Sergei Makarov
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Макаров; born June 19, 1958 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and member of the IIHF Hall of Fame.
Career
As an outstanding talented hockey player Makarov was trained in the Soviet Union. He won two World Junior Championships and was during his second victory in 1978 named as the best player. With the Soviet national team, he could in the years 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990 1981 Canada Cup win the World Ice Hockey Championships and.
In the Winter Olympics, he won also with the Soviet national team, twice the gold medal (1984 and 1988) and one silver medal (1980).
In the Soviet Union Makarov played from 1978 to 1989 for HK CSKA Moscow. During this time he was eight Soviet player of the year and sat down nine times in the first place of the scoring table. Together with Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov he formed the legendary KLM series ( also Green Line ), which is regarded as the best and most talented forward line who ever played hockey.
1980 and 1986 Makarov was honored by the Russian daily Izvestia with the golden bat as the best European player of the year.
1989 Makarov was allowed to leave to join the NHL and the Calgary Flames, who had already pulled him by the NHL Entry Draft in 1983 at 241 site to connect. At the age of 31, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year ( then the rules were changed, today only player under 25 years old can qualify for this price - a Makarov rule).
In the NHL, he played from 1993 to 1995 for the San Jose Sharks (along with Larionov ) and 1996 for the Dallas Stars. His career ended in 1998 after he had once played a season for HK CSKA Moscow.
In April 2008, Makarov was chosen by the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) All-Star Team of the 20th century (along with Vladislav Tretiak, Viacheslav Fetisov, Börje Salming, Valeri Kharlamov and Wayne Gretzky ). According to the German sports journalist and author Horst Eckert Makarov likely go down as the best individualist and single -rounders in the history of hockey.
Currently Makarov has been living in Moscow and works in the Ministry of Sports as Director of Finance.