Valeri Vasiliev
Valeri Vasiliev | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 3 August 1949||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 April 2012 | (aged 62)||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Torpedo Gorky (USSR) Dynamo Moscow (USSR) Újpesti TE (Hungary) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career |
1966–1984 1989–1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valeri Ivanovich Vasiliev (Russian: Валерий Иванович Васильев; 3 August 1949 – 19 April 2012) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey defenceman, who played for Dynamo Moscow. Internationally he competed for the Soviet Union. An eight-time Soviet all-star, Vasiliev was captain of the national team, for which he played 13 years, and was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. He was born in Gorky, Soviet Union.
Playing career
[edit]Vasiliev played on nine Soviet gold medal teams at the IIHF World Championships. He was named the tournament's best defenceman in 1973, 1977, and 1979 and was a five-time all-star. He was on the gold medal team at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics, as well as at the 1981 Canada Cup, where he captained the winning team.[1] He also played in the 1972 Summit Series, 1976 Canada Cup, and 1980 Winter Olympics. He coined the phrase "kiss the ice" after winning in 1972 Winter Olympics. He played in the Soviet Championship League from 1967 to 1984, playing more games than anyone else in the league's history.[2] Vasiliev was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.[3]
In 1978 Vasiliev was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Vasiliev, who had won the 1978 world championship not long after he had suffered a heart attack, died from heart failure in 2012.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Regular season | ||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
1966–67 | Torpedo Gorky | USSR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1967–68 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
1968–69 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | |
1969–70 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 43 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 37 | |
1970–71 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 36 | |
1971–72 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 | |
1972–73 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 59 | |
1973–74 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 31 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 42 | |
1974–75 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 34 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 34 | |
1975–76 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 28 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 13 | |
1976–77 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 34 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 21 | |
1977–78 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 30 | |
1978–79 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 42 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 26 | |
1979–80 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 41 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |
1980–81 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 43 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 | |
1981–82 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 36 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 18 | |
1982–83 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | |
1983–84 | Dynamo Moscow | USSR | 44 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | |
1989–90 | Újpesti Dózsa SC | HUN | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | — | |
1990–91 | EC Ratingen | GER-2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
USSR totals | 619 | 71 | 115 | 186 | 485 |
International
[edit]Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1968 | Soviet Union | EJC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1969 | Soviet Union | EJC | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
1970 | Soviet Union | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1972 | Soviet Union | OLY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1972 | Soviet Union | WC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
1972 | Soviet Union | SS | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
1973 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
1974 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
1974 | Soviet Union | SS | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
1975 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
1976 | Soviet Union | OLY | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
1976 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
1976 | Soviet Union | CC | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
1977 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
1978 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
1979 | Soviet Union | WC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
1980 | Soviet Union | OLY | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
1981 | Soviet Union | WC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1981 | Soviet Union | CC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
1982 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 143 | 22 | 41 | 63 | 63 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cazeneuve, Brian (February 12, 2014). "Greatest Russian Hockey Players Of All Time". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^ Martin 1990, p. 103
- ^ "ХАРЛАМОВ, ВАСИЛЬЕВ, ФИРСОВ И ТИХОНОВ ИЗБРАНЫ В ЗАЛ СЛАВЫ ИИХФ". Sport Express (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. June 3, 1988. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
Bibliography
[edit]- Martin, Lawrence (1990), The Red Machine: The Soviet Quest to Dominate Canada's Game, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, ISBN 0-385-25272-2
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Valery Vasiliev at CCCP International
- 1949 births
- 2012 deaths
- Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Hungary
- HC Dynamo Moscow players
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Ice hockey people from Nizhny Novgorod
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Members of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian ice hockey defencemen
- Soviet expatriate ice hockey players
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Soviet ice hockey defencemen
- Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players
- Újpesti TE (ice hockey) players