Gennady Fyodorovich Zygurov

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Soviet UnionSoviet Union  Gennady Zygurov Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 15, 1942
place of birth Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
date of death December 14, 2016
Place of death Tolyatti
position defender
Career stations
1960-1977 Chelyabinsk tractor
RussiaRussia  Gennady Zygurov
Coaching stations
1978-1984 Chelyabinsk tractor
1984-1987 SK in. Uritskogo
1987-1990 Chelyabinsk tractor
1990-1999 Lada Tolyatti
1992-1994 U20 national team Russia
1998-1999 U20 national team Russia
2000-2002 Avangard Omsk
2002-2003 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2003-2004 Crystal Saratov
2004-2005 HK MWD Tver
2004-2008 National team Kazakhstan (Ass.)
2005-2007 Chelyabinsk tractor
2007-2008 Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2008-2010 Crystal Saratov
2010-2011 Saryarka Karaganda
2011–2012 Lada Tolyatti

Gennadi Fjodorowitsch Zygurow ( Russian Геннадий Фёдорович Цыгуров ; born April 15, 1942 in Chelyabinsk Russian SFSR ; † December 14, 2016 in Tolyatti ) was a Russian - Soviet ice hockey player and coach . His sons Denis and Dmitri were also ice hockey players; Denis passed away in January 2015.

Career

Gennady Zygurow ran as a hockey player from 1960 to 1977 for the HK tractor Chelyabinsk in the top Soviet league. He came to 47 goals in 658 games.

From 1977 Zygurow worked as a trainer. First he was assistant coach at Traktor Chelyabinsk before he was appointed head coach for the 1978/79 season. Until 1984 he looked after the tractor team before becoming head coach of the SK. Uritskogo was Kazan . In 1987 he returned to Traktor Chelyabinsk and worked there until 1990. In 1988 he won the bronze medal at the U18 European Junior Championships as head coach of the Soviet U18 juniors .

Between 1990 and 2000 Zygurow was the head coach of HK Lada Tolyatti and during this time he achieved the greatest successes of his career: in 1994 and 1996 he won the International Hockey League with Lada and in 1997 the European Cup. In addition, Lada won the IHL Cup in 1994 under his leadership. Parallel to his club activities, he was assistant coach of the Russian national team in the 1995/96 season and between 1998 and 2000.

In 1999, Zygurow led the U20 national team of Russia as head coach to the world championship title in the under-20 age group. Between 2000 and 2002 he was then under contract at HK Awangard Omsk and was with Awangard 2001 Russian runner-up. In the 2002/03 season he was in charge of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod from the Vysschaya League and won the league championship with this at the end of the season. This success was synonymous with promotion to the Russian super league .

Two years later, Zygurow repeated these successes when he reached both the championship of the second division and promotion to the super league with the HK MWD Tver . He then returned as head coach to Traktor Chelyabinsk, with whom he also made promotion to the Super League in 2006.

Further stations were Kristall Saratow and Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk . In September 2010 he was signed by the Kazakh club HK Sary-Arka Karaganda .

Zygurow was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and died in Tolyatti in December 2016.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

season team league Sp T V Pt SM
1959/60 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A
1960/61 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 17th 0 1 1 4th
1961/62 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 23 0 2 2 24
1962/63 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 36 0 0 0 16
1963/64 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 2
1964/65 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 32 2 1 3 10
1965/66 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A, Group II 48 10 - - -
1966/67 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A, Group II 44 8th 4th 12 22nd
1967/68 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A, Group II 41 4th 3 7th 26th
1968/69 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 22nd 1
1969/70 Chelyabinsk tractor Class A 38 4th
1970/71 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 38 2 0 2
1971/72 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 32 2 4th 6th 14th
1972/73 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 26th 1 0 1 24
1973/74 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 32 0 2 2 8th
1974/75 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 35 1 2 3 22nd
1975/76 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 36 2 1 3 10
1976/77 Chelyabinsk tractor Vysschaya League 35 2 2 4th 10

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Умер знаменитый челябинский хоккеист и тренер Геннадий Цыгуров. In: pravdaurfo.ru. December 14, 2016, Retrieved December 19, 2016 (Russian).
  2. ↑ Martin Merk: Tsygurov passes away. In: worldjunior2017.com. December 16, 2016, accessed December 19, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Геннадий ЦЫГУРОВ: “СЫН УМЕР В ПЯТИСТАХ МЕТРАХ ОТ ДОМА. КАЖДЫЙ ВЕЧЕР ХОЖУ МИМО ЭТОГО МЕСТА… ” In: sport-express.ru. December 23, 2015, accessed December 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Андрей АНФИНОГЕНТОВ, Арнольд ЭПШТЕЙН: Геннадий ЦЫГУРОВ - ХВАТИТ ОБИЖАТЬСЯ НА МОСКВУ! In: sport-express.ru. January 6, 2001, accessed December 19, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Zygurow, Gennady Fyodorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Цыгуров, Геннадий Фёдорович (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 2016
Place of death Tolyatti