International Participated at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and at eight World and European Championships from 1957 to 1966 ... Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck in 1964 ... World Champion in 1964, 1965 and 1966 ... Named the Best Forward at the World and European Championships in 1966 ... Voted to the tournament All-Star Team in 1965 and 1966 ... Assistant coach of the Soviet National Team from 1974 to 1977, helping the Soviets win the 1975 World Championships and a gold medal at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics.
Career Began his hockey career with Spartak Moscow (1952-53) Later played for ODO Leningrad (1953-54) ... Played for CSKA Moscow of the Soviet League from 1954 to 1966 ... Won the Soviet national title 10 times ... In his career, played in 340 games and scored 213 goals ... Member of an internationally famous line with Alexander Almetov and Veniamin Alexandrov ... Head coach of CSKA Moscow from 1974 to 1977 ... Won the national title with the team in 1975 and 1977 ... Later worked in Poland. |