Vladimir Ivanovich Wikulov

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Soviet UnionSoviet Union  Vladimir Wikulov Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 20, 1946
place of birth Moscow , Russian SFSR
date of death August 9, 2013
Place of death Moscow , Russia
size 176 cm
Weight 78 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1963-1979 HK CSKA Moscow
1979 SKA Leningrad

Vladimir Ivanovich Wikulow ( Russian Владимир Иванович Викулов ; * July 20, 1946 in Moscow ; † August 9, 2013 ibid) was a Soviet - Russian ice hockey player who won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics, was seven times world champion and was ten times the Soviet Moscow with CSKA Championship won.

Career

At the CSKA (1964–1979)

Vladimir Wikulov only began his career at the age of 15 in the ice hockey school of CSKA Moscow , but compensated for this late entry into the sport with an outstanding talent. After just three years in the CSKA sports school he was the coach of the men's team, Anatoly Tarasov , brought into this and completed his first missions in the former Klass A . Wikulow was characterized above all by its high accuracy of fit even at high skating speed, a precise shot and high mobility, which earned him the nickname slalom in his junior days.

At CSKA Wikulov formed a series of attacks with Anatoly Firsow and Viktor Polupanow over many years . Later he was integrated into the formation with Alexander Ragulin , Gennadi Zygankow , Anatoli Firsow and Valeri Kharlamov , which was also referred to as the 5-series with two midfielders . At the end of his career, Wikulov played with Viktor Schluktow and Boris Alexandrow in a series of storms that were just beginning their careers at the time.

In 15 playing years with the CSKA Wikulow won ten times the Soviet championship , four times the Soviet cup competition (1966-1969) and seven times the European Cup (1969-1974, 1976). In 1972 the top scorer in the Soviet league and three times (1970 to 1971) was elected to the league's all-star team. In 1979 he played a few parallel games for SKA Leningrad before ending his career.

In total, he scored 283 goals in 526 games in the top Soviet league. In 1967 he was honored as Honored Master of Sports of the USSR , in 1972 he received the Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union and the medal “For heroic work” . Wikulov died on August 9, 2013 at the age of 67 in Moscow.

International

On December 5, 1965, 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 gold medals at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics . For the national team, he scored 109 goals in 195 international matches. At the ice hockey world championships he was a total of seven times with his team world champion (1966-1971, 1975). In addition, he took part in both the Summit Series 1972 and the Summit Series 1974 . On December 20, 1977 he played his last international match.

Achievements and Awards

International

Gold medal at the world championship

CSKA Moscow

  • Ten-time Soviet champion : 1966, 1968, 1970–1973, 1975, 1977–1979
    • 1970 Class A all-star team
    • 1971 All-Star-Team of the Vysschaya League
    • 1972 Top scorer and all-star team in the Vysschaya League
    • 1972 Best line of attack ( "Tri Bombardira" : W. Wikulow - Anatoli Firsow - Valeri Kharlamov )

medal

Career statistics

Club competitions

season team league Sp T V Pt SM
1963/64 CSKA Moscow Class A - 2 - - -
1964/65 CSKA Moscow Class A - 1 - - -
1965/66 CSKA Moscow Class A - 12 - - -
1966/67 CSKA Moscow Class A - 27 - - -
1967/68 CSKA Moscow Class A 43 29 - - -
1968/69 CSKA Moscow Class A 40 13 - - -
1969/70 CSKA Moscow Class A 43 25th - - -
1970/71 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 39 19th - - -
1971/72 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 31 34 8th 42 -
1972/73 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 32 21st 19th 40 -
1973/74 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 32 14th 19th 33 18th
1974/75 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 36 17th 23 40 26th
1975/76 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 35 19th 17th 36 18th
1976/77 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 35 22nd 18th 40 12
1977/78 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 34 12 22nd 34 12
1978/79 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 33 12 10 22nd 14th
1978/79 SKA Leningrad Vysschaya League 8th 3 4th 7th 2

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM result
1966 USSR WM 7th 4th 2 6th 2 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1967 USSR WM 7th 6th 6th 12 8th Gold medal.svg gold medal
1968 USSR Olympia 7th 2 10 12 2 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1969 USSR WM 9 2 4th 6th 0 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1970 USSR WM 10 9 5 14th 0 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1971 USSR WM 10 6th 5 11 0 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1972 USSR Olympia 5 5 3 8th 0 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1972 USSR WM 10 12 4th 16 0 Silver medal.svg Silver medal
1972 USSR Summit Series 6th 2 1 3 6th
1974 USSR Summit Series 4th 0 4th 4th 0
1975 USSR WM 10 5 3 8th 2 Gold medal.svg gold medal
1976 USSR Canada Cup 4th 4th 3 7th 0 place 3

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ greatesthockeylegends.com, Vladimir Vikulov Passes Away At Age 67 , August 13, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c d hockeystars.ru, profile of Wladimir Wikulow (russ.)
  3. ↑ a b c d sovsport.ru, Умер экс-хоккеист ЦСКА и сборной СССР Владимир Викулов , August 9, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Wikulov, Vladimir Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Владимир Иванович Викулов
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2013
Place of death Moscow