Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (russian: Валерий Константинович Белоусов; December 17, 1948 – April 16, 2015) was a Russian professional
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 h ...
coach and player.
Playing career
Belousov began playing hockey on a local Novouralsk team Kedr in 1964. In 1967 he was transferred to
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil is an ice hockey team in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey. The club was formerly affiliated with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.
Achievements
* Pervaya Liga
The All-Russian Ho ...
ultimately making his way to
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). ...
, Ural's premier hockey team, in 1971. During his 418-game stint in Chelyabinsk Belousov advanced with his team to the 1973
USSR Cup finals and was a bronze medalist in 1977 as part of the squad. Despite being one of the top snipers of the Soviet Championship he had a modest career on the Soviet national team where he spent only 8 games scoring a single goal.
He spent 1982—1984 seasons in
Oji Seishi Tomakomai of the
Japan Ice Hockey League
The Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL) (日本アイスホッケーリーグ) was an annual ice hockey league that began in 1966 and ended in 2004 when it was replaced by Asia League Ice Hockey. Only Japanese teams competed in the JIHL.
Baseball an ...
winning the Japanese championship twice. Belousov finished his career playing for
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They ...
, then a de facto farm team of Traktor, retiring as a player in 1987.
Coaching career
Belousov returned to Chelyabinsk in 1987 as an assistant coach. He replaced
Gennadi Tsygurov as the head coach in 1990 and eventually led the team to its first bronze medals since the late 70s. In 1995 he was invited back to Magnitogorsk as an assist coach to Valery Postnikov and then replaced him as the head coach in 1996. Helmed by Belousov
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They ...
achieved its biggest success with two
Russian Superleague
The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...
championships and the 2000
IIHF Super Cup The IIHF Super Cup was an ice hockey event played between each winner of the two main European club tournaments of the previous season.
In 1997 it was played between the champion of the European Hockey League and the champion of the IIHF European ...
.
In the
2003-04 season he took over
Avangard Omsk and headed the team to its first ever champion title winning in the finals over his former team Metallurg. A year later Belousov's Avangard also won the
2005 IIHF European Champions Cup. But after several not so stellar seasons Belousov was fired of his job along with his entire coaching stuff.
During the 2008—2010 seasons Belousov tried to recapture his success with
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They ...
. But despite advancing to the
2008 Victoria Cup with
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...
and
2009 Champions Hockey League Finals with
ZSC Lions
The Zürcher Schlittschuh Club Lions (ZSC Lions) are a professional ice hockey team located in Zürich, Switzerland, playing in the National League (NL). Their home arena is the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena. The team was founded in 1930 and play ...
Belousov's team lost both games.
In October 2010 he returned to
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk, also known as Traktor (russian: Трактор), is a professional ice hockey team based in Chelyabinsk, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Eastern Conference of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). ...
for the first time in 15 years leading the team from the bottom of the season table to the
2013 Gagarin Cup Final.
He died of cardiopulmonary failure on April 16, 2015.
RIP Valery Belousov
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Career statistics
Coaching record
References
External links
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1948 births
2015 deaths
Honoured Coaches of Russia
Metallurg Magnitogorsk players
Oji Eagles players
People from Novouralsk
Russian ice hockey coaches
Russian ice hockey right wingers
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil players
Traktor Chelyabinsk players
Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast
Soviet ice hockey right wingers
Soviet expatriates in Japan