Gennady Dmitrievich Zygankov

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RussiaRussia  Gennady Zygankov Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 16, 1947
place of birth Vanino , Russian SFSR
date of death February 16, 2006
Place of death Saint Petersburg , Russia
size 181 cm
Weight 95 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1966-1968 SKA Khabarovsk
1968-1980 HK CSKA Moscow
1980 SKA Leningrad

Gennadi Dmitrijewitsch Zygankow ( Russian Геннадий Дмитриевич Цыганков ; born August 16, 1947 in Vanino , † February 16, 2006 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach.

Career

Gennadi Zygankow grew up in Wanino in the Far East and played various sports as a child before concentrating more on ice hockey in school age. First he played with other children on the frozen bay in front of Wanino before the football stadium was flooded regularly in winter and used as a playground. Zygankow joined the local sports group Wodnik and was able to defeat with his team, among other things, the juniors of the SKA Khabarovsk .

In 1966 Zygankow was drafted into the army and after half a year of basic military service he was delegated to the SKA Khabarovsk military club . With this he played in the then lower class Class B and in the military championship. He then moved to the then elite club ZSKA Moscow , with which he achieved many successes at national and international level in the following years.

In total, he scored 52 goals in 362 games in the Soviet league .

International

In spring 1971 he was nominated for the first time for the Soviet national team . On March 2, 1971, he was in a game against Sweden for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. His international career was crowned with gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics . For the national team, he scored 17 goals in 201 internationals. He was world champion six times with his team (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978 and 1979).

In 1972 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR . On April 25, 1979 he played his last international match.

As a trainer

He later worked as a coach in the ice hockey field.

In 2004, doctors discovered Zygankow's prostate cancer that had been surgically removed. As part of his rehabilitation, Zygankow refused his medication and instead relied on alternative healing methods. At first they seemed to work, but he died on the night of February 15-16, 2006 at 2:45 am at the age of 59 in Saint Petersburg. The following Saturday, February 18, 2006, he was buried in the Seraphim Cemetery in Saint Petersburg. In August 2006, the day he was born, a memorial stone was erected on his grave.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

season team league GP G A. Pts PIM
1968/69 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 6th 0 0
1969/70 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 37 5 5
1970/71 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 40 4th 4th
1971/72 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 32 7th 7th
1972/73 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 29 4th 4th
1973/74 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 28 2 3 5 32
1974/75 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 29 3 4th 7th 20th
1975/76 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 33 3 3 6th 10
1976/77 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 33 8th 8th 16 12
1978/79 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 41 7th 10 17th 29
1979/80 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 10 1 2 3 8th
1979/80 SKA Leningrad Vysschaya League 9 1 0 1 6th

International

Represented the Soviet Union in:

year team event GP G A. Pts PIM result
1971 USSR WM 10 0 3 3 8th gold medal
1972 USSR Olympia 5 3 2 5 4th gold medal
1972 USSR WM 10 1 2 3 6th Silver medal
1972 USSR Summit Series 8th 0 2 2 6th
1973 USSR WM 10 0 2 2 4th gold medal
1974 USSR WM 10 1 2 3 8th gold medal
1974 USSR Summit Series 6th 0 2 2 2
1976 USSR Olympia 6th 1 2 3 2 gold medal
1976 USSR WM 10 0 0 0 0 Silver medal
1977 USSR WM 10 2 1 3 4th Bronze medal
1978 USSR WM 6th 0 2 2 6th gold medal
1979 USSR WM 7th 1 1 2 6th gold medal

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b funeral-spb.narod.ru, ЦЫГАНКОВ Геннадий Дмитриевич (1947-2006)

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personal data
SURNAME Zygankow, Gennady Dmitrievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Цыганков, Геннадий Дмитриевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vanino
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 2006
Place of death St. Petersburg