Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Крутов; 1 June 1960 – 6 June 2012), nicknamed "The Tank", was a
Soviet ice hockey forward
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. Together with
Igor Larionov and
Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed ''
KLM Line''.
He is considered one of the best hockey wingers of the 1980s.
For the
Soviet Union national team, Krutov won the
1981 Canada Cup
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, two golds (
1984
Events
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,
1988
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) and one silver (
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
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* January 9 – ...
) in the
Olympics
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, and five golds (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989), one silver (1987), and one bronze (1985) in the
World Championships.
On the club level, Krutov played for
CSKA Moscow from 1978 to 1989. He was one of the first Soviet players to make the jump to the NHL, doing so with the
Vancouver Canucks in 1989. However, Krutov did not have a successful season, battling
homesickness and
weight problems.
Krutov left the NHL after his lone season in North America and played for several clubs in the Swiss and the Swedish leagues before retiring to move into coaching.
[ His son Alexei Krutov is a former hockey player who played professionally from 1999 to 2017.
In 2010, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1960 births
2012 deaths
Deaths from liver failure
Deaths from bleeding
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
HC CSKA Moscow players
Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Russian ice hockey left wingers
Soviet expatriate ice hockey players
Soviet expatriates in Canada
Soviet ice hockey left wingers
Ice hockey people from Moscow
Vancouver Canucks draft picks
Vancouver Canucks players
ZSC Lions players
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics