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The Soviet national ice hockey team [a] was the national men's ice hockey team of the Soviet Union. From 1954, the team won at least one medal each year at either the Ice Hockey World Championships or the Olympic hockey tournament. After its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet team competed as the CIS team (part of the Unified Team) at the 1992 ...
The Soviet team's Vladislav Tretiak (pictured here in 2008) was considered the best goaltender in ice hockey in 1980. The Americans scored two goals against him before he was pulled from the game at the end of the first period.
By contrast, the United States' team—led by head coach Herb Brooks—consisted exclusively of amateur players, and was the youngest team in the tournament and in U.S. national team history. In the group stage, both the Soviet and U.S. teams were unbeaten; the U.S. achieved several notable results, including a 2–2 draw against Sweden, and a ...
When the Soviet Union dissolved, it was replaced in subsequent tournaments by the Unified Team and Russia (since 1994). Six players would play for both the Soviet Union and either the Unified Team or Russia at the Olympics. [6] [7] Goaltender Vladislav Tretiak played in four tournaments
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, a USSR team loss to team USA in a medal round game denied Tretiak a chance at another gold. The Soviet team won silver, as they had the second-highest number of points in the tournament. [citation needed]. Though he was only 32 in 1984 and still capable of playing top-level hockey, Tretiak retired.
The Soviet teams were usually club teams from the Soviet hockey league. The exception was in 1983, when the Soviet National Team represented the Soviet Union. A total of 18 series were held; the Soviet teams won 14 and the NHL won 2, with the remaining two series tied. 98 games were played across the 18 series, with Soviet teams posting an ...
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team. Vladimir Myshkin; ... 20 February 1980 17:00: Soviet Union ... In the following table for team events number of team ...
Vladimir Semenovich Myshkin (Russian: Владимир Семёнович Мышкин; born June 19, 1955) is a Russian former ice hockey goaltender. He was a goaltender for HC Dynamo Moscow and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s.