In 2009, He Met His Future Wife By Chance On An Airplane
In 2009, Andrei had a serendipitous meeting on a plane with the woman who would later become his wife, Ksenia. While Andrei was competing in the Russian Junior Hockey League, Ksenia was making her way back to Moscow, her home in Russia. They started talking on social media after initially sharing information, and the rest, as they say, is history.
In 2014, Andrei and Ksenia tied the knot when they were both 19 years old. The couple had their first child, a son named Lukas, when they were residing in New York and not too much longer after they had tied the knot. Ksenia gave birth to Lukas while Andrei was still playing the game, which was a very unfortunate turn of events. After the game, it was revealed to him that he had a son. What a fascinating method of inquiry!