Veniamin Veniaminovich Alexandrov (russian: Вениамин Вениаминович Александров; 18 April 1937 – 6 November 1991) was a Soviet

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player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. After playing exhibition matches in North America in 1957, Alexandrov was put on the negotiation list of the

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, a team in the

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. While Soviet players were not expected to be able to move to North America, Chicago still felt highly enough of him to do so in the event that changed.

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1937 births 1991 deaths Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery HC CSKA Moscow players Ice hockey people from Moscow Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub