Alexei Konstantinovich

**Alexei Ivanovich Konstantinovich** is one of the main characters of *Duelling Banjos*, along with ex-boyfriend Julien Perreault.

## Personal life

He was born in Moscow to doctor parents and a good, college-educated family. He wanted to play hockey and money was not a problem.

He moved to Canada to play hockey speaking only a handful of English and high school Parisian French. After the 1999-2000 season, he moved back to Russia.

He was in a relationship with teammate and roommate Julien Perreault for nine years until Alexei went back to Russia. They never see each other again, but they do play against each other in international tournaments.

He met his future wife one unspecified summer, she seems to "know" about Alexei, if not the specifics of his relationship with Julien, and they're both well aware it's a loveless marriage.

They got married during the summer as well, in 2006. Alexei invited old Canucks teammates, who came, including Julien, who didn't.

## Career

He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks but played one season in the KHL (then the Soviet League), with CSKA Moscow, before going to the Canucks for the 1988-89 season, winning the Calder that first season and leading his team in goals.

He won two non-consecutive Stanley Cups with them (one in 1994). He was considered the best in the world for several years and was top 5 in points every year. His steady point-production earned him the nickname "Konstant" or "Mr Konsistant" from Canucks teammates.

He left for Russia before the 2000-01 season and played several years in the KHL before retiring.

His number was retired by the Vancouver Canucks during the 2011-12 season and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

He currently holds a management position for CSKA Moscow in the KHL.

He was an assistant general manager for Team Russia at the 2020 World Cup of Hockey,, after working with the national team in several capacities for a few years. Julien didn't participate in the tournament in any capacity so they didn't meet.

### International

Internationally, he played for Russia in several Olympics and won Gold, playing in the gold medal game against Canada (and Julien Perreault), and scoring the game-winning goal in 1998. He represented Russia in Worlds 1996.

## Physical appearance and personality

He is objectively handsome, ranking on the Top 5 of the verse, even though he didn't age well (his hair starts to thin in his late twenties.) His eyes are steely blue. He does not grow a beard unless it's for playoffs and his beard is really bad. His style could be described as classic preppy. He has blue eyes. In the thicc scale, he is **Pretty big!!**.

He's an ISTJ and in the Global 5-SLOAN Multidimensional Typing System, he would be RLOEI. His love language is Words of Affirmation.

## Trivia

* He was a New York Rangers fan growing u.p
* His play is similar to Pavel Bure's.
* He's in the "don’t expect them to get into fights and they are as terrible as you thought" category.
* He never comes out and he never reaches out to Julien after leaving.
* He was David Chapman's favourite player as a kid.
* He used to flirt openly with many girls before following Julien home.
* He played with Vladimir Petrov and they were close. They fall out of touch, but they remain friendly.
* He's a member of the Triple Gold Club.
* He drinks his tea with more milk and sugar than actual tea.
* He's a good piano player.
* During his time with the Canucks, he was road roommates with Julien.
* He listened to every single voicemail Julien left him.
* In a Hogwarts AU, he would be a Ravenclaw.
* His nose is always cold.
* In the reaction to cold scale, he's "I am dressed appropriately for the weather."

## Short stories and snippets

* Duelling Banjos
* Untitled tumblr post
* Untitled tumblr post
* Vladimir & Alexei, coming West
* Untitled tumblr post
* David/Jake, Alexei; meeting your idol

* Untitled tumblr post

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