Irek Faritowitsch Gimaev

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Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Irek Gimaev Ice hockey player
Date of birth 2nd September 1957
place of birth Succulovo , Bashkir ASSR , Russian SFSR
size 178 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Striker / Defender
number # 18
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1976-1979 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
1979-1987 CSKA Moscow
1987-1991 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
1991-1992 HK Olimpija Ljubljana

Irek Gimayev ( Russian Ирек Фаритович Гимаев * 2 September 1957 in Sukkulowo , Bashkir ASSR , Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet ice hockey player and Russian - trainer , the number during his playing career 1976-1992 national and international titles with the army club CSKA Moscow won. In addition, he won several medals with the national team of the USSR at world and European championships in the junior and senior division .

Career

Gimaev learned to play ice hockey in the youth department of Salawat Julajew Ufa , the ice hockey club near his birthplace Sukkulowo . From 1976 the player, who can be used as a striker and defender, was part of the senior team, which belonged to the second highest Soviet league, the Pervaya League . At the end of the 1977/78 season he managed with Salawat promotion to the top division, the Wysschaja Liga . Overall, he played for the team from Ufa until 1979 , before he moved after his national team debut in February 1979 for the 1979/80 season to the army club CSKA Moscow in the state capital Moscow .

In the 1977/78 and 1978/79 seasons Gimajew belonged to a Soviet All-Star team supervised by Boris Majorov , which completed eight games in the 1977/78 season and six the following year in the North American World Hockey Association . The all-rounder was used in all games and scored six points .

Gimajew spent a very successful time in Moscow until 1987, during which he was eight times Soviet champion and nine times the European Cup with the team. After his time at CSKA Gimajew decided to move to Japan in the summer of 1987 , where he was active for the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu in the Japan Ice Hockey League until 1991 . During this time he celebrated three championships, a runner-up title and two cup wins with the team. Gimajew let his career end in the 1991/92 season in the newly founded Slovenska hokejska liga at HK Olimpija Ljubljana . There he won the runner-up.

RussiaRussia  Irek Gimaev
Coaching stations
2001-2002 HK CSKA Moscow

In the 2001/02 season he coached his ex-club HK CSKA Moscow in the Super League for part of the season . Due to continued unsuccessfulness, Gimajew was replaced by Vladimir Semjonow during the season. Due to only eleven wins in 51 games, the team was relegated to the second-rate Wysschaja League at the end of the season, after they had barely been able to prevent relegation in the previous year. He then worked in the youth department of ZSKA.

For his services to ice hockey in the USSR, he received the medal "For Distinction in Work" in 1979 and the Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union in 1982 . Likewise, in the same year he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in ice hockey .

International

Gimayev won numerous medals with the national team of the USSR at world and European championships in the junior and senior division . However , he never took part in the Winter Olympics.

For the first time he won the gold medal with the USSR at the unofficial U20 Junior World Championship in 1976 and the European Championship a few months later at the U19 Junior European Championship. In the following year the Soviets then defended the world championship title at the first official World Cup tournament .

As part of the Challenge Cup in February 1979 against an all-star team of the National Hockey League , Gimayev made his debut in the senior team of the USSR. The Soviets won the three-game series, but Gimaev was only used in the decisive third game. In the same year he took part in the world championship with the team . There the Soviet Union won both the world and European championships. The same followed in 1982 and 1983 . Gimajew finished his fourth world championship tournament in 1985 with the bronze medal and the fourth European title of his career. Another success was winning the Canada Cup in 1981 . He also played there in 1984 . However, this was the only international tournament of his career in which he did not win a medal. In total, Gimayev played 93 games for the USSR between February 1979 and September 1985, 37 of them at international tournaments. In the course of his national team career he scored eleven goals, six of which were competitive games.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1978 Champion of the Pervaya League and promotion to the Wysschaya League with Salawat Julajew Ufa
  • 1978 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1979 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1980 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1980 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1981 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1981 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1982 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1982 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1983 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1983 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1984 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1984 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1985 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1985 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1986 European Cup win with CSKA Moscow
  • 1986 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1987 Soviet champion with CSKA Moscow
  • 1988 Japanese champion with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1989 All-Japan Ice Hockey Championship with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1989 Japanese runner-up with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1990 Japanese champion with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1991 All-Japan Ice Hockey Championship with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1991 Japanese champion with the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
  • 1992 Slovenian runner-up with the HK Olimpija Ljubljana

International

  • Gold medal at the European Championship
  • Gold medal at the European Championship
  • Gold medal at the European Championship
  • Gold medal at the European Championship

Others

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1976/77 Salawat Yulayev Ufa Pervaya League
1977/78 Salawat Yulayev Ufa Pervaya League 13
1977/78 Soviet All-Stars WHA 8th 1 0 1 24 - - - - -
1978/79 Salawat Yulayev Ufa Vysschaya League 42 10 11 21st 48
1978/79 Soviet All-Stars WHA 6th 2 3 5 9 - - - - -
1979/80 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 43 7th 10 17th 12
1980/81 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 41 2 6th 8th 16
1981/82 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 47 3 3 6th 22nd
1982/83 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 39 3 6th 9 19th
1983/84 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 44 2 6th 8th 24
1984/85 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 39 7th 8th 15th 18th
1985/86 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 36 4th 11 15th 22nd
1986/87 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 25th 2 6th 8th 8th
1987/88 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu JIHL
1988/89 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu JIHL
1989/90 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu JIHL
1990/91 Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu JIHL
1991/92 HK Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenska hokejska liga
Total Pervaya League 13
Wysschaja League overall 356 40 67 107 189
World Hockey Association total 14th 3 3 6th 33 - - - - -
Japan Ice Hockey League overall
Slovenska hokejska liga overall

International

Represented the USSR in:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1976 USSR U20 World Cup 0
1976 USSR U19 European Championship
1977 USSR U20 World Cup 7th 3 5 8th 4th
1979 USSR Challenge Cup 1 0 1 1 0
1979 USSR WM 4th 0 0 0 2
1981 USSR Canada Cup 4th 0 1 1 4th
1982 USSR WM 6th 1 1 2 6th
1983 USSR WM 6th 1 1 2 2
1984 USSR Canada Cup 6th 1 0 1 2
1985 USSR WM 10 3 2 5 26th
Juniors overall 7th 3 5 8th 4th
Men overall 37 6th 6th 12 42

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yuri Grozmani: “НЕ КАЖДЫЙ ВЫДЕРЖИТ УДАР БООСА”. Ирек Гимаев познакомился с губернатором на хоккейной площадке. rudnikov.com, August 16, 2007, accessed February 1, 2012 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Gimaev, Irek Faritowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гимаев, Ирек Фаритович (Russian spelling); Gimayev, Irek; Gimaev, Irek (English spellings)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Succulovo , Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR