Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak (Russian Владислав Александрович Третьяк; born April 25, 1952 in Orudjewo, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. During his time the goalkeeper of the Soviet national ice hockey team was considered the world's best goalkeeper and was nicknamed " the man with a thousand hands ".
Career
He was discovered by the coach of the Soviet national team, Anatoli Tarasov, who brought him to CSKA Moscow and promoted. In his first season in 1968/69 CSKA he was just 17 years old, and it quickly became obvious that he was an exceptional talent. He stayed another 15 years and there was a total of 482 games for CSKA deny, although he did allowed only 1158 gates.
He was then nominated for the Soviet national ice hockey team very quickly. He played 287 times for the USSR. During this time he won with his team 10 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the World Ice Hockey Championships. In 98 games, he had an average of only 1.78 goals against. His biggest defeat was at the Olympic Winter Games in 1980 in the legendary game ( Miracle on Ice) against the United States: The game went 4-3 lost, and he was also replaced at the end of the first third of his former coach Viktor Tikhonov by Vladimir Myshkin.
For Olympic Winter Games he could with his team win three gold medals and one silver medal. At the Canada Cup in 1981, the USSR won, he was elected Most Valuable Player. 1981, 1982 and 1983, Tretiak was honored by the Russian daily Izvestia with the golden bat as the best European player of the year and, together with Vyacheslav Fetisov, who also won the award three times, winning record.
His biggest dream was to play for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL. In the NHL Entry Draft in 1983, he was drawn by them in the 7th round to 138 place. However, this dream burst due to the Iron Curtain. In 1984, he went on strike at CSKA and the national team. He wanted to play with the Montreal Canadiens, but Tikhonov forbade the exchange and Tretjak then ended his career.
He had his greatest success in 1989 experience, when he was even honored as the first Russian ice hockey player with the inclusion in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Today he lives in Moscow, is a major supporter of the Russian ice hockey and founded an international sports school " Vladislav Tretiak Charity Fund ", and sometimes when his time permits, he coached the gatekeepers of the Chicago Blackhawks.
On 25 April 2006, he was appointed president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation. Upon his election, he received 93 of 96 votes, the missing were three abstentions. A few days later, on 28 April 2006, he received the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada. This award was given for his efforts to the Canadian- Russian relations. Tretiak is the first Russian ever to receive this medal.
At the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Tretjak was together with Irina Rodnina Konstantinovna cage rotor of the Olympic Torch Relay, which with the torch lit the Olympic flame at the end.
Achievements
- Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1972 in Sapporo
- Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck
- Silver medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
- Gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo
Literary work
- Vladislav Tretiak: Tretiak: The Legend Plains Publications, 1987 ISBN 0-920985-24-6. .