''The Junior League'' (russian: Молодёжка, Molodezhka) is a Russian TV series which airs on
STS
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. The series tells the story of a junior hockey club named ''The Bears'' (russian: Медведи ''Medvedi''). The series was produced by
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (russian: link=no, Фёдор Сергеевич Бондарчук ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. ...
and his
Art Pictures Studio
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Until 2005 the company specia ...
.
The first season was aired beginning on October 7, 2013. The second season was aired starting on November 17, 2014. The third season started filming since April 27, 2015, to October 19, 2015,
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and was aired since October 26, 2015, to February 26, 2016. The fourth season is aired on STS since October 17, 2016.
On November 19, 2016, the series was officially greenlighted for a 40-webisode fifth season.
Вячеслав Муругов о пятом сезоне
// November 19, 2016 The series would then air a 5th season starting autumn 2017.
Plot
The events take place in the town of Podolsk
Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River).
History
The first mentions of the village of Podol, w ...
when The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League
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player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League
Junior Hockey League is a term used to refer to an ice hockey league in which junior hockey teams compete.
List of junior hockey leagues
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* Alberta Junior Hockey League
* British Columbia Hockey League
* Canadian Ju ...
and make The Bears a successful team. It will be not easy, because the players do not feel as a whole, and work as individuals. In addition, they have other things to do: family, love life, and studies.
There are also those who are trying as quickly as possible to get rid of the new coach.
Cast
Hockey teams players
''The Bears''
* Alexander Sokolovsky as Yegor "Shchuka" Andreyevich Shchukin, is a center forward, player number 10, The Bears` captain and main character. After injury, Yegor began to train amateur hockey team Nivea Men. Since episode 40, season 3, he becomes a coach of the team.
* Makar Zaporozhsky as Dmitry "Dima" Andreyevich Shchukin, is a goaltender, player number 1 and Yegor's brother. In episode 3, season 2, Dima had to leave The Bears forever because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM, or HOCM when obstructive) is a condition in which the heart becomes thickened without an obvious cause. The parts of the heart most commonly affected are the interventricular septum and the ventricles. This r ...
. In episode 6, season 2, he went in Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
to study in Bauman University
* Ivan Zhvakin as Alexander "Kostyor" Stanislavovich Kostrov, is a forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
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* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
, player number 9
* Ivan Dubrovsky as Vadim "Nazar" Yurievich Nazarov, is a forward, player number 16
* Ivan Mulin as Anton Vladimirovich Antipov, is a forward, player number 17
* Vlad Kanopka as Andrei "Kisly" Viktorovich Kislyak, is a forward, player number 24
* Igor Ogurtsov as Semyon Nikolayevich Bakin, is a goaltender
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, player number 38
* Ilya Korobko as Mikhail Vasilievich Ponomaryov, is a defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...
, player number 95
* Mikhail Konov as Petrovsky
* Anton Mishin as Artyom Vorobyov, is a goalkeeper (since season 2, episodes 6 to 40)
* Matvei Zubalevich as Alexei "Smirny" Petrovich Smirnov, is a defenseman, player number 13 (since episode 13, season 2)
* Nikolai Alexeyev as Igor Gavrilov
* Nikita Yelenev as Denis Vasiliev, is a forward, player number 8 (since episode 6, season 3)
* Mikhail Gavrilov as Yevgeny "Tsar" Andreyevich Tsaryov, is a center forward, player number 45 (since episode 1, season 3)
* Pyotr Kovrizhnykh as Ilya "Beryoza" Berezin, is a forward, player number 47, former player of hockey club ''The Torch'' (since season 4)[Сериал «Молодёжка» закрывают](_blank)
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* Andriy Pinzaru as Danila Bondar, is a defenseman, player number 11, former player of hockey club ''The Torch'' (since season 4)
''Titan''
* Yevgeny Kulik as Igor Drozd, is a center forward, player number 10, captain of the team
* Alexander Sokolovsky as Yegor Shchukin, is a center forward, player number 9 (in episodes 5–8, season 3)
* Ivan Dubrovsky as Vadim Nazarov, is a forward, player number 16
* Mikhail Gavrilov as Yevgeny Tsaryov, is a center forward, player number 45
* Ilya Korobko as Mikhail Ponomaryov, is a defenceman, player number 95
''Ice Kings''
* Nikita Yelenev as Denis Vasiliev, is a forward, player number 8 (since season 4)
* Vlad Kanopka as Andrei Kislyak, is a forward, player number 24 (since season 4)
* Ivan Mulin as Anton Antipov, is a forward, player number 17 (since season 4)
* Matvei Zubalevich as Alexei Smirnov, is a defenceman, player number 13 (since season 4, episode 14)
* Ilya Korobko as Mikhail Vasilievich Ponomaryov, is a defenceman, player number 95 (since season 4, episode 26)
Team managers and coaches
* Denis Nikiforov as Sergei Petrovich Makeyev, is a head coach of The Bears
* Fyodor Bondarchuk
Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (russian: link=no, Фёдор Сергеевич Бондарчук ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, TV and film producer, clipmaker, TV host, founder of production company Art Pictures Studio. ...
as Oleg Ivanovich Kalinin, is an oligarch and general sponsor of The Bears
* Vladimir Zaitsev as Vadim Yurievich Kazantsev, is a sportive director of The Bears (seasons 1 and 4)
* Pavel Smetankin as Anton Karmazin
* Anatoly Kot as Anatoly Leonidovich Zhilin, is a sportive director of The Bears (since episode 5, season 2)
* Svetlana Antonova as dr. Yelizaveta Andreyevna Krasnova
* Vladimir Steklov as Ilya Romanovich Pakhomov, is an owner and the general sponsor of the hockey team ''The Bears''
* Vladimir Sterzhakov as Semyon Valerievich Krasnitsky, is a manager of the hockey club ''Ice Kings''
* Maxim Shchyogolev
Maxim Valerievich Shcheogolev (russian: Максим Валерьевич Щёголев; born 20 April 1982) is a popular Russian theatre and film actor, best known for roles in criminal and romantic movies and serials like ''Karpov'' (2012), ' ...
as Alexander Valerievich Tochilin, is a former player of Czech hockey club ''Vityaz'' and second coach of The Bears
* Andrei Merzlikin
Andrey Ilyich Merzlikin (russian: Андре́й Ильи́ч Мерзли́кин; born 24 March 1973) is a Russian film and theater actor.
Early life
Andrey Merzlikin was born in Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast. In the first education – radio e ...
as Maxim "Russian Bonecrusher" Eduardovich Streltsov, is a head coach of the hockey team ''Ice Kings'', a former player of Canadian ice hockey club ''Ottawa Senators
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* Mikhail Zhigalov as Stepan Arkadevich Zharsky, is a former coach of The Bears
Girls
* Anna Mikhaylovskaya as Yana Samoilova
* Maria Ivashchenko as Alina Morozova, is a former figure skater
* Yulia Margulis as Marina Kasatkina, is a captain of The Bears` support group, Yegor's girlfriend
* Maria Pirogova as Olga Belova, is a press secretary of The Bears, Anton Antipov's girlfriend
Parents
* Valentina Ananina
Valentina Georgievna Ananina (russian: Валентина Геopгиeвна Ананьина; May 18, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.
Biography
Valentina Ananina was born May 18, 1933 in Moscow.
In 1957 she grad ...
as Larisa Arkadievna Savelieva, Mikhail Ponomaryov's grandmother
* Nikolai Dobrynin
Nikolai Nikolaevich Dobrynin (russian: Николай Николаевич Добрынин) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, Meritorious Artist (2002).[Vadim Andreev
Vadim Yurievich Andreyev (russian: Вади́м Ю́рьевич Андре́ев; born 30 March 1958) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.
Biography
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as Fyodor Mikhailovich Samoilov
Guest stars
* Viktor Gusev
Viktor Mikhaylovich Gusev (; 30 January 1909 – 23 January 1944) wrote lyrics to accompany several patriotic Soviet military tunes, including 'Polyushko Pole' and ' March of the Artillerymen'.
He wrote the play ''Spring in Moscow'', which was t ...
(cameo)
* Vyacheslav Fetisov (cameo)
* Alexei Morozov
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He played professional ho ...
(cameo)
Rating
The show became highly popular and was ranked by ''Rossiyskaya Gazeta
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'' as the fourth-best TV series for 2013.
Production
The casting was held in Chelyabinsk
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, while all the games and training scenes were shot in Ice Hockey Hall in Podolsk
Podolsk ( rus, Подольск, p=pɐˈdolʲsk) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River).
History
The first mentions of the village of Podol, w ...
. Filming took place in Samara
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, Tolyatti, Krasnoyarsk
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, Chelyabinsk and Mytishchi
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in Moscow Oblast
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.
The hockey scenes (in seasons 1 and 2) were managed by Yevgeny Polynskikh, who previously worked with Canadian specialists on the set of the movie ''Legend № 17
''Legend No. 17'' (russian: Легенда №17) is a 2013 Russian biographical sports film directed by Nikolai Lebedev and produced by Trite Studio. The film is based on real events and tells of the rise to fame of the Soviet hockey player Val ...
''.
Books based on ''Molodezhka''
In October 2013, Eksmo
Eksmo (russian: Эксмо) is one of the largest publishing houses in Russia. Eksmo and AST (which it later acquired in 2012) together publish approximately 30% of all Russian books.
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released first book called ''"Molodezhka:The First Match"'' (russian: Молодёжка.Первый матч) written by Yekaterina Nevolina based on the first season of the series. On January 12, 2015, Eksmo released second book called ''"Molodezhka:Chance for a Victory"'' (russian: Молодёжка.Шанс на победу) written by Anna Antonova based on the second season of the series.
References
External links
*
Molodezhka
on STS Channel official website
Molodezhka
on Art Pictures official website
Molodezhka
on Facebook
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