for the fans ... But I think that it hangs there by right. If Chelyabinsk world champions have chosen such a selection criterion, then his jersey should be there.
– Are you an emotional person as a fan?
In hockey, not so much. But I like to watch football at the stadium, I really like this atmosphere. I was in Germany many times at the matches of Bayern Munich. And in Moscow, when I had the opportunity, I went to football. I really look forward to when some 20-thousander will be built in Chelyabinsk ...
In the final of the Gagarin Cup, I was very emotional for Traktor. I was very upset when Tsvetkov scored this puck ...
– With hockey addictions, everything is clear. Who do you support in football?
- At the international level, of course, I support the Russian team. I still remember how they took bronze at the European Championships in 2008 - it was very cool. I also like club European football. I have never been to the stadium in England, I really want to plunge into this atmosphere. They compare football with religion there - it is so popular.
There are no special club preferences. I like people who prove year after year that they are the best. Ronaldo, Messi, for example. Not because everyone likes them and scores a lot, but because I myself understand how hard it is. Not just to “shoot” in one season, but to score and progress from year to year. Everyone understands that they are dangerous, give them increased attention on the field, but they still continue to score and do not stop in their growth. I would wish this to all athletes.
In general, my idol in sports is basketball player Michael Jordan. When I was young, I watched matches with his participation. His last shot is when it's overtime, the score is tied, and everyone knows what Jordan will throw. The whole world knew about it. Everyone held him, tried to do something, but he received a pass and scored a three-pointer. It was just phenomenal.
– Can you single out someone in hockey?
- As a defender, I really like it when people have good skating. You look, for example, at Kuznetsov - it is so easy for him, calmly. Always liked hockey players with excellent skating training. I understand that this is not main criterion, but still. I liked Lemieux. Sergey Fedorov from ours. I can name many players. Those who by their work, deeds, character have earned respect. But I won’t be able to make a list of the best right away - I have to think.
– Tell me how you are doing at the moment.
- Everything is fine. Beloved wife, beloved son is growing up, he is three and a half years old.
– Will you be a hockey player?
- I have no idea. I want to put him on skates, of course. He seems to be interested in it. But everything depends only on him. If he wants to play hockey, of course, I will help him, I will tell him. But by force to force, just because he played, I will not. I'm not obsessed with hockey for him. The main thing is to grow up as a self-sufficient happy person.
– Sport builds character, doesn't it?
- This is a debatable topic, you can’t tell in a nutshell. Yes, professional sports builds character. Hockey instilled in me a sense of team, responsibility to a partner. But there are also many downsides. Gatherings, trips, you are not at home much ... In general, I think if my son goes to play hockey, it will be good for him. And professionally or not - he decides.
– Did you know from childhood that you would become a professional athlete?
“I didn't think about it. Parents did not perceive hockey as a serious occupation that would develop into a profession. No one in our family expected this. I studied well at school, graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum without triples. I entered ChelGU at the Faculty of Law, I have a higher education. But it so happened that in hockey it began to work out. And I still connected my life with sports, and not with some kind of legal activity. But perhaps this education will still be useful.
– You finished last season in the VHL playing for Rubin Tyumen. What plans do you have for the future?
“I don’t know yet what will happen next. Recently I again injured my knee, because of this I missed the end of the season with Rubin. I really want to play more. But there are circumstances that do not depend on my desire. We'll see later, we'll see.
The story of one of the most uncompromising defenders in the history of Traktor, who now, as the CEO of ZaryaD, is trying to make the best sticks in the world.
Ivan Savin spent six and a half seasons with Traktor and helped the team reach the Super League. In a frank interview, the hockey player recalls going to the casino, admits that the Wings hockey players offered to “surrender” the final series right on the ice, and explains why everything is just beginning after the end of his career.
Business, sticks, YouTube
- What takes more time: hockey or business?
- Hockey players, compared to businessmen, have chocolate. Came to the arena, changed clothes, warmed up, practiced. The second half of the day is free. Yes, there are away series, but in general there is more time. On the "citizen" everything changes. Constantly some business, calls, flights, meetings. We even joked with other former hockey players at first: “What now, work all day, or what?”.
- Was it difficult to adjust?
- No, because the conditional "ZaryaD" is no different from a hockey team. At first, the employees were perplexed: they say, he compared sports and real production! In fact, one to one. The team is divided into several fives. Each has its own functions: someone realizes the majority, someone restrains the leaders, someone crushes and kills the minority. The plant is exactly the same - 80 people are divided into different production areas. Some sticks are harvested, others wind the material, others bake it in molds, etc. The transfer of information is comparable to a pass. In hockey, it’s like: I threw the puck with a butterfly, and the partner has to spend time processing it. And by doing so, you create a threat to him, because he can fall under the power reception. In an enterprise, the end result depends on normal communication.
How much time do you sleep on average?
- I used to think that only sleepwalkers wake up at six o'clock, but now I myself regularly get up at 6:15. I go to bed at 12. Due to night flights, chronic lack of sleep appears. Sometimes at four in the morning you get to bed, and at nine you already have to be on your feet to answer work calls. But I'm not complaining, if we succeed - I will forget about fatigue.
- You named the sticks "AK 47", "S 400", "Katyusha". Why do you need this military pathos?
— Any business project begins with marketing research. 60 percent of respondents were skeptical about the fact that it is possible to make a modern hockey stick in Russia. And that it is able to compete with global brands. It was necessary to break the stereotype with a loud name that would be associated with reliability and quality. It is difficult to come up with something better than the VPK (Military Industrial Complex). In theory, hockey is the same war (in a good sense of the word), where the battlefield is an ice box. We also use tactics, and there is always one winner. The club is the weapon of this war. Hence our slogan - "Russian weapon of victories." By the way, the word "ZaryaD" also has a double connotation. Dawn is the nickname of our founder Danis Zaripov in hockey circles. D is the first letter of his name.
— To promote club production, you became a video blogger on YouTube. Do you feel comfortable in this capacity?
— We want to show interesting things that happen in our production. Because we are making the first high-tech stick in Russia from composite materials - this is a small revolution that deserves attention. But I'm not very happy with the blog yet. He, unfortunately, does not reach the normal level.
“You are not accustomed to communicating with the outside world. As a Traktor player, you often corresponded with fans on guest fan sites. Have you ever met "sawn off" characters like those who went into the locker room of the Moscow "Spartak"?
- No, after all, the fans in Chelyabinsk are "more professional". You know, the video with Spartak left an unpleasant aftertaste. Outraged that hockey players are silent. Maybe they were afraid to answer because of the subsequent resonance in the media? It's just the locker room is the players' home. It turns out that they came to visit you and scoured you like a boy. And I didn't have the guts to answer. I kept waiting for one of the team leaders to say: "B... why the f... are you talking to us like that?". The feeling that the leadership could not influence the team and attracted an additional resource in the form of healthy guys from the outside. It seems that fans have the right to ask hockey players for a spineless game. But the players should not be silent when they are spoken to from a position of strength. If you don’t answer like a man, then a sincere dialogue will not work.
Gatherings, casinos, fights with a veteran
- You grew up in the 90s at ChMZ - one of the most criminal areas of Chelyabinsk. How was your youth? Faced fights, shooters, guns
- Dealt with everything. I remember how big companies gathered at Rossiya (a cinema in the Metallurgical District). One hundred man. I also came, but I always wanted to achieve success through sports, and not through crime. But the street is still a great school. And the lessons that I learned there, then transferred to hockey. If one of the veterans began to "press" me in the locker room, then I did not remain silent. He could even stand up for himself with his fists. This is how you gain credibility in the team. The coach sees that you are resolute, you don’t let yourself be offended, you act tough on and off the court. He starts counting on you.
“Tough moments happen in preseason when people compete against each other. At this time, you win your place under the sun, using different methods. But already in the season, people rally and direct their energy against the players of other teams. In addition, the leaders understand that you are not a lawless person, but a person with vital concepts, ready to defend them to the end. For this I was respected. I made my way into big sport through character. There were a lot of guys around who played better than me. I would even say that everyone who got into the adult team was better. But our coach Nikolai Mikhailovich Makarov, in his own words, simply could not help but give me a chance. Because when a young guy plows and plays with the body even with veterans, it is captivating. I am still grateful to him. It was he who gave me a ticket to big hockey.
- Did you have money when you started playing in the Major League for Tractor?
- Yes, but then I paid for a rented apartment. Even at that time there were casinos ...
- Why did you go there?
— I liked playing cards. I was young, single, did not drink alcohol. There had to be some way to pass the time. The habit is pretty bad. I think the state did the right thing by transferring casinos to special gambling zones.
- Biggest win?
- Somehow I raised 20 thousand rubles for one distribution at ChMZ. I hit a straight flush and the payout was one in twenty. Basically, I never bet much. I adhered to the iron rule: I spend a little at the casino, and save the rest for the Mercedes ML. It was a dream car that I've been putting off for the whole season.
- Merc, poker, fighting.
- Full set (laughs). I also wore a leather coat and a custom-made eight-piece. Stylish, but only within the framework of the ChMZ (laughs). Now my wife is responsible for the style, she has excellent taste.
Tsygurov, Superleague, premium
- It is surprising that you did not give up hockey at all.
— And there was a moment when I could finish. I was 23, just graduated from university. "Black and White" then hung out in 8th place, the guys wanted to get out of the city ... but got bogged down in this swamp. No offense, but for such a big club as Traktor, the VHL is a swamp. Then Anatoly Grigoryevich Timofeev, who led the team, looked at us and said: “Guys, what are you doing with yourself?”. It was he who gathered the backbone, gave impetus, which later helped us reach the Super League. There was nothing supernatural in his tactics, but he was a motivator from God. He also had healthy fists. He puts his hand on the tablet, and what is there on the board for the scheme is not visible at all. It was under Timofeev that Vova Vorontsov, Igor Kamaev and Kostya Panov sparkled.
- But you entered the Super League with a different coach.
- No matter how strange it may sound now, but Gennady Fedorovich Tsygurov managed to unite the team against himself. He was strict, authoritarian, sometimes despotic. This man had crazy energy and could mentally crush anyone one on one. It is clear that from the very start of the season we did not fight for him, but for each other and for the club.
“Many veterans never reconciled with him.
- Gennady Fedorovich was focused on the result, and if he did not need a player, he threw him out into the street. It's all done in a politically correct way. Management says: “Man, you are a good guy, our paths have diverged, but in the other team you will succeed! Let's terminate the contract by mutual agreement." Tsygurov didn't want to appear nice. He just shouted - you are the devil, because you don’t catch the puck, you let the team down, and scoundrels like you don’t belong in Traktor!
The guys were afraid of him, but respected him, because Gennady Fedorovich was not biased and did not divide the team into leaders and newcomers. Authoritative players got even more from him. He has guided me on the right path many times. And Panova, in general, sometimes so draconian in the locker room in front of everyone that Kostya then jumped out onto the site with burning eyes, climbed onto a nickel and smeared everyone on board.
- Did you come across "agreements"?
- When a fixed match is played, five people know about it, including the goalkeeper. Young people are not privy to such things. If the whole team finds out, the circus will begin. There were situations when I had suspicions, but I did not catch anyone by the hand. When I myself became one of the leaders of the Traktor dressing room, nothing like this happened.
- Is it true that Wings of the Soviets during the final series offered you to pass the match in Chelyabinsk?
Yes, right during the game. And it was like a cry from the heart. We lost the first two meetings in Moscow in shootouts and were determined to rehabilitate ourselves in Yunost. The Wings thought that they would easily win the third match, but that was not the case. As a result, their leaders in the fourth game drove up to us right on the site and said: “Guys, good. Both you and we secured a place in the Superleague. Fuck this fifth game, let's finish everything and go on vacation ?! I remember how I shouted at them in response: “We will slap you in Moscow!” And so it happened: in the final game they were taken out on courage with a score of 7:0. And when we returned, seven and a half thousand fans met us at the airport. The security service ordered the hockey players not to get off the bus, fearing riots, but we assured them that everything was fine. And that fan meeting was one of the coolest moments of my career.
- What bonuses did you receive for reaching the Super League?
— I was paid 25 thousand dollars. The organizing committee for the distribution of money included five people, including me. Tsygurov asked how we would divide, and we offered equally. Gennady Fyodorovich, I remember, burst into an angry tirade that not everyone plowed the same way and there was nothing to encourage idlers. We argued for a long time. I don’t know how much the rest of the guys got, because the coach took the distribution of bonuses into his own hands.
Moscow region, operations, end of career
- Did you leave for the HC MVD because of money?
- I tried to negotiate with Traktor on a salary increase, but nothing came of it. The difference was too big. The coaches of the Moscow Region club looked at me during the final series. They liked me, and they immediately offered me a contract with a salary of 500 thousand rubles a month. Huge money for those times, and this is without bonuses.
- Did you regret leaving?
“I don’t make random decisions. And I sincerely wanted to stay in Chelyabinsk. I was ready to play in Traktor even for less money, but not for the salary of a Major League player. Care left a residue. I remember that I was forced to surrender everything, even my socks.
- Some of the fans called you a traitor ...
God will judge them. I was dragged into the conflict, but I did not enter into it. I did not answer the provocative questions of the Chelyabinsk journalists who called me. Just throw a match there, and the flame would flare up. On the other hand, not everyone hated me, and I managed to maintain sincere relations with many. When I arrived in Chelyabinsk with HC MVD, the fans hung a banner in the stands: “Savin is ours forever!”. It was very nice. I remember that in the subtribune, out of habit, I went to the Traktor locker room, and my partners in the Ministry of Internal Affairs whistled: “Hey, Vanya, where are you going?” (laughs).
How did you adapt to the new team?
- Fine. By the will of fate, we ended up in the club together with the godfather of my child, Viktor Kalachik. They held each other with him, spent time together. Victor, by the way, also has an unyielding character. I remember he had a fight on the ice with Alexei Chupin, the champion of Russia and one of the leaders. After that, Kalachik was immediately respected (smiles).
- During the season at the HC MVD, you were sent to the farm club. Why?
- Conflict with management. One of the bosses after the defeat went into the locker room and started calling everyone assholes. He just walked past the guys and said: “You are an asshole! And you are an asshole! And you, too, are an asshole!" Well, I responded with emotion. Word for word, and for educational purposes I was sent to the second team. They returned to the playoffs, and after the season I moved to Magnitogorsk. There the final stage of my career began - an injury on an injury. Didn't really play anymore.
- You were seriously injured in Spartak and had an operation in Germany with your own money. It seems that Muscovites promised to compensate for the expenses, but, as far as I know, in the end you were “thrown”.
- "Spartak" wanted me to be operated on in Moscow, because it's cheaper. But according to the law, I could choose the treatment myself and decided to fly to a German clinic. Money is money, but health is more important. I understand that the coaches and management were counting on me, but this is life, sometimes people break down. There are certain rules of the game (KHL regulations) - I believe that the Muscovites violated them. Moreover, this all coincided with the replenishment in my family, when there was no extra money.
- Before returning to Traktor in 2010, you missed a year due to injury. How does an athlete deal with depression during such a long downtime?
- I had a child that year - I helped my wife, spent time with my family. In principle, even then I realized that this was the end. When I went out on the ice, my knee hurt a lot. But in the pre-season with the "black and white" he got involved. Plus, Andrei Sidorenko went forward - he allowed the crosses not to run. He started the season normally, and after five games he tore a back muscle. Then I played hockey for a couple more years, but preparing for matches and training was not easy. I had to stretch my knee for a long time. In 2012, he crossed himself, underwent the final operation and began a new life. "Rubin" asked to wait, but whatever - the body could no longer.
Deputy Tkachenko, football player Ronaldo, President Putin
- I can’t help but ask what kind of story happened with your LDPR deputy Andrey Tkachenko? You had judgment. He accused you of beatings, you collected a dossier with sins on him and passed it on to the press. What for?
- We had a gentleman's agreement with his representative: not to leak the story to the media. But they made a stuffing that the hockey player Savin beat a well-known businessman. After that, I decided to show the cards.
- You claimed that you came to his apartment to talk like a man because he was rude and did not let your pregnant wife into the elevator. But during the conversation, no beatings were inflicted. And yet, did you beat him or not?
- Let's just say: both learned a lesson. I don't think he would do that with women in position. I also learned a lot from this unpleasant story. Thank God everything ended well. The wife successfully gave birth, although the threat of termination of pregnancy was real.
- Did you pay Tkachenko to hush up the case?
- Not a penny. The case was closed due to the statute of limitations. But I still believe that I was innocent.
- Once you admitted that you dream of visiting football stadiums in England. Managed?
No, but I hope it works. I also want to get to El Clasico in Madrid, and that my beloved Real Madrid will certainly beat Barcelona.
- It turns out that everything is obvious to you in the choice between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
- 100 percent.
- And the last. Who needs to play with your stick for you to be absolutely happy?
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Why? I didn’t skate for a year, I went out on the ice and it became very hard for me. Although I am a professional hockey player in the past. Putin plays great at 64. He started playing hockey recently, but he is doing well with skating. That's who you need to take an example from.
P.S. Savin's dream came true. In a recent gala match of the Night Hockey League in Sochi, Vladimir Putin scored seven goals with a ZaryaD stick.
Ivan Anatolievich Savin(January 5, Chelyabinsk) - Russian hockey player, defender. Pupil of the Chelyabinsk Mechel. Currently a free agent.
Career
Ivan Savin started his professional career in 1998 as part of the native Chelyabinsk Mechel. In 2001, Ivan was rented by another club from Chelyabinsk - Traktor, which was playing at that time in the Major League, where he finally moved a year later. As part of the "tractor drivers" Savin played for 4 and a half seasons, gaining 47 (13 + 34) points in 241 matches during this time, in 2006 he entered the Super League with the team.
However, before the start of the 2006/07 season, Ivan left Chelyabinsk and signed a contract with HC MVD near Moscow. A year later, Savin became a player in Metallurg Magnitogorsk, in which, in the 2007/08 season, for the first time in his career, he became the bronze medalist of the Russian championship, as well as the owner of the European Champions Cup. In the fall of 2008, Ivan signed an agreement with Spartak Moscow, however, due to problems with his knee, he played only 7 games for the Muscovites, after which he had to miss both the rest of the 2008/09 season and the whole next year.
Achievements
- Bronze medalist of the Russian championship.
- Winner of the European Cup 2008.
Performance statistics
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| Season | Team | League | Games | G | P | points | +/- | Str | Games | G | P | points | +/- | Str |
| 1998/99 | Mechel | Superleague | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 4 |
| 1999/00 | Mechel | Superleague | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 2 |
| 2000/01 | Mechel | Superleague | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000/01 | Tractor | Major League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -- | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001/02 | Mechel | Superleague | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001/02 | Tractor | Major League | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002/03 | Tractor | Major League | 46 | 0 | 6 | 6 | +6 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003/04 | Tractor | Major League | 47 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +7 | 48 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 20 |
| 2004/05 | Tractor | Major League | 47 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +16 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 2 |
| 2005/06 | Tractor | Major League | 47 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +18 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 24 |
| 2006/07 | HC MVD-2 | First League | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -- | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006/07 | HC MVD | Superleague | 37 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 2007/08 | Metallurg Mg-2 | First League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -- | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007/08 | Metallurg Mg | Superleague | 34 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 6 |
| 2008 | Metallurg Mg | KETCH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008/09 | Spartacus | KHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010/11 | Tractor | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010/11 | Mechel | VHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011/12 | petrochemist | KHL | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -- | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011/12 | Motorist | KHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012/13 | Ruby | VHL | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total in the KHL | 35 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 69 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| total in career | 400 | 17 | 61 | 78 | +31 | 489 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +4 | 62 | ||
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“He is a very, very good, honest and pleasant person,” said Boris.Rostov once again looked intently into Boris's eyes and sighed. Berg returned, and over a bottle of wine, the conversation between the three officers brightened up. The guards told Rostov about their campaign, about how they were honored in Russia, Poland and abroad. They told about the words and deeds of their commander, the Grand Duke, anecdotes about his kindness and temper. Berg, as usual, was silent when the matter did not concern him personally, but on the occasion of anecdotes about the irascibility of the Grand Duke, he told with pleasure how in Galicia he managed to talk with the Grand Duke when he went around the regiments and was angry for the wrong movement. With a pleasant smile on his face, he told how the Grand Duke, very angry, rode up to him and shouted: “Arnauts!” (Arnauts - was the favorite saying of the Tsarevich when he was angry) and demanded a company commander.
“Believe me, count, I was not afraid of anything, because I knew that I was right. You know, Count, without boasting, I can say that I know the orders for the regiment by heart and I also know the charter, like our Father in heaven. Therefore, count, there are no omissions in my company. Here is my conscience and calm. I came. (Berg half stood up and imagined in his faces how he appeared with his hand to the visor. Indeed, it was difficult to portray in a face more respectful and self-satisfied.) Already he pushed me, as they say, push, push; pushed not on the stomach, but on death, as they say; and "Arnauts", and devils, and to Siberia, - said Berg, smiling shrewdly. - I know that I'm right, and therefore I am silent: isn't it, Count? "What, are you dumb, or what?" he screamed. I keep silent. What do you think, Count? The next day it was not even in the order: that's what it means not to get lost. So, count, - said Berg, lighting his pipe and blowing rings.
"Yes, that's nice," said Rostov, smiling.
But Boris, noticing that Rostov was going to laugh at Berg, artfully dismissed the conversation. He asked Rostov to tell how and where he received the wound. Rostov was pleased, and he began to tell, during the story he became more and more animated. He told them his Shengraben affair in exactly the same way as those who took part in them usually tell about the battles, that is, the way they would like it to be, the way they heard from other storytellers, the way it was more beautiful to tell, but not at all. the way it was. Rostov was a truthful young man; he would never deliberately tell a lie. He began to tell with the intention of telling everything exactly as it happened, but imperceptibly, involuntarily and inevitably for himself, he turned into a lie. If he had told the truth to these listeners, who, like himself, had already heard stories of attacks many times and formed a definite idea of what an attack was, and expected exactly the same story - or they would not believe him, or, even worse, they would think that Rostov himself was to blame for the fact that what happened to him did not happen to him, which usually happens to the narrators of cavalry attacks. He could not tell them so simply that they all went at a trot, he fell off his horse, lost his arm and ran with all his might into the forest from the Frenchman. In addition, in order to tell everything as it happened, one had to make an effort on oneself to tell only what happened. Telling the truth is very difficult; and young people are rarely capable of it. They were waiting for a story about how he was on fire all over, not remembering himself, like a storm, he flew on a square; how he cut into him, chopped right and left; how the saber tasted the meat, and how he fell exhausted, and the like. And he told them all this.
In the middle of his story, while he was saying: "You cannot imagine what a strange feeling of fury you experience during an attack," Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, whom Boris was waiting for, entered the room. Prince Andrei, who loved patronizing relations with young people, flattered by the fact that they turned to him for protection, and well disposed towards Boris, who knew how to please him the day before, wanted to fulfill the desire of the young man. Sent with papers from Kutuzov to the Tsarevich, he went to young man hoping to find him alone. Entering the room and seeing an army hussar telling military adventures (the sort of people whom Prince Andrei could not stand), he smiled affectionately at Boris, frowned, narrowed his eyes at Rostov, and bowing slightly, wearily and lazily sat down on the sofa. He hated to be in bad company. Rostov flared up, realizing this. But it was all the same to him: it was a stranger. But, looking at Boris, he saw that he, too, seemed ashamed of the army hussar. Despite the unpleasant mocking tone of Prince Andrei, despite the general contempt that, from his army combat point of view, Rostov had for all these staff adjutants, to whom the newcomer was obviously included, Rostov felt embarrassed, blushed and fell silent. Boris asked what was the news at the headquarters, and what, without indiscretion, was heard about our assumptions?
“They will probably go ahead,” Bolkonsky answered, apparently not wanting to talk more in front of outsiders.
Berg took the opportunity to ask with particular courtesy whether, as was heard, they would now issue double the fodder allowance to army company commanders? To this, Prince Andrei replied with a smile that he could not judge such important state orders, and Berg laughed joyfully.
“About your case,” Prince Andrei turned again to Boris, “we will talk later, and he looked back at Rostov. - You come to me after the show, we will do everything that will be possible.
And, glancing around the room, he turned to Rostov, whom he did not deign to notice the position of childish irresistible embarrassment, turning into bitterness, and said:
- You seem to be talking about the Shengraben case? You were there?
“I was there,” Rostov said with anger, as if by this he wanted to offend the adjutant.
Bolkonsky noticed the state of the hussar, and it seemed funny to him. He smiled slightly contemptuously.
- Yes! Lots of stories about this stuff!
“Yes, stories,” Rostov spoke loudly, looking at Boris and then Bolkonsky with furious eyes, “yes, there are many stories, but our stories are the stories of those who were in the very fire of the enemy, our stories have weight, and not stories of those staff thugs who receive awards without doing anything.
“Which do you suppose I belong to?” - calmly and especially pleasantly smiling, said Prince Andrei.
A strange feeling of anger and at the same time respect for the calmness of this figure was united at that time in the soul of Rostov.