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Ice hockey was not properly introduced into the Soviet Union until the 1940s, though bandy, a similar game played on a larger ice field, had long been popular in the country. It was during a tour of FC Dynamo Moscow of the United Kingdom in 1945 that Soviet officials first got the idea of establishing an ice hockey program.
[14] [15] In 1952, the Hockey Federation of the USSR joined the International Ice Hockey League, and so received the permission to play in the World Championships and the Olympics. That year is seen as the birth of the Soviet national ice hockey team, the predecessor team of the Russia men's national ice hockey team. [16]
Display of 1959-60 Montreal Canadiens jersey worn by Maurice Richard. A hockey jersey is a piece of clothing worn by ice hockey players to cover the upper part of their bodies. They also are worn by fans to show support for a team, or to create ties to a hometown or region.
Skaters Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A P PIM Medals Notes Ref(s) Boris Alexandrov 1 1976 5 2 2 4 0 Gold (1976) IIHFHOF (2019) [b] Veniamin Alexandrov 3 1960, 1964, 1968 18 14 12 26 23 Bronze (1960) Gold (1964) Gold (1968) Alexander Almetov 2 1960, 1964 14 5 6 11 2 Bronze (1960) Gold (1964) Yevgeni Babich 1 1956 7 2 3 5 4 Gold (1956) Sergei Babinov 1 1976 5 2 2 4 15 Gold (1976) Helmuts ...
[1] One of the most feared lines in hockey history was the KLM Line of the 1980s. The name came from the last names of the three players, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, and Sergei Makarov. Together with defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov, they were known as the Green Unit because they wore green jerseys in practice. The five ...
The Federation of Hockey of the Russian SFSR / Russia (FHR) was established on 12 November 1991. On 19 January 1992, the FHR officially became the successor to the USSR Hockey Federation. [citation needed] On 22 May 1992, former Soviet player Vladimir Petrov was elected president of the FHR. On 8 April 1994, Petrov was removed from the post of ...
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Anatoly Tarasov coaching a Soviet player in Tampere, Finland, in 1970.. Tarasov was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. [7] Having helped to build the Soviet hockey program from scratch, he became the first Soviet man to be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto as a builder.