Facts: - weight lb: 178 - played for: khimik voskresensk tps turku kapfenberg storhamar dragons - career end: 2006 - ntl team: russia - position: defence - height in: 1 - shoots: left - height ft: 6 - birth date: 17 august 1964 - career start: 1982 - name: alexander smirnov - image size: 230px - image: smirnov alexander 260911.jpeg - birth place: voskresensk , urs Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander smirnov -lrb- ice hockey -rrb- .
The answer to this question is:
alexander yevgenievich smirnov -lrb- born 17 august 1964 in voskresensk , soviet union -rrb-