Editing Maxim Afinogenov (section)

==Personal life==
Afinogenov was first introduced to hockey by his dad when he was five years old.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=509006 |title=Afinogenov Q&A |publisher=NHL.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109211644/http://thrashers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=509006 |archive-date=January 9, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> As a youth, he played in the 1993 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with a team from [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He married Russian former professional tennis player, [[Elena Dementieva]] on July 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifenews.ru/news/63921|title=Чемпион мира и героиня Олимпиады женились на крыше|author=Андрей Дедов.|date=July 17, 2011|publisher=[[LifeNews|Life News Online]]|access-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> His sister Katia Afinogenov married current [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] left winger [[Max Pacioretty]] one week later.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://yourcanadiens.blogspot.com/2011/07/max-pacioretty-wedding-photos.html | title = Max Pacioretty Wedding Photos | website = yourcanadiens.com | date = 2011-07-02 | access-date = 2011-07-02}}</ref>