Alexander Nikolayevich Uvarow

Alexander Uvarov
Date of birth	March 20, 1922
place of birth	Odoyev Raion , Russian SFSR
date of death	December 24, 1994
position	center
number	# 9
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1948-1960	Dynamo Moscow

Alexander Nikolajewitsch Uvarow ( Russian Александр Николаевич Уваров ; born March 20, 1922 in Odojew Rajon , Tula Governorate , Russian SFSR ; † December 24, 1994 ) was a Russian - Soviet ice hockey player and coach .

Career

Uvarov began his career in 1948 at Dynamo Moscow and quickly established itself as one of the best scorers in the Soviet Hockey League, the Klass A . Most of the time he played with Valentin Kusin and Yuri Krylow in a row. He won the Soviet championship title with Dynamo Moscow in 1954 , was runner-up in 1950, 1951, 1959 and 1960 and took third place in the championship with the team in 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958. In 1955 and 1956 he reached the finals of the USSR Cup competition with Dynamo. In total, he scored 203 goals in 259 league games, including 21 hat tricks . He was one of the fastest strikers in the Soviet league of the 1950s.

In 1954 he was appointed to the Soviet national team and on January 29, 1954, he played the Soviet Union's first official international match against Finland , scoring the Sbornaja's very first goal at the World Cup. His international career was crowned with a gold medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , and he also won one gold and two silver medals at world championships . For the national team, he scored 18 goals in 81 international matches. On November 5, 1957, he played his last international match. In 1954 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR .

In the 1965/66 season he looked after Torpedo Podolsk from the Wtoraja League as head coach.

Achievements and Awards

• 1950, 1951, 1959, 1960 Soviet runner-up with Dynamo Moscow
• 1954 Soviet champion with Dynamo Moscow
• 1954 gold medal at the world championship
• 1955 silver medal at the world championship
• 1956 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1957 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

season	team	league		Games	Gates
1948/49	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		17th	16
1949/50	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		22nd	20th
1950/51	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		15th	21st
1951/52	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		16	15th
1952/53	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		18th	19th
1953/54	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		16	24
1954/55	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		18th	28
1955/56	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		23	15th
1956/57	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		20th	16
1957/58	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		33	11
1958/59	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		25th	6th
1959/60	Dynamo Moscow	Class A		36	11

International

year	team	event		Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty min.	result
1954	Soviet Union	WM		7th	2		2		gold medal
1955	Soviet Union	WM		8th	3		3		Silver medal
1956	Soviet Union	Olympia		7th	3	2	5	7th	gold medal
1957	Soviet Union	WM		5	0		0		Silver medal

Web links

• Alexander Uwarow at chidlovski.net (engl.)
• Alexander Uwarow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Alexander Uwarow at hcdynamo.com