The legendary Boris Mayorov, who won the Olympic Games twice, the World Championship on several occasions and is currently the vice-president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, celebrates his birthday on February 11th.

Alexander Semak, a hugely successful Soviet ice hockey, celebrates his birthday on 11 February.

Anatoly Firsov, a hugely successful ice hockey player and a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame, would today have turned 85 years of age.

Sergei Nikolaev, an honoured Soviet ice hockey coach who is a member of the national Hockey Hall of Fame, would today have turned 80 years of age.