Vladimir Ivanovich Wikulov
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
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CSKA Moscow
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medal
- Medal "For Heroic Work"
- 1967 Honored Master of Sports of the USSR
- 1972 Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union
Career statistics
Club competitions
season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM |
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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 | ||
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1966 | USSR | WM | 7th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 2 | gold medal | ||
1967 | USSR | WM | 7th | 6th | 6th | 12 | 8th | gold medal | ||
1968 | USSR | Olympia | 7th | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | gold medal | ||
1969 | USSR | WM | 9 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 0 | gold medal | ||
1970 | USSR | WM | 10 | 9 | 5 | 14th | 0 | gold medal | ||
1971 | USSR | WM | 10 | 6th | 5 | 11 | 0 | gold medal | ||
1972 | USSR | Olympia | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 0 | gold medal | ||
1972 | USSR | WM | 10 | 12 | 4th | 16 | 0 | 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 | ||
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
- Wladimir Wikulow at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Wladimir Wikulow at eurohockey.com
- Wladimir Wikulow at chidlovski.net (engl.)
- Wladimir Wikulow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ greatesthockeylegends.com, Vladimir Vikulov Passes Away At Age 67 , August 13, 2013
- ↑ a b c d hockeystars.ru, profile of Wladimir Wikulow (russ.)
- ↑ a b c d sovsport.ru, Умер экс-хоккеист ЦСКА и сборной СССР Владимир Викулов , August 9, 2013
personal data | |
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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 |