Nikolai Drozdetsky
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | Team |
Nikolai Vladimirovich Drozdetsky (Russian: Николай Владимирович Дроздецкий) (Jun 14, 1957, Kolpino - Nov 24, 1995, St. Petersburg) was a Russian ice hockey right winger, who competed for the USSR. He played for SKA St. Petersburg from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989, and CSKA Moscow (Red Army team) from 1979-1986, then Boras in Sweden from 1986-1995. He was named most valuable player of the Soviet league in 1984. He scored 252 games in more than 300 games.
Drozdetsky played on the Soviet national team in 1981, 1982, 1984, and 1985, which won the IIHF World Championships in 1981 and 1982, the Olympic Gold medal in 1984, the 1981 Canada Cup, and the 1981, 1982, and 1985 European championships.
He died from complications of diabetes.
[edit] External links
- Nikolai Drozdetsky at CCCP International
- A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey
- (Russian) Soviet sports legends - Nikolai Drozdetsky
Preceded by Vladislav Tretiak |
Soviet MVP 1984 |
Succeeded by Sergei Makarov |