Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Петро́в; 30 June 1947 – 28 February 2017) was a Russian Soviet
ice hockey
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player, Olympic Champion (
1972
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,
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
) and silver medalist (
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
).
Born in
Krasnogorsk,
Soviet Union
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, Vladimir Petrov played in Soviet Ice Hockey League for Krylya Sovetov,
Moscow
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(from 1965 to 1967),
CSKA Moscow
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(from 1967 to 1981) and SKA,
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
(from 1981 to 1983). In CSKA Moscow and Soviet national team, he, together with
Boris Mikhailov and
Valeri Kharlamov
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, formed one of the best offensive lines ever.
Petrov played for the Soviet Team in three
Winter Olympics
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, 1972 Soviet Union-Canada
Summit Series
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and many IIHF
World Championships
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. He is 4th all-time leading scorer in World Championships, with 154 points (74 goals and 80 assists) in 102 games and scored 7 points (3 goals and 4 assists) in 8 games of
Summit Series
The Summit Series, Super Series 72, Canada–USSR Series (russian: Суперсерия СССР — Канада, Superseriya SSSR — Kanada), or Series of the Century (french: Série du siècle, Séries of the Century), was an eight-game ic ...
. He retired from ice hockey in 1983.
In mid-1990s, Petrov was the president of Russian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2006, Petrov was enshrined to the
IIHF Hall of Fame
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. He was buried in the
Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
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in
Moscow Oblast
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.
Awards
* 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – World Championships All-Star
* 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – World Championships leading scorer
* 1972, 1973 – Soviet League Player of the Year
* 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – Soviet League All-Star
* 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979 – Soviet League leading scorer
*
Order For Merit to the Fatherland
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4th class
*
Order of Friendship
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* 2
Orders of the Badge of Honour
* 2
Medals "For Labour Valour"
Career statistics
Regular season
International
External links
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Vladimir Petrov biography
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1947 births
2017 deaths
Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
HC CSKA Moscow players
Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Krylya Sovetov Moscow players
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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
People from Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
SKA Saint Petersburg players
Soviet ice hockey centres
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast