Legends

Nikolai Epshtein, a legendary Soviet ice hockey coach, would have today turned 105 years of age.

Sergei Fyodorov, a legend of Russian ice hockey, celebrates his birthday on 13 December!

Leonid Volkov, a legendary forward of the Soviet national team, was born on this day exactly 90 years ago.

Nikolai Karpov, a former Soviet ice hockey player and coach, would today have turned 95 years of age.

Dmitry Ukolov, a legendary Soviet ice hockey player who won gold at the 1954 World Championship and the 1956 Olympic Games, would have turned 95 years of age today.

Alexei Kasatonov, a two-time Olympic champion with the Soviet national team, is today celebrating his 65th birthday.

Boris Mikhailov, a true legend of Soviet ice hockey, celebrates his birthday on 6 October!

Former Russian goalkeeper Andrei Trefilov celebrates his birthday on 31 August!

Alexander Pashkov, a famous ice hockey goalkeeper who notably won the 1972 Olympic Games with the Soviet national team, celebrates his birthday on 28 August.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Skvortsov, a famous Soviet ice hockey forward who became a champion of the 1984 Olympic Games.

On the 19th of August, Stanislav Petukhov, a Soviet forward who won the 1964 Olympic Games, celebrates his birthday.

Famous right-handed Soviet forward Yury Khmylyov, who became an Olympic champion in 1992 and twice won the World Championship, is today celebrating his 60th birthday.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Sologubov, a famous Soviet defenseman who particularly made a name for himself during the 1950s.

Today, on 4 August, defenseman of the USSR national team Oleg Zaitsev would have been celebrating his 85th birthday.

Valeri Vasiliev, a legendary Soviet defenseman who twice won the Olympic Games, the World Championship on eight occasions and the Canada Cup once, would have today been celebrating his 75th birthday.

​Alexei Gusarov, an Olympic champion, a world champion, a holder of the NHL Stanley Cup and a member of the Triple Gold Club, celebrates his birthday on 8 July.

Today marks 100 years since the birth of Anatoly Kostryukov, an honoured ice hockey coach of the USSR.

The funeral of legendary Russian ice hockey coach Vitaly Erfilov took place in Moscow at the Khovanskoe Cemetery.

On 20 June, gold medalist of the 1984 Olympic Games Vladimir Kovin celebrates his birthday.

On June 19, Russian ice hockey coach and businessman Yury Korolyov celebrates his birthday.