Vyacheslav Bykov
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Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov ' onMouseout='HidePop("84959")' href="/topics/Chelyabinsk">Chelyabinsk
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
) is a former Soviet ice hockey
player and a former 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 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for Team Russia in the 1990s. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques
in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft
in the 9th round at number 169 overall. He opted, however, to never play in the NHL.
. While at CSKA Moscow, he became a regular on the Soviet national team and later Team Russia, taking part in the following international tournaments: http://www.azhockey.com/By.htm#Bykov,%20Vyacheslav
In 1990 he went to play with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss
Nationalliga A. He ended an illustrious playing career in 2000 having played the last two seasons with HC Lausanne
in the Nationalliga B.
. In 2007 World Championship
in Moscow he won bronze with Russian national team. Then, on 18 May 2008, he won World Championships Gold in Quebec with the team, and on 10 May 2009 again in Bern. After taking silver in 2010 in Germany and disappointing 4th place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Slovakia Bykov was relieved of his duties as the head coach of the Russian national team.
named Bykov as new head coach on 14 May 2009 starting from season 2009/2010. After winning Continental Cup
and taking bronze in 2009/2010, he won the Gagarin Cup
with Salavat Yulaev in 2010/2011.
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a former Soviet ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team. A small, technically gifted center
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
, he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for Team Russia in the 1990s. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft
NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League systematically select the rights to available amateur ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements...
in the 9th round at number 169 overall. He opted, however, to never play in the NHL.
Playing career
Bykov started out playing for the team in his home city, Traktor Chelyabinsk in 1979. After 3 years, he went to play for CSKA MoscowHC CSKA Moscow
HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army...
. While at CSKA Moscow, he became a regular on the Soviet national team and later Team Russia, taking part in the following international tournaments: http://www.azhockey.com/By.htm#Bykov,%20Vyacheslav
- With the Soviet Union:
- 1983 World Championships1983 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1983 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in West Germany from 16 April to 2 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 Championships,...
(Gold) - 1985 World Championships1985 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 17 April to 3 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 of...
(Bronze) - 1986 World Championships1986 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 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) - 1987 Canada CupCanada Cup (ice hockey)The Canada Cup was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that allowed the best players from participating nations to compete regardless of their status as professional...
(Silver) - 1987 World Championships1987 World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 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 28 countries participated in four levels of competition....
(Silver) - 1988 Olympics (Gold)
- 1989 World Championships1989 World Ice Hockey Championships-Final Round:-Consolation Round:Poland was relegated to Group B.-World Championship Group B :Played in Oslo and Lillehammer March 30th to April 9th. The April 5th game between Norway and Austria was officially adjusted to 8-0 for Norway because of Siegfried Haberl's positive drug test...
(Gold)
- 1983 World Championships
- With Russia/CISCommonwealth of Independent StatesThe Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....
:- 1992 Olympics (Gold)
- 1993 World Championships1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships- Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 9-12 Place :- Semifinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Switzerland was relegated to Group B.- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :...
(Gold) - 1995 World Championships1995 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was played in Stockholm and Gavle Sweden, from April 23rd to May the 7th, 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over Sweden 4-1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm. The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville...
(5th place)
In 1990 he went to play with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
Nationalliga A. He ended an illustrious playing career in 2000 having played the last two seasons with HC Lausanne
HC Lausanne
HC Lausanne is an ice hockey team, based in the city of Lausanne, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In 2004, during the NHL lock-out, the HC Lausanne signed NHL players like Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach.-History:...
in the Nationalliga B.
Russian national team
On 10 August 2006, Bykov was named as the new head coach of the Russian national hockey team taking over from Vladimir KrikunovVladimir Krikunov
Vladimir Krikunov is retired Russian ice-hockey player and former head coach of team Russia. As a player Krikunov played for Dinamo Riga and PHC Krylya Sovetov of Moscow. During his coaching career he coached HC Dynamo Moscow and team Russia...
. In 2007 World Championship
2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
-Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2008# — relegated to Division I for 2008- Group A :Final standings# — promoted to Championship for 2008# # # #...
in Moscow he won bronze with Russian national team. Then, on 18 May 2008, he won World Championships Gold in Quebec with the team, and on 10 May 2009 again in Bern. After taking silver in 2010 in Germany and disappointing 4th place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Slovakia Bykov was relieved of his duties as the head coach of the Russian national team.
- 2007 World Championships2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships-Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2008# — relegated to Division I for 2008- Group A :Final standings# — promoted to Championship for 2008# # # #...
(Bronze) - 2008 World Championships2008 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition...
(Gold) - 2009 World Championships2009 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...
(Gold) - 2010 World Championships2010 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...
(Silver) - 2011 World Championships2011 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice...
(4th)
Salavat Yulaev
Salavat Yulaev UfaSalavat Yulaev Ufa
Salavat Yulaev is a professional ice hockey team based in Ufa in the Republic of Bashkortostan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League, and were part of Group C of the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League.-History:The...
named Bykov as new head coach on 14 May 2009 starting from season 2009/2010. After winning Continental Cup
Continental Cup (KHL)
The Continental Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the regular season of the Kontinental Hockey League, i.e. the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. It was introduced during the second season of the competition. Earlier, the winner of the first season simply named...
and taking bronze in 2009/2010, he won the Gagarin Cup
Gagarin Cup
The Gagarin Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs, and is named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space...
with Salavat Yulaev in 2010/2011.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 48 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 44 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army... |
USSR | 44 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 44 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 47 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 34 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 1992–93 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 35 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 30 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 28 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 46 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 24 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Event | Place | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Soviet Union | WC Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are 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... |
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1986 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1987 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1987 1987 Canada Cup The 1987 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team Canada.... |
Soviet Union | CC Canada Cup (ice hockey) The Canada Cup was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that allowed the best players from participating nations to compete regardless of their status as professional... |
9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1988 Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics At the 1988 Winter Olympics one ice hockey event was held, men's ice hockey. Games were played at the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral, and Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Source:* Gold - * Silver -... |
Soviet Union | Oly Ice hockey at the Olympic Games Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics... |
7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1989 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | ||
| 1990 1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Final Round:-Consolation Round:Norway needing to keep their final game within four goals, lost four to nothing to the Germans, and were relegated.... |
Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1991 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Final Round:-Consolation Round:No team was relegated because of the expansion to twelve teams.-World Championship Group B :... |
Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1992 Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel, a ski resort about 45 km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team.-Final rankings:# # # # # # #... |
Unified Team | Oly | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1993 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 9-12 Place :- Semifinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Switzerland was relegated to Group B.- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :... |
Russia | WC | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1995 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was played in Stockholm and Gavle Sweden, from April 23rd to May the 7th, 1995. In the tournament finals, Finland won the gold medal by winning over Sweden 4-1 at the Globen arena in Stockholm. The Finnish goals were scored by Timo Jutila and Ville... |
Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Senior int'l totals | 108 | 47 | 50 | 97 | 26 | ||||