Aleksandr Maltsev

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Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Gold	1972 Sapporo	Team
Gold	1976 Innsbruck	Team
Silver	1980 Lake Placid	Team

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Maltsev (Russian: Александр Николаевич Мальцев; born April 20, 1949 in Kirovo-Chepetsk^[1]) is a retired Soviet ice hockey right winger.

Maltsev played for Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet League for 530 games from 1967 to 1984. A six-time Soviet all-star, he led the league in scoring in 1970-71 and tied with Valeri Kharlamov for MVP in 1971-72.

Maltsev was on the USSR team during the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1976 Winter Olympics, and 1980 Winter Olympics, winning gold in 1972 and 1976 and silver in 1980. He was named the best forward at the IIHF World Championships three times, leading the tournament in goals once and total scoring twice [1]. He made the world championship all-star team on five occasions. Maltsev's 213 career goals in international play were the most by any Soviet player [2].

Maltsev was awarded the Medal For Labour Heroism in 1972 ^[1], the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1976 and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1978.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} (1973) Panorama of the 1972 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 49. 
2. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 568. 

[edit] External links

• Alexander Maltsev at Hockey CCCP International

Preceded by Anatoli Firsov

Soviet MVP 1972

Succeeded by Valeri Kharlamov