Nikolai Vladimirovich Drozdetsky (russian: Николай Владимирович Дроздецкий, 14 June 1957 – 25 November 1995) was a Russian ice hockey right winger. He played for

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in 1974–1979, then for HC CSKA Moscow from 1979 until part way through the 1986/87 season, when he played again for Leningrad, until 1989. He finished his career with Borås HC in

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, where he played in 1989–1995.A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
Azhockey.com. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. He was named

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of the Soviet elite league in 1984. He scored 252 goals in 503 league games and 64 goals in 109 international games with the Soviet national team.Team CCCP Players Info: Nikolay DROZDETSKY (Николай ДРОЗДЕЦКИЙ)
Chidlovski.net. Retrieved on 2 November 2011. Drozdetsky played on the Soviet national team in 1981, 1982, 1984, and 1985, which won the IIHF World Championships in 1981 and 1982, the Olympic gold medal in

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, the

1981 Canada Cup The 1981 Labatt Canada Cup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games were held in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. The Soviet Union national ice hockey team ...

, and the 1981, 1982, and 1985 European championships. He was the top goal scorer at the 1984 Olympics with ten goals in seven games, and also led the Soviet team with 12 points. He died from complications of diabetes right after participating in a Seniors' hockey game.

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Nikolai Drozdetsky at CCCP International
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Drozdetsky, Nikolai 1957 births 1995 deaths Borås HC players HC CSKA Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union People from Kolpino Russian ice hockey right wingers SKA Saint Petersburg players Soviet expatriate ice hockey players Soviet ice hockey right wingers Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Deaths from diabetes