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Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov

Vladimir Petrov
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Born (1947-06-30)30 June 1947
Krasnogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died 28 February 2017(2017-02-28) (aged 69)
Moscow, Russia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Krylya Sovetov
HC CSKA Moscow
SKA Leningrad
National team  Soviet Union
Playing career 1965–1983

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Петро́в; 30 June 1947 – 28 February 2017) was a Russian Soviet ice hockey player, Olympic Champion (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980).

Born in Krasnogorsk, Soviet Union, Vladimir Petrov played in Soviet Ice Hockey League for Krylya Sovetov, Moscow (from 1965 to 1967), CSKA Moscow (from 1967 to 1981) and SKA, Leningrad (from 1981 to 1983). In CSKA Moscow and Soviet national team, he, together with Boris Mikhailov and Valeri Kharlamov, formed one of the best offensive lines ever.

Petrov played for the Soviet Team in three Winter Olympics, 1972 Soviet Union-Canada Summit Series and many IIHF World Championships. He is 4th all-time leading scorer in World Championships, with 154 points (74 goals and 80 assists) in 102 games and scored 7 points (3 goals and 4 assists) in 8 games of Summit Series. He retired from ice hockey in 1983.

In mid-1990s, Petrov was the president of Russian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2006, Petrov has been immortalized in the IIHF Hall of Fame.


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