Weniamin Weniaminowitsch Alexandrov

Weniamin Alexandrov
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2007
Date of birth	April 18, 1937
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
date of death	November 6, 1991
Place of death	Moscow , Russia
size	181 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1955-1969	HK CSKA Moscow

Weniamin Weniaminowitsch Alexandrow ( Russian Вениамин Вениаминович Александров ; born April 18, 1937 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ; † November 6, 1991 ibid) was a Soviet ice hockey player .

In the Soviet league he scored a total of 345 goals in 400 games. He played for HK CSKA Moscow from 1955 to 1969 and won the Soviet league title ten times (1956, 1958–61, 1963–66 & 1968). In 1963 he was the top scorer in the league with 53 goals.

For the Soviet Union national ice hockey team he played from 1957 to 1968. He scored 119 goals in 161 games and won the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. First he formed with Alexander Almetow and Konstantin Loktew a extremely powerful storm series. Later with Boris Michailow and Vladimir Petrow , here he was replaced by Valeri Kharlamov .

He later worked as a coach for HK CSKA Moscow , SKA Saint Petersburg and the Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia .

In 1963 he was honored for his services with the induction into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame and in 2007 into the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Awards

• Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1963 , 1964 , 1965 , 1966 , 1967 and 1968
• Gold medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968
• Gold medal at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics
• Bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Web links

• Weniamin Alexandrow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Info at peoples.ru (russ.)
• Weniamin Weniaminowitsch Alexandrow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )