Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov (; born 19 June 1958) is a Russian former professional

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. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with

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, winning the Soviet Player of the Year award (also known as Soviet MVP) three times. Together with

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and

Vladimir Krutov Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (; 1 June 1960 – 6 June 2012), nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958), Sergei Makarov, he was ...

, they formed the ''

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'', one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He later played in the

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with the

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, and won the

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as rookie of the year at the age of 31. Internationally, Makarov played on the gold medal-winning Soviet national team at eight

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, and in the

1981 Canada Cup The 1981 Labatt Canada Cup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games were held in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. The Soviet Union defeated Canada in a s ...

. At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

and

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, and a silver in

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

. He was awarded

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(1984). In 2001, Makarov was inducted into the

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. In 2016, he was inducted into the

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. He was voted one of six players to the

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's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries.

Career

Makarov was trained in the Russian SFSR. He won two World Junior Championships, and was named the best player during his second victory in 1978. Makarov was also on the gold medal-winning

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in the

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

and

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, and in the

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in 1981. At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in

and

, and a silver in

. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with

, winning the Soviet Player of the Year award (also known as Soviet MVP) three times, getting named to the Soviet League All-Star Team ten times, and leading the league in points nine times and goals three times. Together with

and

, they formed the ''

'', one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He was awarded

(1984). In

, Makarov was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the

and the

. He won the

as rookie of the year at the age of 31 (as a result, the rules were changed and now only players under 26 qualify for the award – the ''Makarov Rule''). At 25.9% his shooting percentage was the highest of all NHL players. Makarov also played for the

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from 1993 to 1995. For the 1995–96 season Makarov was dropped from the Sharks' roster and did not play and became an assistant coach for the Russian national team during the 1996 World Cup. In the 1996–97 season, Makarov made two comeback attempts, first with the

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, for whom he played four games between 15–29 November, followed by playing for

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in Switzerland's Nationalliga A with former teammates

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and

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. In 2001, Makarov was inducted into the

during the

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in Germany. On 27 June 2016, it was announced that he would be inducted into the

on 14 November 2016 along with

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and Pat Quinn (posthumously).

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

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Sergey Makarov at Hockey CCCP International
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