Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Wassiljew

Russia Mikhail Vasilyev

Date of birth	June 8, 1962
place of birth	Elektrogorsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
size	182 cm
Weight	84 kg

position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left

Career stations

until 1989	CSKA Moscow
1989-1990	Yaroslavl torpedo
1990-1992	HC Selva
1992-1994	AS Varese
1994-1996	EV Bozen 84
1996-2001	HC Bolzano

Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Wassiljew ( Russian Михаил Александрович Васильев ; born June 8, 1962 in Elektrogorsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player who has worked as a coach since the end of his career.

Career

Vasilyev played during his active time in the Soviet league for CSKA Moscow and Torpedo Yaroslavl and between 1981 and 1988 was a total of eight Soviet champions .

Between 1992 and 2001 he played in Italy for AS Varese , EV Bozen 84 and HC Bozen , where he was Italian champion . Later he also worked as a coach at HC Bozen.

He won the Olympic ice hockey tournament in Sarajevo in 1984 with the Soviet national ice hockey team and the world championship title in 1983 .

Mikhail Wassiljew has been working as an ice hockey coach since he ended his career in 2001. He was in charge of SG Pontebba and HC Bozen as head coach. In 2009 he became the head coach of the Russian U18 national team and, at the same time, looked after the Russian U20 national team as an assistant coach. With the U18 selection, he finished fourth at the 2010 U18 Junior World Championship . Between 2011 and 2012 he was the head coach of the Belarusian U17 and U18 national teams as well as the second division team of RZOP Raubitschy . With the U18 national team of Belarus he took part in Division IB of the U18 Junior World Championship 2011 and reached fourth place.

year	team	event	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	result
1983	USSR	WM	9	3	4th	7th	6th	gold medal
1984	USSR	Olympia	7th	3	2	5	4th	gold medal
1984	USSR	Canada Cup	4th	1	1	2	0	Bronze medal
1985	USSR	WM	7th	3	4th	7th	2	Bronze medal
1987	USSR	WM	10	1	2	3	11	Silver 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 )

personal data
SURNAME	Vasilyev, Mikhail Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Васильев, Михаил Александрович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elektrogorsk , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union