List of Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union

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Vsevolod Bobrov holding the championship trophy at the 1956 Winter Olympics; the Soviet Union made their Winter Olympic debut that year and won the gold medal. Vsevolod bobrov.jpg
Vsevolod Bobrov holding the championship trophy at the 1956 Winter Olympics; the Soviet Union made their Winter Olympic debut that year and won the gold medal.

Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced as at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympics when they began in 1924. [1] The Soviet Union participated in nine tournaments, the first in 1956 and the last in 1988. A total of 11 goaltenders and 95 skaters represented the Soviet Union at the Olympics.

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The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. [2] The countries that benefited most were the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, where top athletes were state-sponsored while retaining their status as amateurs. In protest at this policy, Canada withdrew from the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. [3] In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in the Olympic Games, starting in 1988. [4]

Throughout its existence, the Soviet Union was one of the most dominant teams at the Olympics: it won a medal in each of the nine tournaments it participated in, winning seven gold medals, one silver and one bronze. [5] When the Soviet Union dissolved, it was replaced in subsequent tournaments by the Unified Team (1992) and Russia (since 1994). Six players would play for both the Soviet Union and either the Unified Team or Russia at the Olympics. [6] [7]

Goaltender Vladislav Tretiak played in four tournaments, the most among all Soviet players. Three players – Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Krutov, and Sergei Makarov – played in the most games, with 22 each across three Olympics. Anatoli Firsov scored the most goals (18), while Valeri Kharlamov had the most assists (22) and the most total points (36). Six players have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, while 28 have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. [8] [9] [lower-alpha 1]

Key

Goaltenders

Nikolai Puchkov appeared in the first two Olympics for the Soviet Union. Nikolai Puchkov crop.jpg
Nikolai Puchkov appeared in the first two Olympics for the Soviet Union.
Grigory Mkrtychan played at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Grigory Mkrtychan 1956.jpg
Grigory Mkrtychan played at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Goaltenders
PlayerOlympicsTournament(s)GPWLTMinSOGAGAAMedalsNotesRef(s)
Viktor Konovalenko 2 1964, 1968 1110106403191.78Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
IIHFHOF (2007) [9] [10]
Grigory Mkrtychan 1 1956 100020026.00Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [11]
Sergei Mylnikov 1 1988 87104802131.63Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [11]
Vladimir Myshkin 2 1980, 1984 5310260092.08Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
[11]
Alexander Pashkov 1 1972 110060033.00Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972) [12]
Nikolai Puchkov 2 1956, 1960 129216803262.29Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
[13]
Alexander Sidelnikov 1 1976 110060011.00Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [14]
Vladislav Tretiak 4 1972, 1976,
1980, 1984
19171010602331.87Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
HHOF (1989) [8]
IIHFHOF (1997) [9]
[15]
Yevgeni Yorkin 1 1960 3200140141.71Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [16]
Boris Zaytsev 1 1964 210080100.00Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964) [16]
Viktor Zinger 1 1968 2200120110.50Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968) [16]

Skaters

Skaters
PlayerOlympicsTournamentsGPGAPPIMMedalsNotesRef(s)
Boris Alexandrov 1 1976 52240Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)IIHFHOF (2019) [9] [lower-alpha 2] [17]
Veniamin Alexandrov 3 1960, 1964, 1968 1814122623Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
[17]
Alexander Almetov 2 1960, 1964 1456112Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
[18]
Yevgeni Babich 1 1956 72354Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [19]
Sergei Babinov 1 1976 522415Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [19]
Helmuts Balderis 1 1980 75495Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)IIHFHOF (1998) [9] [lower-alpha 3] [20]
Yuri Baulin 1 1960 612310Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [21]
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov 2 1980, 1984 142462Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
[22]
Viktor Blinov 1 1968 742610Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968) [23]
Yuri Blinov 1 1972 53360Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972) [23]
Vsevolod Bobrov 1 1956 792114Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956)Team captain (1956) [5]
IIHFHOF (1997) [9]
[23]
Ilya Byakin 1 1988 81454Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [24]
Mikhail Bychkov 1 1960 71344Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [24]
Vyacheslav Bykov 1 1988 72352Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)IIHFHOF (2014) [9]
Played for Unified Team, 1992
[24]
Alexander Chernykh 1 1988 82244Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [25]
Vitali Davydov 3 1964, 1968, 1972 1706612Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
IIHFHOF (2004) [9] [26]
Nikolai Drozdetsky 1 1984 7102122Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [27]
Viacheslav Fetisov 3 1980, 1984, 1988 2212213324Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
Team captain (1984, 1988) [5]
HHOF (2001) [8]
IIHFHOF (2005) [9]
[28]
Anatoli Firsov 3 1964, 1968, 1972 191812306Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
IIHFHOF (1998) [9] [29]
Alexander Geramisov 1 1984 72356Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [30]
Alexander Golikov 1 1980 776136Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980) [31]
Vladimir Golikov 1 1980 72572Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980) [31]
Vladimir Grebennikov 1 1960 74484Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [32]
Yevgeni Groshev 1 1960 74376Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [33]
Alexei Guryshev 1 1956 77290Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [34]
Alexei Gusarov 1 1988 81346Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)Played for Russia, 1998 [34]
Alexander Gusev 1 1976 51232Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [34]
Anatoli Ionov 1 1968 61232Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968) [35]
Eduard Ivanov 1 1964 75166Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964) [35]
Valeri Kamensky 1 1988 84264Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)IIHFHOF (2016) [9]
Played for Russia, 1998
[36]
Sergei Kapustin 1 1976 53148Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [37]
Nikolai Karpov 1 1960 31232Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [38]
Alexei Kasatonov 3 1980, 1984, 1988 21713208Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
IIHFHOF (2009) [9] [38]
Valeri Kharlamov 3 1972, 1976, 1980 1714223610Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
HHOF (2005) [8]
IIHFHOF (1998) [9]
[39]
Nikolai Khlystov 1 1956 71230Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [39]
Andrei Khomutov 2 1984, 1988 154598Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
IIHFHOF (2014) [9]
Played for Unified Team, 1992
[39]
Vladimir Kovin 1 1984 75382Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [40]
Alexander Kozhevnikov 2 1984, 1988 955106Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
[40]
Igor Kravchuk 1 1988 61010Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)Played for Unified Team, 1992
Played for Russia, 1998, 2002
[41]
Vladimir Krutov 3 1980, 1984, 1988 221615316Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
IIHFHOF (2010) [9] [42]
Yuri Krylov 1 1956 74374Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [42]
Alfred Kuchevsky 2 1956, 1960 1104416Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
[43]
Valentin Kuzin 1 1956 74262Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [44]
Viktor Kuzkin 3 1964, 1968, 1972 194154Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Team captain (1972) [5]
IIHFHOF (2005) [9]
[44]
Igor Larionov 2 1984, 1988 145131810Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
HHOF (2008) [8]
IIHFHOF (2008) [9]
Played for Russia, 2002
[45]
Yuri Lebedev 1 1980 73584Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980) [46]
Konstantin Loktev 2 1960, 1964 131081816Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
IIHFHOF (2007) [9] [47]
Andrei Lomakin 1 1988 81342Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [47]
Vladimir Lutchenko 2 1972, 1976 100336Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
[48]
Yuri Lyapkin 1 1976 51342Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [48]
Sergei Makarov 3 1980, 1984, 1988 2211172818Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
HHOF (2016) [8]
IIHFHOF (2001) [9]
[49]
Alexander Maltsev 3 1972, 1976, 1980 171512270Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
IIHFHOF (1999) [9] [50]
Boris Mayorov 2 1964, 1968 1487152Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Team captain (1964, 1968) [5]
IIHFHOF (1999) [9]
[51]
Yevgeni Mayorov 1 1964 52240Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964) [51]
Boris Mikhailov 3 1972, 1976, 1980 15106164Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Team captain (1976, 1980) [5]
IIHFHOF (2000) [9]
[52]
Yevgeni Mishakov 2 1968, 1972 116284Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
[53]
Alexander Mogilny 1 1988 63252Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [54]
Yuri Moiseyev 1 1968 72466Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968) [54]
Viktor Nikiforov 1 1956 100000Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [55]
Yuri Pantyukhov 1 1956 72132Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [56]
Vasili Pervukhin 2 1980, 1984 14011112Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
[57]
Vladimir Petrov 3 1972, 1976, 1980 16871514Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
IIHFHOF (2006) [9] [58]
Stanislav Petukhov 2 1960, 1964 1185136Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
[59]
Viktor Polupanov 1 1968 7661210Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964) [60]
Viktor Pryazhnikov 1 1960 32020Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [61]
Alexander Ragulin 3 1964, 1968, 1972 1938112Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
IIHFHOF (1997) [9] [62]
Igor Romishevsky 2 1968, 1972 110006Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
[63]
Anatoli Semenov 1 1988 82466Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [64]
Vladimir Shadrin 2 1972, 1976 874112Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
[65]
Viktor Shalimov 1 1976 555102Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976) [65]
Sergei Shepelev 1 1984 72460Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [66]
Viktor Shuvalov 1 1956 75270Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [66]
Genrikh Sidorenkov 2 1956, 1960 1312314Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
[67]
Alexander Skvortsov 2 1980, 1984 1468140Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
[68]
Nikolai Sologubov 2 1956, 1960 1128104Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Team captain (1960) [5]
IIHFHOF (2004) [9]
[69]
Sergei Starikov 3 1980, 1984, 1988 1929116Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
[70]
Vyacheslav Starshinov 2 1964, 1968 14139228Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
IIHFHOF (2007) [9] [70]
Igor Stelnov 2 1984, 1988 1413413Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988)
[71]
Sergei Svetlov 1 1988 82354Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [72]
Ivan Tregubov 1 1956 72248Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [73]
Yuri Tsitsinov 1 1960 75494Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960) [74]
Gennady Tsygankov 2 1972, 1976 104486Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
[74]
Viktor Tyumenev 1 1984 60992Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [75]
Dmitry Ukolov 1 1956 51120Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [76]
Alexander Uvarov 1 1956 72242Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1956) [76]
Mikhail Vasiliev 1 1984 73254Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1984) [77]
Valeri Vasiliev 3 1972, 1976, 1980 143364Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
IIHFHOF (1998) [9] [77]
Vladimir Vikulov 2 1968, 1972 12713202Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
[78]
Leonid Volkov 1 1964 74262Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964) [79]
Alexander Yakushev 2 1972, 1976 1037106Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
HHOF (2018) [8]
IIHFHOF (2003) [9]
[80]
Viktor Yakushev 2 1960, 1964 1487150Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1960)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
[80]
Sergei Yashin 1 1988 83144Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1988) [81]
Oleg Zaytsev 2 1964, 1968 111346Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1964)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
[82]
Viktor Zhluktov 2 1976, 1980 12513182Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1976)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1980)
[83]
Yevgeni Zimin 2 1968, 1972 54268Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1968)
Gold medal icon.svg Gold (1972)
[84]

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Notes

  1. Helmut Balderis is inducted with Latvia, while Boris Alexandrov is inducted with Kazakhstan, and not as a player but as a builder (an executive or coaching role).
  2. Inducted with Kazakhstan, and as a builder
  3. Inducted with Latvia

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