Vladimir Alexandrovich Kovin

Vladimir Kovin
Date of birth	June 20, 1954
place of birth	Gorky , Russian SFSR
size	182 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	striker
Career stations
1975-1988	Torpedo Gorky
1988-1994	HC Reims
1994-1995	ASG Tours

Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Kowin ( Russian Владимир Александрович Ковин ; born June 20, 1954 in Gorki ) is a former Soviet - Russian ice hockey player who worked as a coach in France after his career ended.

Career

During his career in the Soviet Union, he played between 1972 and 1988 with Torpedo Gorki in the country's top division, the Wysschaja Liga . In total, he scored 174 goals in 536 games in the Soviet league.

International

On August 18, 1976, he was in a game against Sweden for the first time for the Soviet national team on the ice. His international career was crowned with a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics . For the national team, he scored 21 goals in 64 international matches. On May 1, 1985, he played his last international match. In 1984 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR .

In France

In 1988 he received permission to move to Western Europe and played for HC Reims in France's first and second division until 1994 . In the 1994/195 season played for ASG Tours . At both clubs he acted as a player-coach.

In the 1998/99, 2003/04 and 2007/08 seasons he returned to the ice for a few games, otherwise he was a youth coach at HC Reims and Reims Champagne Hockey .

Achievements and Awards

• 1979 Challenge Cup winner
• 1984 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1984 Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
• 1984 Order of Friendship between Nations
• 1985 bronze medal at the world championship

Gold medal at the European Championship

Career statistics

Club competitions

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1972/73	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		3	0	0	0	2
1973/74	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		10	1	0	1	8th
1974/75	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		20th	3	3	6th	22nd
1975/76	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		36	8th	9	17th	23
1976/77	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		34	14th	11	25th	31
1977/78	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		33	13	19th	32	51
1978/79	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		42	23	12	35	71
1979/80	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		39	14th	23	37	51
1980/81	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League			16	11	27	54
1982/83	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		46	11	6th	17th	65
1983/84	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		43	22nd	13	35	50
1984/85	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		37	14th	9	23	26th
1985/86	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		36	6th	4th	10	26th
1986/87	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		38	8th	6th	14th	14th
1987/88	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		24	4th	3	7th	16		34 1	7th	5	12	16
1988/89	Torpedo Gorky	Vysschaya League		7th	2	0	2	0
1988/89	HC Reims	National 1B		25th	36	31	67	30th
1989/90	HC Reims	National 1A		27	14th	15th	29	64
1990/91	HC Reims	Ligue national		5	0	0	0	0		2	3	0	3	12
1991/92	HC Reims	Elite Ligue		33	13	8th	21st	70
1992/93	HC Reims	National 1		8th	2	2	4th	24
1993/94	HC Reims	National 1B		7th	1	9	10	0
1994/95	ASG Tours	National 2		11	9	14th	23	34
1998/99	HC Reims	Elite Ligue		3	0	0	0	2
2003/04	Reims CH	Division 2		11	4th	7th	11	49
2007/08	Reims CH	Division 1		3	0	2	2	0

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		result
1976	USSR	Canada Cup		5	2	0	2	6th		Bronze medal
1979	USSR	Challenge Cup		3	1	0	1	2		gold medal
1984	USSR	Olympia		7th	5	3	8th	2		gold medal
1984	USSR	Canada Cup		6th	0	3	3	2		Bronze medal
1985	USSR	World Championship		2	0	0	0	0		Bronze 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

• Wladimir Kowin at eurohockey.com
• Wladimir Kowin at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Statistics at chidlovski.net (engl.)
• Wladimir Alexandrowitsch Kowin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )