Pavel Datsyuk is currently married to Maria Datsyuk.
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Pavel Datsyuk is currently married to Maria Datsyuk which happens to be his second wife.
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Pavel was previously married to Svetlana Datsyuk and they met at a cafe in Sverdlovsk when Pavel was just 18 years old. Svetlana quit her college to follow him to the United States when Pavel had to travel to Detroit to join NHL. They dated for three years and eventually got married in 1999. Pavel had a daughter with Svetlana and they got separated in 2010. Pavel and Maria have one child at the moment, a small daughter.
Pavel Datsyuk is regarded by many as one of the best ice hockey centreman to have played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was born on 20 July, 1978 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He started his professional career with the Detroit Red Wings and he was mentored and guided by fellow countrymen and Soviet stars Igor Larionov and Sergei Fedorov, as well as Detroit captain Steve Yzerman.
He last played for the Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and retired from hockey on July 10, 2022. having joined them way back in 2007. He has been named in the NHL Second All-Star Team in 2009 and has played in the NHL All-Star Game on 4 occasions. He has won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy four times and also won the Frank J. Selke Trophy four times. He is also a 2 times Stanley Cup Champion and won the Kharmalov Trophy that is presented to the Best Russian NHL Player voted by the Russian NHL Players in 2009. He was also Selected as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017. He also won the Olympic Gold Medal in 2018 and the World Championship Gold Medal in 2012. Pavel Datsyuk wears the #13 jersey for the Detroit Red Wings.
