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The Russian Five was the nickname given to the unit of five Russian ice hockey players from the Soviet Union that played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League in the 1990s. The five players were Sergei Fedorov , Vladimir Konstantinov , Slava Kozlov , Slava Fetisov , and Igor Larionov .
Vladimir Nikolaevich Konstantinov (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Константинов; born March 19, 1967) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career, from 1991 to 1997 with the Detroit Red Wings.
The Russian Five documentary, which tells how the Detroit Red Wings became redder, airs for free for the first time, on PBS Thursday 'The Russian Five' debuts on PBS: Relive the thrills of Detroit ...
After the Red Wings acquired Igor Larionov in 1995, coach Scotty Bowman created a 5–man Russian unit (the "Russian Five") consisting of forwards Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov and Igor Larionov, and defensemen Vladimir Konstantinov and Viacheslav Fetisov.
The 1997 Detroit Red Wings finally escape their funk and blow the Blues away with goals from Stevie Y, the Russian Five and the Grind Line in Game 5.
With 4 goals in Game 3, Red Wings' Russian Five continued to dominate Anaheim, dispelling the notion Russians don't get the intensity of the playoffs
Larionov was one of the Red Wings' "Russian Five" in the mid-1990s. He and Fetisov were looked on as father figures by the team's other Russian players, which included Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Vladimir Konstantinov. Larionov was an integral part of the Red Wings' back to back Stanley Cup Championships in 1997 and 1998.
He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played with the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings. With the Wings, he won back-to-back Stanley Cups and was part of the team's Russian Five unit. After retiring from his playing career, he became the assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils.