Alexander Mogilny

Growing up in the Soviet Union, Mogilny was recruited at a young age to join CSKA Moscow, commonly referred to as the "Red Army Team". The Red Army Team was the powerhouse hockey team of the Soviet league and was able to pull off a long run of dominance. During that time, the CSKA organization was a functioning division of the Soviet Army. Taking advantage of the fact that all able-bodied Soviet males had to serve in the military, it was able to draft the best young hockey players in the Soviet Union onto the team. With such an overlap between the two teams, the Red Army hockey team often supplied the nucleus of the Soviet national team.\n', '

In 1986, Mogilny was made a full-time player of CSKA Moscow. He finished his first year with 15 goals and 16 points in 28 games. At only 17 years old, Mogilny and Sergei Fedorov were the youngest members on the team. Still, team officials anticipa…