Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin (russian: Александр Павлович Рагулин; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player. He is considered one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hockey history, winning three Olympic gold medals and ten world titles.

Playing career

Ragulin began training in ice hockey in 1957 with Khimik Voskresensk, where he played with his brothers Anatoli and Mikhail. In 1962 he moved to powerhouse CSKA Moscow and played with that team until retiring in 1973. With CSKA he won nine Soviet titles (1963–66, 1968, 1970–73) and five European Champions Cups (1969–73). During his 13 years with the Soviet national team, Ragulin played 239 matches and scored 29 goals. Besides the Olympic and world titles, he won nine gold (1963–70 and 1973) and three silver medals (1961, 1971, 1972) at the European Championships, and was selected as the best defenseman of the 1966 World Championships. In 1972, he played six out of eight games of the

Summit Series The Summit Series, Super Series 72, Canada–USSR Series (russian: Суперсерия СССР — Канада, Superseriya SSSR — Kanada), or Series of the Century (french: Série du siècle, Séries of the Century), was an eight-game ic ...

between Canada and the Soviet Union. After retiring from competitions, Ragulin coached SKA Novosibirsk and worked with children at the CSKA Moscow sports school. He was inducted to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 and in 2001 received the Olympic Order in Silver.

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External links

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IIHF Hall of Fame profile on Ragulin

Ragulin at Hockey CCCP International

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Alexander Ragulin's profile in the Modern Museum of Sports
features a lot of photos of him, his awards and decorations 1941 births 2004 deaths Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery HC CSKA Moscow players HC Khimik Voskresensk players Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Russian ice hockey defencemen Soviet ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Moscow {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub