Alexei Wassiljewitsch Gussarow

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Kazakh medium and long distance runner see Alexei Gussarow (athlete) .

Alexei Gussarov
Date of birth	July 8, 1964
place of birth	Leningrad , Russian SFSR
size	188 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1988 , 11th lap, 213rd position Québec Nordiques
Career stations
until 1982	WIFK Leningrad
1982-1984	SKA Leningrad
1984-1990	HK CSKA Moscow
1990-1995	Québec Nordiques
1995-2000	Colorado Avalanche
2000-2001	New York Rangers
2001	St. Louis Blues

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Gussarow ( Russian Алексей Васильевич Гусаров ; born July 8, 1964 in Leningrad , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player (defender), who was most recently assistant coach at HK Sochi . He is a member of the Triple Gold Club , having won the World Championship in 1989 , the Stanley Cup in 1996 and Olympic gold in 1988 .

Career

Gussarow played for SKA Leningrad from 1981 to 1984 . In 1984 he moved to the then top club HK ZSKA Moscow . Here he stayed until 1991. At the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 he was selected in the 11th round in 213rd place by the Québec Nordiques . That is why he dared to jump into the National Hockey League after the collapse of the Soviet Union . In total, he scored 27 goals in 327 games in the Soviet league .

During his career in the NHL, he played for the Québec Nordiques (1990-1995), Colorado Avalanche (1995-2001), New York Rangers (2000/01) and St. Louis Blues (2000/01). He won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in the 1995–96 season .

International

On April 21, 1981 he was in a game against Czechoslovakia for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. On September 9, 1991, he played his last international match for the USSR . His international career was crowned with a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics . In 1988 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR .

After the collapse of the USSR, he was a member of the Russian national ice hockey team . At the 1998 Winter Olympics , he was able to win the silver medal with this.

After retirement

Between 2011 and 2014 Gussarow worked as an assistant general manager at SKA Saint Petersburg before he was accepted into the coaching staff of HK Sochi for the 2014/15 season . In 2017 he ended this activity.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	607	39	128	167	313
Playoffs	6th	68	0	14th	14th	38

Web links

• Alexei Gussarow at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Alexei Gussarow at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Alexei Gussarow at chidlovski.net (engl.)
• Alexei Gussarow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )