Valery Borisovich Kharlamov

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IIHF Hall of Fame , 1998
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2005
Valery Kharlamov
Date of birth January 14, 1948
place of birth Moscow , Russian SFSR
date of death August 27, 1981
Place of death near Solnechnogorsk
size 173 cm
Weight 73 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1967-1981 HK CSKA Moscow

Valery Borisovich Kharlamov ( Russian Валерий Борисович Харламов ; born January 14, 1948 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ; † August 27, 1981 near Solnnogorsk ) was a Soviet ice hockey player and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Career

His career began on October 22, 1967 in the legendary HK CSKA Moscow army club . But after one game he was transferred to Zwezda from Chebarkul along with defender Alexander Gusew , where he was the team's most dangerous striker with 34 goals in 40 games.

On March 10, 1968, he was brought back by the CSKA. Here he was able to achieve 293 goals and 214 assists in 436 games . With CSKA he was eleven times Soviet champion . His combination of speed, strength and intelligence made him interesting for the Soviet national team very early on . With her he won two Olympic gold medals, eight world championships , seven European championships , was elected four times to the World Cup all-star team and in 1972 was the top scorer wearing the "Sbornaja" jersey. His biggest defeat was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in the legendary game ( Miracle on Ice ) against the USA , which was lost 3: 4. With his partners Boris Michailow (right winger ) and Wladimir Petrow ( center ) he formed a great assault line, which preceded the famous KLM series .

Bust of Kharlamov on his grave in the Kunzewoer cemetery

Wladislaw Tretjak , also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, said of him: "His talents were God-given and he could do practically everything - a smart play, a tricky pass, a precise shot. Everything he did looked so easy, so elegant . His execution of hockey was aesthetic and he amazed millions. " (For example: His talents were given to him by God, and he could do practically anything - a skillful game, a refined pass, a precise shot. Everything he did looked so light and elegant. His hockey game was aesthetic, and so did he amazed millions.)

Kharlamov and his wife died in a tragic car accident on August 27, 1981 on their way home from vacation.

In 1998 he was honored posthumously with admission to the IIHF Hall of Fame , in 2004 with admission to the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame and in 2005 with admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame . As early as 1969 he had received a similar honor in the USSR, when he was named Honored Master of Sport .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Club competitions

season team league Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 Zvezda Tscherbakul Tretja Gruppa 40 34
1967/68 CSKA Moscow Class A 15th 2 3 5 6th
1968/69 CSKA Moscow Class A 42 37 12 49 24
1969/70 CSKA Moscow Class A 33 33 10 43 16
1970/71 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 34 40 12 52 18th
1971/72 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 31 26th 16 42 22nd
1972/73 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 27 19th 13 32 22nd
1973/74 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 26th 20th 10 30th 28
1974/75 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 31 15th 24 39 35
1975/76 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 34 18th 18th 36 6th
1976/77 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 21st 18th 8th 26th 16
1977/78 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 29 18th 24 42 35
1978/79 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 41 22nd 26th 48 36
1979/80 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 42 16 22nd 38 40
1980/81 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 30th 9 16 25th 14th
Class A & Wysschaja league overall 438 293 214 507 318

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1969 USSR WM 10 6th 7th 13 4th
1970 USSR WM 9 7th 3 10 4th
1971 USSR WM 10 5 12 17th 2
1972 USSR Olympia 5 9 7th 16 2
1972 USSR WM 9 8th 6th 14th 10
1973 USSR WM 10 9 14th 23 31
1974 USSR WM 10 5 5 10 8th
1975 USSR WM 9 10 6th 16 4th
1976 USSR Olympia 6th 3 6th 9 6th
1976 USSR WM 10 4th 10 14th 4th
1977 USSR WM 10 9 7th 16 4th
1978 USSR WM 10 4th 4th 8th 2
1979 USSR WM 8th 7th 7th 14th 4th
1980 USSR Olympia 7th 3 8th 11 2
International overall 123 89 102 191 87

( 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. Andrej Koretskij: Легендарный Валерий Харламов начинал играть на Южном Урале (The legendary Valery Kharlamov began to play in the Southern Urals). In: UralDaily.ru. December 4, 2009, accessed September 30, 2013 (Russian).

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