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| Most games |
| Alexander Maltsev: 321 |
| Most goals |
| Alexander Maltsev: 213 |
| Most points |
| Sergei Makarov Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...
: 248 |
| First game |
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, East Germany; April 22, 1951) |
| Last game |
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; February 23, 1992) |
| Largest victory |
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; December 26, 1967) |
| Largest defeat |
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; January 9, 1968)
{{ih|TCH}} 9 - 3 {{ih-rt|URS}}
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; March 21, 1975) |
| Canada Cup The Canada Cup was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions, between 1976 and 1991. Canada won the tournament four times, while the Soviet Union captured the championship once...
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| Winners: 1 - 1981 |
| World Championships |
| Gold medalists: 19 - 1954, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990 |
| International competition |
| Current record: (W-L-T) 738-110-65 |
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Soviet national ice hockey team, or
USSR national ice hockey team ({{lang-ru|Сборная СССР по хоккею с шайбой}}), was the
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team of the
Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
.
The Soviets were the most dominant team of all time in international play. The team won nearly every
world championshipsThe Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
and
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between 1954 and 1991 held by the
International Ice Hockey FederationThe International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 68 members...
(IIHF).
Due to the questionable nature of the amateur status of the Soviet players, their participation in the Olympics was questioned. The controversy was about the IIHF's definition of amateurs and professionals. However, the Soviets were generally dominant in amateur and professional tournaments alike.
After 1991, the Soviet team competed as the
Unified TeamThe Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...
at the
1992 Winter OlympicsThe Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville was a joint team consisting of six of the fifteen former Soviet republics, namely Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, and Armenia. The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
and as the
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at the
1992 World ChampionshipsThe 1992 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Czechoslovakia from the 28th April to 10th May. The games were played in Prague and Bratislava. Twelve teams took part, with the first round consisting of two groups of six, with the four best teams from each group advancing to the quarter-finals...
. In 1993, it was replaced by national teams for Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
LithuaniaThe Lithuaninan national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Lithuania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Lithuania is currently in 23rd place in the IIHF World Rankings...
, Russia and Ukraine. The IIHF recognized the Russian as the successor to the Soviet Union team and passed its ranking on Russia. The other national hockey teams were considered new and sent to compete in Pool C.
The IIHF Team of the Century included four Soviet-Russian players out of a team of six. Goalie
Vladislav TretiakVladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's Team of the Century in a poll...
, defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov and forwards Valeri Kharlamov and
Sergei MakarovSergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport...
who played for the Soviet teams in the 1970s and the 1980s were voted on to the
IIHF Centennial All-Star TeamThe IIHF Centennial All-Star Team is an all-star team of hockey players from international ice hockey tournaments. The selection was organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation and named in 2008...
in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries.
Stats
Leading scorers (Olympics, World Championships,
Canada CupsThe Canada Cup refers to several types of professional sporting events held in Canada: It is also the previous name of the World Cup of Golf and the World Cup of Hockey.* Canada Cup for men's professional ice hockey* Canada Cup...
, 1972 Summit Series)
- Sergei Makarov - 248 points
- Aleksandr Maltsev
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Maltsev is a retired Soviet ice hockey right winger.Maltsev played for Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet League for 530 games from 1967 to 1984...
- 213+ points
- Valeri Kharlamov - 199 points
- Boris Mikhailov
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov is a former Soviet ice hockey right winger. He played for Energy Saratov from 1962-65, Locomotiv Moscow from 1965-67, and CSKA Moscow from 1967-1981...
- 180 points
- Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov is a Soviet ice hockey player, two times Olympic Champion , who is currently retired....
- 176 points
Note: All of the top five scorers were on the 1980 Olympic team that lost to the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the
Miracle on IceThe "Miracle on Ice" is the nickname given to a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, which occurred on February 22. The United States team, made up of amateur and collegiate players and led by coach Herb Brooks, defeated the Soviet Union team,...
.
Note: Maltsev has at least 213 points from his goals, and possibly more, but an accurate number for his assists cannot be found.
World Championships record
- 1954 - Gold medal winner
- 1955 - Silver medal winner
- 1957
The 1957 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 24 and March 5 1957 at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, USSR....
- Silver medal winner
- 1958 - Silver medal winner
- 1959 - Silver medal winner
- 1961 - Bronze medal winner
- 1962 - Did not participate
- 1963 - Gold medal winner
- 1965
The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Tampere, Finland, 3rd March - 15th March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets were world champions, winning all of their games....
- Gold medal winner
- 1966 - Gold medal winner
- 1967 - Gold medal winner
- 1969 - Gold medal winner
- 1970 - Gold medal winner
- 1971 - Gold medal winner
- 1972
The 1972 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 39th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tourmanent was held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from April 7 to April 22, 1972, and the Czechoslovakia national team won the tournament, the third time they had done so and first since 1949, ending...
- Silver medal winner
- 1973
The 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 40th Ice Hockey World Championships and the 51st European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in the Soviet Union from 31st March to 15th April and the games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in the...
- Gold medal winner
- 1974
The 1974 Ice Hockey World Championships were the 41st Ice Hockey World Championships and the 52nd European Championships in ice hockey. The tournament took place in Finland from 5th April to 20th April and the games were played in the capital, Helsinki. Six teams took part in the main tournament,...
- Gold medal winner
- 1975
The 1975 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 42nd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 53rd European Championships of ice hockey. The tournament took place in West Germany from 3rd April to 19th April and the games were played in Munich and Düsseldorf. Six teams took part in the main...
- Gold medal winner
- 1976
The 1976 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 43rd Ice Hockey World Championships and the 54th European Championships in ice hockey. The tournament took place in Poland from 8th April to 25th April, and the games were played in Katowice. Eight teams took part in the main tournamen, with each...
- Silver medal winner
- 1977
The 1977 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Vienna, Austria from 21st April to 8th May. Eight teams took part, first playing each other once, then the four best teams advancing to a new round...
- Bronze medal winner
- 1978
The 1978 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 26th April to 14th May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once in the first round, and then the four best teams meeting in a new round...
- Gold medal winner
- 1979
The 1979 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union from 26th April to 14th May. Eight teams took part, with the first round split into two groups of four, and the best two from each group advancing to the final group. The...
- Gold medal winner
- 1981
The 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships took place at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from 12 April to the 26 April. Eight teams took part, firstly splitting into two groups of two, with the best two from each group advancing to the final group. These teams then play each other in the...
- Gold medal winner
- 1982
The 1982 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland from the 15th April to the 29th April. The games were played in Helsinki and Tampere. Eight teams took part, and each played each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more. This was the 48th World Championships,...
- Gold medal winner
- 1983
The 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in West Germany from 16th April to 2nd May. The games were played in Munich, Dortmund and Düsseldorf. Eight teams took part, with each playing each other once. The four best teams then play each other once more. This was the 49th World...
- Gold medal winner
- 1985
The 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 17th April to 3rd May. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 50th World Championships, and also the 61st European Championships...
- Bronze medal winner
- 1986
The 1986 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in the Soviet Union from 12 April to 28 April. The games were played at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, and eight teams took part. Each team played each other once, and then the four best teams played each other again....
- Gold medal winner
- 1987
The 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships was the 52nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was also the 63rd ice hockey European Championships. Teams representing 24 countries participated in four levels of competition....
- Silver medal winner
- 1989
The 1989 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden from 15 April - 1 May. The games were played in Södertälje and Stockholm, in the newly built arena Globen. Eight teams took part, and each team played each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 53rd...
- Gold medal winner
- 1990
The 1990 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Switzerland from 16 April 1990 - 2 May 1990. The matches were played in Bern and Fribourg. Eight teams took part, with all teams playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other again. This was the 54th World Championships,...
- Gold medal winner
- 1991
The 1991 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Finland 19th April - 4th May. The games were played in Turku, Helsinki and Tampere. The main venue was Turkuhalli. Eight teams took part, with each team playing each other once. The four best teams then played each other once more...
- Bronze medal winner
Summit Series record
- 1972
The Summit Series was the first competition between full-strength Soviet and Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series held in September 1972...
- Lost to Canada
- 1974
The 1974 Summit Series was the second of two competitions between Soviet and Canadian professional ice hockey players. Canada was represented by World Hockey Association players instead of National Hockey League players, as it had been in the 1972 Summit Series. The Soviet team won the series 4-1-3...
- Won series against Canada
Canada Cup record
- 1976
The 1976 Canada Cup series was the first in a group of tournaments designed in Canada as an attempt to reassert Canadian international hockey dominance. The Canada Cup was begun as a quid pro quo arrived at with the IIHF in exchange for Canadian participation in the World Hockey Championships and...
- Finished in 3rd place
- 1981
The 1981 Canada Cup was the second professional ice hockey world championship involving the world's top six ice hockey nations. The tournament was postponed from 1980 due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as well as the US boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The playing format was...
- Won championship
- 1984
The 1984 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning two games to nil...
- Lost semifinal
- 1987
The 1987 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament series in 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11, 1987, and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, 1987, and were won by Team Canada....
- Lost final
- 1991
The 1991 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated the USA in a two game sweep, to win the fifth and final...
- Finished in 5th place
Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous vs. NHL all-stars
- 1979
1979 Challenge Cup was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of all-stars from the National Hockey League, held in New York City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1978–79 NHL season....
- Won series
- 1987
Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the 1986–87 NHL season...
- Tied series
Notable players
- Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov was a Soviet athlete, who excelled in both football , bandy, and ice hockey. He is considered one of the best Russians ever in all of those sports....
- Vyacheslav Bykov
Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov is a former Soviet Ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Russian national hockey team. A small, technically gifted center, he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 80's and after the fall of the Soviet Union he played...
- Vyacheslav Fetisov
- Anatoli Firsov
Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov was a Russian ice hockey left wing and center, who competed internationally for the USSR. He was named the most valuable player in the Soviet hockey league three times....
- Valeri Kamensky
Valeri Viktorovich Kamensky is a retired Russian hockey player. Before the NHL, he started his career with Khimik Voskresensk in the Russian Hockey Super League and also played for CSKA Moscow...
- Alexei Kasatonov
Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov is a retired ice hockey defenceman, a long-time member of the Soviet Union national team....
- Valery Kharlamov
Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov was a star ice hockey player from the Soviet Union and is considered one of their greatest players. He died in a car accident. He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's Team of the Century in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts...
- Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov born June 1, 1960 in Moscow, USSR now Russia) is a former Russian hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line...
- Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as "The Professor". Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League...
- Sergei Makarov
- Aleksandr Maltsev
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Maltsev is a retired Soviet ice hockey right winger.Maltsev played for Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet League for 530 games from 1967 to 1984...
- Boris Mikhailov
Boris Petrovich Mikhailov is a former Soviet ice hockey right winger. He played for Energy Saratov from 1962-65, Locomotiv Moscow from 1965-67, and CSKA Moscow from 1967-1981...
- Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov is a Soviet ice hockey player, two times Olympic Champion , who is currently retired....
- Alexander Ragulin
Alexander Pavlovich Ragulin was a defenseman for the Red Army ice hockey team, CSKA Moscow , a 10 time World Champion, and a 3-time Olympic champion ....
- Vyacheslav Starshinov
Vyacheslav Starshinov is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow, scoring 405 goals in 540 league games. He led the league in goals in 1966-67 and 1967-68, and in points in 1967-68...
- Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM is a former goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's Team of the Century in a poll...
- Valery Vasiliev
- Alexander Yakushev
Alexander Sergeyevich Yakushev was an ice hockey player for the Soviet Union.Born in Moscow, Russia, Alexander Yakushev is best known to North American hockey fans as one of the stars for the Soviet team that played Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series...
See also
- Ice Hockey World Championships
The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...
- Russia national ice hockey team
- Unified Team
The Unified Team was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The IOC country code was EUN, after the French name, Équipe Unifiée...
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