Yuri Aleksandrovich Tsitsinov (August 24, 1937 – August 18, 1994) was an

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 hock ...

player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for

HK Lokomotiv Moscow HK Lokomotiv Moscow was an ice hockey team in Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union). They played in the Soviet Championship League, and various other lower-level Soviet leagues from 1947-1983. History The club was founded in 1947 as part of the Lokom ...

and

Krylya Sovetov Moscow HC Krylya Sovetov (russian: link=no, ХК Крылья Советов; ''Soviet Wings'') is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. The team played in the top divisions of Soviet and Russian hockey. In 2008, the team was expell ...

. He was inducted into the

Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

in 1991. He was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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External links

Yuri Tsitsinov's Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio

Yuri Tsitsinov's profile at infosport.ru
1937 births 1994 deaths Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Moscow Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub