Maxim Berezin

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Maxim Berezin
Born (1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 33)
Izhevsk, Russian SFSR
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 Lada Togliatti
Neftkhimik Nizhnekamsk
Avangard Omsk
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Playing career 2007–present

Maxim Berezin (born January 29, 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HC Lada Togliatti of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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Playing career

Berezin started his career in 2007 with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the third level Pervaya Liga as a seventeen-year-old, where he scored 13 points in 38 games. He would spend most of his 2008–09 season in the second level Vysshaya Liga playing with Neftyanik Leninogorsk, scoring 6 pts in 32 games. [1]

He would split his next two seasons between Reaktor Nizhnekamsk of the Molodezhnaya Khokkeinaya Liga and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Berezin would score a career high in points (36) during his 2009–10 stint with Reaktor Nizhnekamsk.[ citation needed ]

Following tenures with Avangard Omsk and Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Berezin returned to original club, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, on a two-year contract beginning in the 2021–22 season on 3 August 2021. [2]

As a free agent, Berezin left Neftekhimik for second time in his career, opting to sign a one-year contract with reinstated KHL club, HC Lada Togliatti, for the 2023–24 season on 25 May 2023. [3]

International play

Berezin was most a member of the Russian team that won the gold medal in the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. In seven games, he did not score but had three assists and eight penalty minutes.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk's 2010-11 Roster
  2. ↑ "Maxim Berezin is back in Neftekhimik" (in Russian). HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Berezin will strengthen the defense" (in Russian). HC Lada Togliatti. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.


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