Alexander Maltsev
Alexander Nikolaevich Maltsev (Russian Александр Николаевич Мальцев; born April 20, 1949 in Setkowzy at Kirovo - Tschepezk, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame.
- 3.1 International
Career
Alexander Maltsev began at the age of seven years as football and ice hockey players at Chimik Kirovo - Tschepezk, which was later renamed Olimpija Kirovo - Tschepezk. In 1965 he played for Olympia in the third division of the Soviet Union. In 1967 he moved to Dynamo Moscow and played there until 1984. Overall, he scored 329 goals in 530 games in the Soviet league.
With the Soviet national team, he won at the Olympic Games two gold medals (1972, 1976) and a silver medal in 1980., The latter tournament, the legendary game " Miracle on Ice" took place against the United States, which was lost 4-3. He won with Team nine times the World Ice Hockey Championships and was awarded in 1970, 1972 and 1981 as "Best Forward " of the tournament. At the Canada Cup 1976, he was elected to the All- Star team.
After end of his career he worked 1986-1993 as a youth coach at Sdjuschor Dynamo, the hockey school of Dynamo Moscow. Since 2010 he has been employed as a consultant at OHK Dynamo.
He was honored with induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1969 he was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. In addition, Maltsev received the Medal of the Soviet Union and the Russian Order of Honor.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Order
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the Soviet Union at:
- U19 European Junior Championships 1968
- U19 European Junior Championships 1969
- World Cup 1969
- World Cup 1970
- World Cup 1971
- Olympic Winter Games in 1972
- World Cup 1972
- Summit Series 1972
- World Cup 1973
- World Cup 1974
- Summit Series 1974
- World Cup 1975
- Olympic Winter Games in 1976
- World Cup 1976
- Canada Cup 1976
- World Cup 1977
- World Cup 1978
- 1980 Winter Olympics
- 1981 World Championship
- Canada Cup 1981
- World Cup 1983
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )