Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starschinow

Vyacheslav Starshinov
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2007
Date of birth	May 6, 1940
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	173 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1957-1972	Spartak Moscow
1974-1975	Spartak Moscow
1975-1988	Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu
1978-1979	Spartak Moscow

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starschinow ( Russian Вячеслав Иванович Старшинов ; born May 6, 1940 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player (center) and coach.

Career

Starshinov (right) with Vladimir Putin (center) and Boris Majorov

Vyacheslav Starschinow began his career in 1957 at Spartak Moscow . Here he was the dominant striker in the following decades with 405 goals in 540 games. He and his team won the Soviet championship three times . In 1972 he ended his playing career and was head coach at Spartak, before he returned to the ice for the 1974/75 season. In 1975 he left the USSR to spend three seasons in the Japanese league with Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu . As a player-coach, he led his team to two championships. 1978/79 he spent his last season at Spartak Moscow.

Vyacheslav Starschinow as a delegate of the 16th Komsomol Congress

Internationally he played at ten ice hockey world championships for the Sbornaja and won nine gold medals with them (1963 to 1971); at the World Cup in 1965 he was also named the best striker. He also took part in the Olympic Games twice and won the gold medal both times ( 1964 and 1968 ). In 182 international appearances, he scored a total of 149 goals.

In 2004 he was honored with the induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame and in 2007 with the induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• Gold Medal at the World Championships 1963 - 1971
• Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in 1968 , 1968
• Soviet champion with Spartak Moscow 1962, 1967, 1969
• 1968 Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union
• 1965 Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Medal "Veteran of Labor"
• Anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
• 1995 Order of Friendship
• 2000 Order of Merit for the Fatherland (4th degree; 3rd degree 2007)
• 2000 Olympic medal
• 2007 induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame
• 2010 Order of Honor

Web links

• Vyacheslav Starschinow at eurohockey.com
• Info at The Summit in 1972 (English)
• Statistics at Hockey CCCP international
• Vyacheslav Starschinow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )