On the international stage, Kasatonov won two
Olympic gold medals, in
1984 and
1988, and silver in
1980. He won an additional five gold medals at the
World Championships in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 and 1989. On the club level, Kasatonov played for
SKA Leningrad,
CSKA Moscow,
New Jersey Devils,
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim,
St. Louis Blues, and
Boston Bruins. He was Anaheim's lone representative in the
1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game. Following a shoulder injury in an
American Hockey League (AHL) game for the
Providence Bruins in 1996, Kasatonov retired from the NHL and returned to play one last season for his former club CSKA Moscow. The severity of the injury led Kasatonov to end his playing career, and he returned to New Jersey to settle down with his wife and son. In 1998, Kasatonov was the general manager of the
Russian Olympic Team that captured the silver medal in
Nagano. After the Olympics he began training his son, and soon began coaching youth hockey in the
Tri-State area, running his own weekly clinics in
Staten Island for seven years. In 2003, Kasatonov founded the Admirals Hockey Club, which at its peak had five teams ranging from Squirts to Juniors. In 2004, Kasatonov accepted the head coaching position at
Columbia University. In 2008, Kasatonov returned to Russia for a head coaching position at
PHC Krylya Sovetov. In 2010, Kasatonov was the vice president of CSKA Moscow. In 2011–12, Kasatonov became the vice president and general manager of SKA Saint Petersburg of the
Kontinental Hockey League, the first club that he played for in the Soviet Union. ==Honours and awards==