In memory of Igor Dmitriev

October 19 marks the 80th anniversary of Igor Dmitriev's birthday, a legendary ice hockey coach who won the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, the 1989 and 1990 World Championship, the 1987 and 1991 European Championship and a silver medal of the 1987 Canada Cup.

Igor was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007. As a player, he became a 1974 USSR champion and a winner of the 1974 USSR Cup.

He sadly died in December 1997 after suffering a stroke.