Valery Ivanovich Vasilyev
 Valery Vasilyev 
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| IIHF Hall of Fame , 1998 | |
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| Date of birth | August 3, 1949 |
| place of birth | Volkhovo, Novgorod Oblast , Russian SFSR |
| date of death | April 19, 2012 |
| Place of death | Moscow |
| size | 181 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| until 1967 | Torpedo Gorky |
| 1967-1984 | HK Dynamo Moscow |
| 1989-1990 | Újpesti TE |
Valery Ivanovich Wassiljew ( Russian Валерий Иванович Васильев ; born August 3, 1949 in Volkhovo, Novgorod Oblast , Russian SFSR ; † April 19, 2012 in Moscow ) was a Soviet ice hockey player ( defender ) and a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame .
Career
Vasilyev's talent was discovered in 1967 by talent scouts from the HK Dynamo Moscow ice hockey club in a youth team. He was brought to Moscow and played for Dynamo in the Soviet league until 1984. In 1970 he was set up for the Soviet national team and played here until 1982, at times also as team captain . He impressed with his toughness, his running skills and his precise passing game.
With the Soviet national team he won two gold medals ( 1972 , 1976 ) and one silver medal ( 1980 ) at the Winter Olympics . In the latter tournament, the so-called Miracle on Ice took place against the USA, which the USSR lost 4: 3. At the ice hockey world championships he was able to win the title a total of eight times with the team ( 1970 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 1981 , 1982 ).
As a club player he was far less successful; he could never win the Soviet league title with Dynamo , as HK CSKA Moscow dominated the league at that time. In 1998 he was honored with induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame .
As his former club Dynamo Moscow announced, Vasilyev died on April 19, 2012 at the age of 62 after a serious illness.
Achievements and Awards
- Gold medal at the World Championships in 1970 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 1981 , 1982
- Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in 1972 , 1976
- Medal “For Heroic Work” 1975
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor 1978
- Order of Friendship of Peoples 1981
- Order of Honor 1996
- Order of Friendship 2011
- IIHF Hall of Fame 1998
Career statistics
| season | team | league | Sp | T | A. | Pt | SM | |
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| 1967/68 | Torpedo Gorky | Class A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967/68 | Dynamo Moscow | Class A | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
| 1968/69 | Dynamo Moscow | Class A | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 34 | |
| 1969/70 | Dynamo Moscow | Class A | 43 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 37 | |
| 1970/71 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 40 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 36 | |
| 1971/72 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 31 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 35 | |
| 1972/73 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 59 | |
| 1973/74 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 31 | 4th | 11 | 15th | 42 | |
| 1974/75 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 34 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 34 | |
| 1975/76 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 28 | 6th | 15th | 21st | 13 | |
| 1976/77 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 34 | 3 | 12 | 15th | 21st | |
| 1977/78 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 33 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 30th | |
| 1978/79 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 42 | 6th | 14th | 20th | 26th | |
| 1979/80 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 41 | 8th | 10 | 18th | 26th | |
| 1980/81 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 43 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 16 | |
| 1981/82 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 36 | 3 | 12 | 15th | 18th | |
| 1982/83 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 32 | 5 | 7th | 12 | 16 | |
| 1983/84 | Dynamo Moscow | Vysschaya League | 44 | 3 | 7th | 10 | 14th | |
| 1989/90 | Dynamo Moscow II | Wtoraja League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1989/90 | Újpesti TE | Hungarian ice hockey league | 15th | 3 | 5 | 8th | ||
| Class A overall | 121 | 9 | 4th | 13 | 99 | |||
| Wysschaja League overall | 498 | 62 | 111 | 173 | 386 | |||
International
| year | team | competition | Sp | T | A. | Pt | SM | result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | USSR | U19 European Championship | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Silver medal | ||
| 1969 | USSR | U19 European Championship | 5 | 1 | gold medal | |||||
| 1970 | USSR | WM | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | gold medal | ||
| 1972 | USSR | Olympia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | gold medal | ||
| 1972 | USSR | WM | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | Silver medal | ||
| 1972 | USSR | Summit Series | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | 2nd place | ||
| 1973 | USSR | WM | 10 | 0 | 7th | 7th | 6th | gold medal | ||
| 1974 | USSR | WM | 10 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 16 | gold medal | ||
| 1974 | USSR | Summit Series | 8th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 7th | 1st place | ||
| 1975 | USSR | WM | 10 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 0 | gold medal | ||
| 1976 | USSR | Olympia | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | gold medal | ||
| 1976 | USSR | WM | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 8th | Silver medal | ||
| 1976 | USSR | Canada Cup | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6th | Bronze medal | ||
| 1977 | USSR | WM | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8th | Bronze medal | ||
| 1978 | USSR | WM | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 6th | gold medal | ||
| 1979 | USSR | WM | 8th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | gold medal | ||
| 1980 | USSR | Olympia | 7th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Silver medal | ||
| 1981 | USSR | WM | 8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | gold medal | ||
| 1981 | USSR | Canada Cup | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | gold medal | ||
| 1982 | USSR | WM | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | gold 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 )
Web links
- Valery Ivanovich Wassiljew at eurohockey.com
- Valery Wassiljew at hockeydb.com (English)
- Valery Vasilyev at 1972summitseries.com
- Valery Wassiljew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Valery Vasiliev at dynamo-history.ru
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two-time Olympic champion Wassiljew has died. Russian ice hockey star. Der Spiegel , April 19, 2012, accessed on April 20, 2012 (German).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wassiljew, Valeri Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Васильев, Валерий Иванович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Volkhovo, Novgorod Oblast , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2012 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |