Boris Mikhaylovich Zaytsev (russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович За́йцев; 23 March 1937 – 24 February 2000) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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who competed in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

Career

, Zaytsev won the gold medal as member of the

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. Zaytsev also played for HC Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet Championship League. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964.

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Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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