Irek Gimayev
Irek Faritowitsch Gimajew (Russian Ирек Фаритович Гимаев; born September 2, 1957 in Sukkulowo, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR ) is a former Soviet ice hockey player and Russian coach, who during his playing career 1976-1992 numerous national and international titles with the army club CSKA Moscow won. In addition, he repeatedly won medals with the national team of the USSR in World and European Championships in the junior and senior level.
- 2.1 International
- 2.2 Other
- 3.1 International
Career
Gimajew learned to play hockey in the junior department of Salavat Yulaev Ufa, the Hockey Club near his birthplace Sukkulowo. As of 1976, the deployable as a striker and defender player belonged to the squad of seniors team, which is the second highest Soviet League, the League Perwaja belonged. At the end of the season 1977/78 he managed with Salavat promotion to the top division, the Wysschaja league. In total he played until 1979 for the team from Ufa, before he moved to his national team debut in February 1979 on the 1979/80 season for army club CSKA Moscow in the capital Moscow.
In the seasons 1977/78 and 1978/79 Gimajew belonged to one of Boris Mayorov supervised, Soviet All-Star team, which graduated in the season 1977/78 eight and in the following year six games in the North American World Hockey Association. The all-rounder came here in all games used and reached six points scorer.
Until 1987 Gimajew spent in Moscow a very successful time in which he Soviet champion eight times and nine times won the European Cup with the team. After his time at CSKA Gimajew be decided in the summer of 1987 to move to Japan, where he was active for the Ōji Seishi Ice Hockey Bu in the Japan Ice Hockey League until 1991. During this time he celebrated three championships, one runner-up and two cup wins with the team. Decay was Gimajew his career finally in the 1991/92 season in the league Slovenska hokejska newly established at HK Olimpija Ljubljana. There he won the vice-championship.
In the 2001 /02 season he coached for part of the season his former club HK CSKA Moscow in the Super League. Because of persistent failure Gimajew but was replaced by Vladimir Semyonov course of the season. Because of only eleven wins in 51 games, the team was relegated at the end of the season in the second-class athletic Wysschaja League from after they have just had to descend in the previous year can prevent. He then worked in the youth department of CSKA.
For his contributions to the sport of ice hockey in the USSR in 1979, he received the medal "For distinction in the work" as well as 1982, the Medal of the Soviet Union. He was also honored in the same year as the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in hockey.
Internationally
Gimajew won at World and European Championships in the junior and senior level numerous medals with the national team of the USSR. At Olympic Winter Games, however, he never participated.
He first won in the unofficial Under-20 Junior World Cup in 1976 the gold medal with the USSR and a few months later at the U19 European Junior Championships European champion. The following year, the Soviets then defended the World Champion title at the first official host of the World Cup.
As part of the Challenge Cup in February 1979 against an all-star team of the National Hockey League Gimajew made his debut in the senior selection of the USSR. The Soviets won the three games running series, but Gimajew only came in the decisive third game to use. In the same year he participated with the team at the World Cup. There, the Soviet Union won both the World and European champion. The same is also followed in the years 1982 and 1983. His fourth World Cup tournament ended Gimajew 1985 by winning the bronze medal and winning the fourth European Championship title of his career. He recorded another success by winning the Canada Cup in 1981., Where he also played in 1984. However, this was the only international tournament of his career in which he won a medal. Overall Gimajew denied between February 1979 and September 1985 93 appearances for the USSR, of which 37 in international tournaments. During his National team career he scored eleven goals go, six of which accounted duty games.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- Gold medal at the European Championships
- Gold medal at the European Championships
- Gold medal at the European Championships
- Gold medal at the European Championships
Other
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the USSR at:
- U20 World Junior Championships 1976
- U19 European Junior Championships 1976
- U20 World Junior Championships 1977
- Challenge Cup 1979
- World Cup 1979
- Canada Cup 1981
- World Cup 1982
- World Cup 1983
- Canada Cup 1984
- World Cup 1985
( 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 )