Valery Nikolaevich Bragin

Valery Bragin
Date of birth	May 31, 1956
place of birth	Lesnoi , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Nickname	Comebackovich
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1978-1981	HK Spartak Moscow
1981-1989	Chimik Voskressensk
1989-1994	Rødovre IK

Valery Bragin
Coaching stations
1997-1999	Chimik Woskressensk ( Assistant Trainer )
1999-2000	Crystal Saratov
2002-2003	Chimik Voskressensk
2003-2004	U18 national team Russia
2004-2007	HK Spartak Moscow
2004-2005	U20 national team Russia ( assistant coach )
2008-2010	Atlant Mytishchi
2010–2012	U20 national team Russia
2012	HK CSKA Moscow
2012-2015	U18 national team Russia ( assistant coach )
2015-2020	U20 national team Russia
since 2020	SKA Saint Petersburg National Team Russia

Valery Nikolajewitsch Bragin ( Russian Валерий Николаевич Брагин ; born May 31, 1956 in Lesnoi , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and today's coach . He was in charge of the Russian U20 national team for many years , and has been the head coach of the Russian men's national team and SKA Saint Petersburg since June 2020 .

Career

Valery Bragin began his career as a hockey player at HK Spartak Moscow , for which he was active from 1978 to 1981 in the Vysschaya League , the highest Soviet league, and with which he won the Spengler Cup in 1980 . The attacker then played for Spartak's league rivals Chimik Voskressensk for eight years . The Russian let his career expire at Rødovre IK in the Danish Eliteserien . With the Danes he won the national championship in 1990 and was runner-up a year later. Following the 1993/94 season, Bragin ended his active career at the age of 38.

Valeri Bragin began his coaching career at Chimik Voskressensk , Kristall Saratow and HK Spartak Moscow , whom he was head coach of in the 2007/08 season in the Russian Super League . After a year break he was head coach at Atlant Mytishchi from the Continental Hockey League for the 2009/10 season . In 2010, Bragin took over the position of head coach of the Russian U20 national team , with which he immediately became world champion at the 2011 U20 Junior World Championship . At the 2012 tournament he won the silver medal with the U20 selection.

Between May and December 2012, Bragin was under contract as head coach at HK CSKA Moscow , then he worked as an assistant and from 2015 as head coach of the Russian U20 team. With this he won the silver medal in 2015, 2016 and 2020, as well as the bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in 2017 and 2019.

In January 2020 he became the assistant coach of Alexei Kudaschow at both SKA Saint-Petersburg and the Russian men's national team . In June 2020 he replaced Kudashov in both positions.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

• 1975 gold medal at the European Junior Championships
• 1975 gold medal at the Junior World Championship ( unofficial )
• 1976 gold medal at the Junior World Championship ( unofficial )
• 1976 Soviet champion with the HK Spartak Moscow
• 1977 Cup finalist with the HK Spartak Moscow
• 1980 Spengler Cup win with HK Spartak Moscow
• 1981 Soviet runner-up with the HK Spartak Moscow
• 1989 Soviet runner-up with Chimik Woskressensk
• 1990 Danish champion with Rødovre SIK ( as player- coach )
• 1990 Player of the Year in the Danish Elite Series
• 1993 Best assists (52) of the Danish elite series

As a trainer

• 2004 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2005 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2011 gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2012 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2015 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2016 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
• 2017 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship (as a coach)
• 2019 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship (as a coach)
• 2020 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship (as a coach)

Web links

• Valery Bragin at eurohockey.com
• Waleri Bragin at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Радель Фазлеев: "Брагин - Валерий Камбэкович". In: sport-express.ru. January 11, 2016, accessed June 8, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Bragin Valery. In: r-hockey.ru. Retrieved June 8, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Брагин Валерий Николаевич. Легенда хоккейного клуба "СПАРТАК" (Москва). In: spartak-history.ru. August 22, 2016, accessed June 8, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Associated Press: Russia hires Bragin as national team coach. In: espn.com . June 5, 2020, accessed June 8, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Igor Larionov replaces Valeri Bragin as Russian U20 coach. In: tsn.ca. June 5, 2020, accessed June 8, 2020 .