The 24th Winter Olympic Games will be held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, the capital of China. As part of the Olympics, a hockey tournament will be held, the matches of which will be played on the ice of a converted basketball hall built for the 2008 Olympics and on the arena of the Capital Sports Palace.
Members
12 hockey teams will take part in the hockey tournament - these are the 8 best teams according to the IIHF ranking after the 2020 World Cup, the Chinese team as a country hosting the Winter Olympics and 3 teams that won the Olympic qualification.
Leaderboard
At the group stage, the national teams will be divided into three groups of four teams, each will play three matches - with each in its group. Group winners, plus one team showing best result among the teams that did not take first places in the groups, they immediately go to the quarterfinals. The remaining 8 teams for reaching the quarterfinals play in the qualifying round, the pairs of which are formed according to the principle of the highest with the lowest in the overall rating.
Beijing has been chosen as the host winter olympics at the session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July 2015. Olympic emblem is a Chinese character, the upper part of which symbolizes the movement of skaters, and the lower part - the posture of a skier. The ribbon in the middle symbolizes mountain ranges, stadiums and ski slopes, as well as the fact that the Olympics will take place during the Chinese New Year.
The main thing about the format, calendar and composition of the Russian team at the Olympic hockey tournament
FORMAT
Hockey tournament at the Olympics in PyeongChang will be held at the Gangneung and Gwangdong Arenas from February 14 to 25, 2018. 12 teams are divided into three groups of four teams, and all participants of the first stage go to the playoffs. The three group winners plus the top runner-up automatically advance to the quarter-finals, while the remaining eight teams advance to the round of 16.
TIMETABLE
The Russian national team will play in group B with Slovakia (February 14 at 15.10 Moscow time), Slovenia (February 16 at 10.40) and the USA (February 17 at 15.10). The final Olympics will be held February 25 at 7.10. Note that the time difference between Moscow and Pyeongchang is six hours.
COMPOSITION OF THE RUSSIA TEAM
The composition of the Russian national team, whose head coach will be Oleg Znarok, will be announced on January 25: the application must include 3 goalkeepers and 22 field players. Due to the refusal of the NHL to take part in the Olympics in Pyeongchang, Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and others will not play Russian hockey players representing the ocean, so the main stars of the Znarka team will be representatives of the KHL - Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk.
PARTICIPANTS AND FAVORITES
In the absence of Enkhaelites, the Russian team became the main favorite in the fight for the Olympic gold. The main competitors are Canada, Finland and Sweden. For the first time in the history of the Olympics, the Korean team will take part in the hockey tournament.
1956, Cortina D'Ampezzo (Italy)
The seventh Winter Olympic Games were held in the Italian town of Cortina d'Ampezzo, at an altitude of about 1200 meters above sea level.
The USSR team performed for the first time at the White Olympics.
Representatives of the Soviet Union (53 people) participated in competitions in skiing, speed skating and hockey.
The team of the CSK MO was taken as the basis for the USSR Olympic team.
“The USSR national team started the competition just brilliantly, winning both of their matches with a total score of 15: 4. The Swedes were defeated with a score of 5: 1, and our hockey players made a real mess for the Swiss. The final result of 10: 3 in favor of the USSR national team today looks like unbelievable, but then was a real reflection of things."
Our team made its debut at the 1956 Italian Olympics and for the first time in history became the Olympic ice hockey champion. The invincible Canadians lost out of desperation to the US team (1:4), eventually becoming only bronze medalists. It was a real failure for the Maple Leaves.
The best player of the Soviet team in 1956 - Vsevolod Bobrov. The unique hockey player played both hockey and football superbly. Bobrov is the only athlete in the history of the Olympic Games, the captain of the USSR national teams that competed at the Olympic Games: in 1952 - football, in 1956 - hockey.
The prize awarded to the most productive team of the Russian Ice Hockey Championship was named after Vsevolod Bobrov. One of the divisions of the Continental Hockey League is also named after him. The ice sports palace built in Stupino bears the name of Vsevolod Mikhailovich.
WINNERS OF THE OLYMPIAD-1956
Gold - USSR
Silver - USA
Bronze - Canada
OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS-1956
Nikolai Puchkov (1930 - 2005), Grigory Mkrtychan (1925 - 2003), Ivan Tregubov (1930 - 1992), Nikolai Sologubov (1924 - 1988), Genrikh Sidorenkov (1931 - 1990), Dmitry Ukolov (1929 - 1992), Alfred Kuchevsky (1931 - 2000), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922 - 1979), Alexey Guryshev (1925 - 1983), Viktor Shuvalov (born 12/15/1923), Valentin Kuzin (1926 - 1994), Alexander Uvarov (1922 - 1994), Yuri Krylov ( 1930 - 1979), Evgeny Babich (1921 - 1972), Yuri Pantyukhov (1931 - 1981), Nikolai Khlystov (1932 - 1999), Viktor Nikiforov (born 12/04/1931). Head coach: Arkady Chernyshev (1914 - 1992)
1964 Innsbruck (Austria)
The Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck turned out to be a record, both in terms of the number of participants (1111 people) and the breadth of the program (34 types of competitions, 7 sports).
Our team won the second Olympic gold in Innsbruck.
10 goals were spent by defenders, 15 by Yakushev's troika, 14 by Starshinov's troika, 11 by Almetov's troika. Canadians - the founders of hockey, for the first time remained below the line of Olympic medalists, taking fourth place.
The best players of the tournament:
Goalkeeper: S. Martin (Canada);
Defender: F. Tikal (Czechoslovakia);
Forward: B. Mayorov (USSR);
By the decision of the coaches of the USSR national team best striker award transferred to the best player of the Soviet team, Eduard Ivanov.
Fair Play Prize Awarded to the Finland team with the fewest penalty minutes.
The games of the Olympic tournament were served by Soviet referees:
A. Starovoitov (5 matches) and V. Kuznetsov (3 matches).
Symbolic team of the tournament:
S. Martin (Canada); A. Ragulin (USSR) - R. Seiling (Canada); R. Bourbonnet (Canada) - J. Cherny (Czechoslovakia) - V. Yakushev (USSR).
WINNERS OF THE OLYMPIAD-1964
1. USSR
Viktor Konovalenko, Boris Zaitsev, Alexander Ragulin, Eduard Ivanov, Viktor Kuzkin, Vitaly Davydov, Oleg Zaitsev, Konstantin Loktev, Viktor Yakushev, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Boris Mayorov, Veniamin Alexandrov, Leonid Volkov, Anatoly Firsov, Alexander Almetov, Evgeny Mayorov, Stanislav Petukhov .
2. Sweden
3. Czechoslovakia
1968, Grenoble (France)
WINNERS OF THE OLYMPIAD-1968
Gold - USSR
Silver - Czechoslovakia
Bronze - Canada
Olympic Champions 1968
Viktor Singer (born 10/29/1941), Viktor Konovalenko (03/11/1938 - 02/20/1996), Viktor Blinov (09/01/1945 - 07/09/1968), Vitaly Davydov (born 04/03/1939), Viktor Kuzkin (07/06/1940 - 06/24/2008), Alexander Ragulin (05/05/1941 - 11/17/2004), Oleg Zaitsev (08/04/1939 - 03/01/1993), Igor Romishevsky (born 03/25/1940), Anatoly Firsov (02/01/1941 - 06/24/2000) , Viktor Polupanov (born 01/01/1946), Vyacheslav Starshinov (born 05/06/1940), Vladimir Vikulov (born 07/20/1946), Boris Mayorov (born 02/11/1938), Evgeny Mishakov (02.22.1941 - 05.30. 2007), Yuri Moiseev (07/15/1940 - 09/23/2005), Anatoly Ionov (born 05/23/1939), Veniamin Aleksandrov (04/18/1937 - 11/06/1991), Evgeny Zimin (born 08/06/1947).
USSR national team goalkeeper Viktor Konovalenko became one of the first two-time Olympic hockey champions in the world.
The best forward of the games-68 Firsov became the most successful scorer of the world championships three times in a row - from 1967 to 1969. At the Olympics, he scored 12 goals in seven games, while making two hat-tricks.
“Firsov had an amazing click force. And the goalkeepers felt bad when they saw the swing of the CSKA striker. "Ambulance"".
The best players of the Olympic tournament:
goalkeeper: K. Broderick (Canada),
defender: J. Horesovski (Czechoslovakia),
forward: A. Firsov (USSR).
Most productive:
A. Firsov (USSR) - 16 (12 + 4).
V. Polupanov (USSR) - 12 (6 + 6).
V. Starshinov (USSR) - 12 (6 + 6).
V. Vikulov (USSR) - 12 (2 + 10).
J. Golonka (Czechoslovakia) - 10 (4+6).
Coaches: Arkady Chernyshov, Anatoly Tarasov.
Symbolic team of the 1968 Olympics:
- goalkeeper: K. Boderik (Canada),
- defenders: L. Svedberg (Sweden), J. Suchy (Czechoslovakia),
- forwards: A. Firsov (USSR), F. Hakk (Canada), F. Shevchik (Czechoslovakia)
1972 Sapporo (Japan)
At the Games in Sapporo, the USSR national hockey team extended its triumph by winning the Olympics for the third time in a row. Our team defeated the Finns (9:3), USA (7:2), Poland (9:3) and Czechoslovakia (5:2). And only once the wards of Anatoly Tarasov tied. It was in the second match, in which the Swedes opposed the Soviet players (3:3). Champions and medalists of the 1972 Olympics
Gold - USSR
Silver - USA
Bronze - Czechoslovakian 
In Sapporo, the trio Vikulov-Firsov-Kharlamov played productively. Of the 33 goals scored by the team at the Olympics, 16 (!) - almost half - were scored by them. In each of the five matches, Valery Kharlamov distinguished himself, becoming the most productive at the Olympics - 16 points (9 + 7). gold medal in honor of the victory in the tournament was the first success of Valery at the Olympic Games.
Most scoring:
V.Kharlamov (USSR) 16 (9+7)
V. Nedomansky (Czechoslovakia) 9 (6+3)
K.Sarner (USA) 9 (4+5)
V.Vikulov (USSR) 8 (5+3)
K.Ahern (USA) 7 (4+3)
A.Maltsev (USSR) 7 (4+3) 1972 Olympic champions
Vladislav Tretiak (born 04/25/1952), Alexander Pashkov (born 08/28/1944), Vitaly Davydov (born 04/03/1939), Viktor Kuzkin (07/06/1940 - 06/24/2008), Alexander Ragulin (05/05/1941 - 17/11) .2004), Gennady Tsygankov (08/16/1947 - 02/16/2006), Vladimir Lutchenko (born 01/02/1949), Valery Vasilyev (born 08/03/1949), Igor Romishevsky (born 03/25/1940), Evgeny Mishakov (22.02 .1941 - 05/30/2007), Alexander Maltsev (born 04/20/1949), Alexander Yakushev (born 01/02/1947), Vladimir Vikulov (born 07/20/1946), Anatoly Firsov (02/01/1041 - 07/24/2000), Valery Kharlamov (01/14/1948 - 08/27/1981), Yuri Blinov (born 01/13/1949), Boris Mikhailov (born 10/06/1944), Vladimir Petrov (born 06/30/1947), Vladimir Shadrin (born 06/06/1948 ), Evgeny Zimin (born 08/06/1947). Coaches: Arkady Chernyshev, Anatoly Tarasov.
The famous mentors prepared the team for the Olympics for the last time.
1976 Innsbruck (Austria)
At the opening of the 1976 Olympic Games, the goalkeeper of our hockey team, Vladislav Tretiak, was entrusted to carry the flag of the USSR. The USSR team won all six meetings at this tournament with a difference of goals "plus 42". This victory for our hockey players was the fourth in a row in the framework of the Olympic Games and the fifth in history. Winners of the 1976 Olympics
Gold - USSR.
Silver - Czechoslovakia.
Bronze - Germany. Compared to the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, there have been many changes in the Soviet team. Pashkov, Ragulin, Kuzkin, Davydov, Romishevsky, Vikulov, Firsov, Blinov, Mishakov and Zimin were absent. They were replaced by Sidelnikov, Babinov, Lyapkin, Gusev, Shalimov, Zhluktov, Kapustin, Aleksandrov. Olympic champions - 1976
Vladislav Tretyak (born 04/25/1952), Alexander Sidelnikov (08/12/1950 - 06/23/2003), Sergei Babinov (born 07/11/1955), Yuri Lyapkin (born 01/21/1945), Valery Vasilyev (born 08/03/1949 ), Alexander Gusev (born January 21, 1947), Gennady Tsygankov (08-16-1947 - February 16, 2006), Vladimir Lutchenko (born January 2, 1949), Vladimir Shadrin (born June 6, 1948), Alexander Maltsev (born April 20, 1948) .1949), Viktor Shalimov (born 04/20/1951), Alexander Yakushev (born 01/02/1947), Viktor Zhluktov (born 01/26/1954), Vladimir Petrov (born 06/30/1947), Valery Kharlamov (08/14/1948 - 08/27/1981), Sergey Kapustin (02/13/1953 - 06/04/1995), Boris Mikhailov (born 10/06/1944), Boris Alexandrov (11/13/1955 - 07/31/2002). Most productive
V.Shadrin (USSR) 14 (10+4)
A.Maltsev (USSR) 14 (7+7)
V.Shalimov (USSR) 14 (7+7)
A. Yakushev (USSR) 13 (4+9)
E. Kuenhakl (Germany) 11 (6+5)
V. Zhlutkov (USSR) 11 (2+9)
1984 Sarajevo (Yugoslavia)
The Soviet hockey players won the 1984 Olympics brilliantly - seven wins in seven matches, 48 goals scored and only five missed! And the main rivals that made it to the final four - the national teams of Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Canada - were defeated with a total score of 16:1.
Losers in the last tournament (1980), when our world championship did not take place, Soviet hockey players were looking for meetings with offenders - the Americans. But by the will of fate, the latter avoided an unpleasant match for themselves. At the preliminary stage, we ended up with the Americans in different subgroups. And then they planted a symbolic pig on us by simply not reaching the final tournament.
Winners of the 1984 Olympics
Gold - USSR.
Silver - Czechoslovakia.
Bronze - Sweden.
Olympic Champions 1984
Vladislav Tretiak (born 04/25/1952), Vladimir Myshkin (born 06/19/1955), Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (born 03/13/1955), Andrey Khomutov (born 04/21/1961), Nikolai Drozdetsky (06/14/1957 - 11/24/1995 ), Vyacheslav Fetisov (born 04/20/1958), Alexander Gerasimov (born 05/19/1959), Alexei Kasatonov (born 10/14/1959), Vladimir Kovin (born 06/20/1954), Alexander Kozhevnikov (born 09/21/1958 ), Sergey Shepelev (born 10/13/1955), Vasily Pervukhin (born 01/01/1956), Sergey Makarov (born 06/19/1958), Igor Larionov (born 03/12/1960), Vladimir Krutov (born 06/01/1960), Alexander Skvortsov (born 08/28/1954), Sergey Starikov (born 10/04/1958), Igor Stelnov (02/12/1963 - 03/24/2009), Viktor Tyumenev (born 06/01/1957), Mikhail Vasilyev (born 06/03/1962 ).
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov
1988 Calgary (Canada)
Another triumph of the USSR national team. Winners of the 1988 Olympics:Gold - USSR.
Silver - Finland.
Bronze - Sweden. The current famous coaches shone in the USSR national team. Future mentor of the Moscow "Dynamo" Andrey Khomutov, president of hockey CSKA Vyacheslav Fetisov, head coach Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov. A fantastic game at the Olympics was demonstrated by Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Valery Kamensky. Olympic champions - 1988:
Sergei Mylnikov (born 10/06/1958), Ilya Byakin (born 02/02/1963), Igor Stelnov (02/12/1963 - 03/24/2009), Vyacheslav Fetisov (born 04/20/1958), Alexei Gusarov (born 07/08/1964 ), Alexey Kasatonov (born 10/14/1959), Sergey Starikov (born 12/04/1958), Vyacheslav Bykov (born 07/24/1960), Sergey Yashin (born 03/06/1962), Valery Kamensky (born 04/18/1966 ), Sergey Svetlov (born 01/17/1961), Alexander Chernykh (born 09/12/1965), Andrei Khomutov (born 04/21/1961), Igor Larionov (born 12/03/1960), Andrey Lomakin (04/03/1964 - 09.12 .2006), Sergey Makarov (born June 19, 1958), Alexander Mogilny (born February 18, 1969), Anatoly Semenov (born March 5, 1962), Alexander Kozhevnikov (born September 21, 1958), Igor Kravchuk (born September 13 .1966), Vladimir Krutov (born 06/01/1960). Head coach - Viktor Tikhonov, coach - Vladimir Yurzinov.
1992 Albertville (France)
1804 athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of 65 countries of the world arrived at the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville. This was a record number of participants in the history of the Winter Olympics. The USSR had collapsed a few months earlier.
Questions immediately arose about the status of the team, its financing, staffing, preparation and participation in the Olympics. Finally, it was decided that the Olympic team of the former USSR would compete as a united team of the Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS under the Olympic flag. In honor of the winners and prize-winners from the CIS team, the Olympic flag was also to be raised. The CIS team did not have a guarantee money contribution to pay it to the French NOC for participation in the Olympic Games, as well as to send it to Albertville. In the end, these problems, which had never arisen before, were resolved and the team of the former USSR ended up at the 1992 Olympics. Many of the best hockey players of the former Soviet Union no longer found these events in their country, because they had already begun to conclude lucrative contracts with Western clubs , long before the official collapse of the USSR. During the games in Calgary four years ago, many predicted that the stars of the USSR youth team: Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Fedorov and Pavel Bure would become the next great three of the Soviet Union in 1990. But by the start of the games in Albertville, all three were already playing in the National Hockey League.
During the 1989 off-season, officials from the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation let many hockey players go west. Over the next two seasons, 34 internationals left the Soviet Union. By the 1991-92 season, 23 more national team players had left the country, including Valery Kamensky, Vladimir Konstantinov and Vyacheslav Kozlov.
The CIS ice hockey team was filled with young little-known players, as all the leading players went overseas to play for various professional NHL clubs. As a result of the preliminary competition, in which 12 teams took part, teams from the USA, Sweden, Canada and the CIS managed to get into the semifinals. Athletes of the CIS hockey team unexpectedly easily outplayed the US team in the semifinals of the leader of the first preliminary group with a score of 5:2, and in the finals of the Canadians with a score of 3:1. This victory was the last for the USSR / CIS / Russia teams in the framework of the Olympic Games. Olympic Games 1992 were the last for the Czechoslovak team, already at the next Olympics this union broke up into two independent states - the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1992 OLYMPIAD WINNERS
Gold - CIS
Silver - Canada
Bronze - Czechoslovakia
CIS team:
Mikhail Shtalenkov, Andrey Trefilov, Nikolay Khabibulin, Darius Kasparaitis, Dmitry Mironov, Igor Kravchuk, Sergey Bautin, Dmitry Yushkevich, Alexey Zhitnik, Vladimir Malakhov, Sergey Zubov, Andrey Khomutov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Yuri Khmylev, Andrey Kovalenko, Vyacheslav Butsaev, Evgeny Davydov , Alexei Kovalev, Alexei Zhamnov, Sergei Petrenko, Nikolai Borshchevsky, Igor Boldin, Vitaly Prokhorov.
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev.
One of the most favorite sports of Russians. Unfortunately, only one medal can be won in this event at the Olympic Games. But it will be very valuable for us, especially if it is gold. Two recent championship Russia won the world. We have every right to hope for gold at the Olympics.
Hockey - sports game, a subspecies of hockey, which consists in a confrontation between two teams that, passing the puck with sticks, seek to throw it as many times as possible into the opponent's goal and not let it into their own. The team that scores the most goals against the opponent wins.
The history of ice hockey is one of the most contested of all sports. Montreal is traditionally considered the birthplace of hockey (although more recent research points to Kingston, Ontario or Windsor, Nova Scotia). However, some 16th-century Dutch paintings also show many people playing a hockey-like game on a frozen canal. But, despite this, Canada is still considered the birthplace of modern ice hockey.
When Great Britain conquered Canada from France in 1763, the soldiers brought field hockey with them to this land. Since Canadian winters are very harsh and long, winter sports have always been welcomed in this area. Attaching cheese cutters to their boots, English and French speaking Canadians played the game on frozen rivers, lakes and other bodies of water. In Nova Scotia and Virginia, there are old paintings of people playing hockey.
On March 3, 1875, the first hockey match was held in Montreal at the Victoria rink, information about which was recorded in the Montreal newspaper Montreal Gazette. Each team consisted of nine people. They played with a wooden puck, and borrowed protective equipment from baseball. For the first time on the ice put a hockey goal.
In 1877, some students at Montreal's McGill University invented the first seven hockey rules. In 1879 they made a rubber washer. After some time, the game became so popular that in 1883 it was presented at the annual Montreal Winter Carnival. In 1885, the Amateur Hockey Association was founded in Montreal.
The hockey rules were improved, streamlined and printed in 1886. According to them, the number of field players decreased from nine to seven, there were a goalkeeper, front and rear defenders, a center and two forwards on the ice, and a rover (English rover - tramp) acted in front of the entire width of the field - the strongest hockey player, best of all throwing pucks . The team played the entire match in the same squad, and by the end of the game the athletes were literally crawling on the ice from fatigue, because only the player who was injured was allowed to replace (and then in the last period and only with the consent of the opponents). In the same year, the first international meeting was held between the Canadian and English teams.
In 1890, Ontario held a four-team championship. Soon indoor skating rinks with natural ice appeared. To prevent it from melting, narrow gaps were cut in the walls and roofs to allow cold air to enter. The first artificial ice rink was built in Montreal in 1899.
The game of hockey became so popular that in 1893, the Governor General of Canada, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, bought for 10 guineas a cup that looked like an inverted pyramid of silver rings to present to the country's champion. This is how the legendary trophy, the Stanley Cup, was born. At first, amateurs fought for it, and since 1910 - professionals. Since 1927, the Stanley Cup has been contested by teams in the National Hockey League.
In 1900, a net appeared on the gate. Thanks to this novelty, disputes about whether a goal was scored or not stopped. The referee's metal whistle, which stuck to the lips from the cold, was replaced with a bell, and soon with a plastic whistle. At the same time, the puck throw-in was introduced (earlier, the referee used his hands to move the sticks of the opponents to the puck lying on the ice and, having blown a whistle, moved to the side so as not to get hit with the stick).
The first professional hockey team was formed in Canada in 1904. In the same year, hockey players switched to a new game system - “six by six”. The standard size of the site was established - 56 × 26 m, which has changed little since then. Four seasons later, there was a complete division into professionals and amateurs. For the latter, the Allan Cup was established, which has been played since 1908. Its owners subsequently represented Canada at the World Championships.
At the beginning of the 20th century Canadian hockey Europeans are interested. Congress in Paris in 1908 founded International Federation ice hockey (IIHF), which initially united four countries - Belgium, France, Great Britain and Switzerland. In 1914, the Canadian Hockey Association (KAHA) was formed, and in 1920 it became a member of the International Federation.
To increase the entertainment and speed of the game in 1910, the replacement of athletes was allowed. In the same year, the National Hockey Association arose, and the famous National Hockey League (NHL) did not appear until 1917.
Many innovations belong to the hockey players Patrick brothers - James, Craig and Lester (the latter became a well-known hockey figure). On their initiative, the players were assigned numbers, points were awarded not only for goals, but also for assists (the “goal plus pass” system), hockey players were allowed to pass the puck forward, and goalkeepers were allowed to take their skates off the ice. The game has since gone on to last three periods of 20 minutes each.
In 1911, the IIHF officially approved the Canadian rules of hockey, and in 1920 the first world championship was held. In 1929, goaltender Clint Benedict of the Montreal Maroons wore a mask for the first time. In 1934, the free throw was legalized - a shootout. In 1945, multi-colored lights were installed outside the goal to more accurately record goals scored (“red” means a goal, “green” means no goal was scored). In the same year, triple refereeing was introduced: the chief referee and two assistants (linesmen). In 1946, the system of judicial gestures for specific violations of the rules was legalized.
Large arenas in the USA and Canada began to be built as early as the 1930s. XX century. So, in Chicago in 1938, the Sports Palace for 15 thousand seats appeared.
In 1920, the first meeting took place in an official tournament - at the Olympic Games - between the teams of the Old and New Worlds. Canadians once again confirmed their glory as the strongest hockey power in the world. The Canadians won Olympic tournaments(simultaneously considered world championships) in 1924 and 1928. In 1936, Great Britain won the Olympic title, taking it away from the Canadians, who had held it for 16 years. Since 1924, ice hockey has moved to the program of the Winter Olympic Games. The women's ice hockey tournament is included in Olympic program from the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
Between 1920 and 1968, the Ice Hockey World Championship was held as part of the Olympic Games.
Hockey field
According to the rules of the IIHF, the area should preferably be 58x30 meters in size; in official competitions under the auspices of the IIHF, a deviation from this size is allowed up to 61 m in length and up to 27 m in width; for other competitions, the minimum area is set at 40x20 meters.
NHL rules dictate the size of the court at 200 x 85 feet, that is, 60.96 x 25.90 meters. In the NHL, smaller sizes are considered to be conducive to power struggles, shots on goal, play at the boards, where there is a lot of heated martial arts, skirmishes and fights.
The corners of the court must be rounded with an arc of a circle with a radius of 7 m to 8.5 m under IIHF rules and 28 feet (8.53 m) in the NHL.
The area must be surrounded by plastic or wooden boards not less than 1 m high and not more than 1.22 m above the ice surface. Protective glass must be installed on the front sides of the site and a protective net must be installed on top of the glass to prevent the puck from flying out of the site and, as a result, hitting the audience. In the middle part of the side rail there are two doors that open inward, designed for players to enter the court. Two more doors are located opposite: on the bench for fined players.
Front lines are drawn 3-4 m from the sides. At 17.23 m from the goal line there are blue zone lines, thanks to which the court is divided into 3 zones: the central zone and two opponent zones. In the center of the field there is a red line dividing the court in half, and a face-off point located in the middle of the red line. On both sides of the goal at a distance of 6 m, face-off points are drawn with a face-off zone with a radius of 4.5 m.
Each hockey rink is equipped with two benches for penalized players. Each bench must be designed for at least 5 players. The minimum length of the bench is 4 meters, the width is 1.5 meters.
Gate design:
Width - 1.83 m (6 ft)
Height - 1.22 m (4 ft)
The outer diameter of the racks is 5 cm
Hockey goals are fixed on pins for which holes are drilled in the ice. This technology provides a fairly strong fixation of the goal on the surface of the court, but at the same time, the goal can move so that the player who collides with it does not get injured. From the center of the goal line with a radius of 1.8 m, a goal area is usually drawn:
in Russia, the length of the end line of the goal area is 3.6 m
in the NHL - 2.44 m
Much attention is paid to hockey equipment. Athletes take care to protect themselves as much as possible from painful blows of the puck and stick, from impacts in a collision with another player, from falling on board, etc. Previously, the hockey player's outfit was heavy, and hockey players looked awkward in it, experienced discomfort. The top uniform and helmets of the players of the same team must be of the same color (the goalkeeper is allowed to have a helmet of a different color from the helmets of other players). Numbers and surnames must be printed on the jerseys of the players.
The puck must be made of vulcanized rubber or other IIHF approved material and be primarily black in color.
Washer dimensions:
Diameter: 7.62 cm
Thickness: 2.54cm
Weight: 170 g.
An ice hockey match consists of three periods of 20 minutes of pure time. Breaks between periods last 15 minutes. In the event of a draw at the end of three periods, additional time (overtime) may be assigned. In case of a draw at the end of overtime, free throws (shootouts) are made. The need for overtime, as well as its duration, the need and the number of free throws are specified separately in the tournament regulations.
Usually 20-25 players from one team come to the match. The minimum and maximum number of players is determined by the tournament regulations.
At the same time, six players must be on the field from one team: five field players and one goalkeeper. It is allowed to replace the goalkeeper with a sixth field player. Changes of players are possible both in pauses during the stoppage of the game time, and directly during the game. During overtime, there are five players on the court (a goalkeeper and four outfield players).
A hockey match is officiated by a referee team consisting of three or four referees. One or two judges (depending on the rules of the tournament) are called chief judges, the other two are assistant chief judges, or linesmen. The duties of the chief referee include tracking violations of the rules, recording goals (goals). The assistant referees are responsible for monitoring offsides, icings, manpower violations, and administering puck faceoffs.
In addition to the referees, there is an off-site referee team in the field at each match. It includes:
two referees behind the goal
one secretary
one timekeeper
one informant judge
one video review judge
two referees on the penalty bench
two registrars
In ice hockey, players are allowed to use the so-called power wrestling (power wrestling is prohibited in women's ice hockey). Power wrestling provides for a contact game, a body-to-body game. However, not all contact play is permitted. Tripping, holding an opponent with hands, holding with a stick, playing with a high stick, hitting with hands, elbows, and the like are prohibited.
The player who violated the rules is removed from the site for a certain time. The removal can be disciplinary (for 10 minutes or until the end of the match), when another player comes out instead of the removed one, or ordinary (for 2 minutes, 2 + 2 minutes or, less often, in case of injury, for 5 minutes), when the number of players on the court decreases. The time of removal is considered according to the net time of the game. The removed player spends the time of removal on the penalty box. For some violations (for example, violation of the number of members), the team as a whole is punished, the fine is served by any of the players. If the team has less than three field players (+ the goalkeeper), then the remote one is serving a sentence, but is replaced by another player.
If the opposing team scored a goal, then one remote player (who has less time left) returns to the court ahead of schedule. This rule does not apply if the player has been penalized by a five-minute or match penalty.
If the goalkeeper is sent off, another field player must serve the penalty instead.
In the event that a violation of the rules occurred against a player who went one on one with the goalkeeper, then a free throw (shootout) may be appointed by the chief referee. The free throw is taken by one field player of the offending team against the goalkeeper of the offending team. If a player goes one on one with an empty net (the goalkeeper is replaced by a field player) and the rules are violated against him, the referee counts the goal, even if the puck has not been in the net.
In the event that a foul is committed against the injured team but the puck remains in their control, a delayed penalty will be awarded. The chief referee raises one hand vertically upwards, and the other brings the whistle to his lips and waits for the puck to touch the stick of any of the players of the offending team. During a delayed penalty, the goalkeeper of the injured team may leave the net empty, switch to an additional field player, which will give his team a numerical advantage. As soon as the offending team has possession of the puck (sometimes even a touch is counted), the whistle sounds and the offender is sent off. In case of implementation of a delayed penalty, there is no removal, penalty minutes are not recorded in the score sheet.
Types of fines
Minor (2") - the player is sent off for 2 minutes without the right to replace. Given for minor violations: tripping, hooking, playing with a high stick, holding an opponent with his hands or stick, delaying the game, unsportsmanlike behavior, rudeness, etc. if the penalty is awarded to the goaltender, the penalty is served by any player on the court at the discretion of the coach of the offending team If a player receives a misconduct, game misconduct, or match penalty along with a minor penalty, the other player shall serve the minor penalty (as in the case of a goaltender penalty) ) Can be removed ahead of schedule by a goal scored.2 minutes are recorded in the penalty time statistics.
Team (2") - the team receives a penalty. Usually for a violation of the number of players, when, as a result of an incorrectly carried out change of fives, an extra field player is on the ice. Any player of the coach’s choice is serving a penalty. Can be removed ahead of schedule by a goal scored. Recorded in the penalty time statistics 2 minutes.
Large (5") - the player is sent off for 5 minutes without the right to substitute. In addition, a disciplinary fine may be imposed. Any player at the captain's choice is serving a fine. Cannot be removed ahead of schedule. 5 minutes are recorded in the penalty time statistics.
Misconduct (10") - the player is sent off for 10 minutes with the right to substitute. After the penalty time expires, the penalized player can leave the penalty box at the first stoppage of the game. Repeated violation by one player is punished with a misconduct penalty until the end of the game. 10 minutes are recorded in the penalty time statistics .
Misconduct until the end of the game (GM) - a player or team official is sent off until the end of the game with the right to substitute and is sent to the under-tribune room. After the game, the referee must submit a report and the organizer of the competition may impose an additional penalty. 20 minutes are recorded in the penalty time statistics.
Match Penalty (MP) - the player is removed before the end of the game with the right to substitute after 5 minutes, disqualified for the next match and sent to the under-tribune room. Any player on the court, at the choice of the captain, is serving a penalty of 5 minutes. After the game, the referee must submit a report and the organizer of the competition may impose an additional penalty. The 5 minute penalty cannot be removed early. 25 minutes are recorded in the penalty time statistics.
Free throw (PS) - a free throw (shootout) is awarded to the offending team. All players must leave the pitch except for the offending team's goalkeeper and the opponent's court player. The puck is placed in the center of the field in front of the field player, the chief referee (referee) blows a whistle, after which the player starts approaching the goalkeeper and makes one shot at the goal without the possibility of finishing. If the offending team was short-handed at the time the free throw was called and the free throw was taken, the rule for removing the penalty does not apply.
Types of violations
Offenses against players
Push on board
The player performs a power hold, as a result of which the opponent hits the board with force
A player injures a player as a result of being pushed on board
Hitting with the end of the stick
A player tries to hit an opponent with the end of the stick
A player hits an opponent with the end of the club
Punishment: big fine+ disciplinary until the end of the game or match-penalty
A player injures an opponent as a result of being hit with the end of a stick
Penalty: match penalty
Wrong attack
A player swoops, jumps, or incorrectly attacks an opponent
or match penalty
A player injures a player as a result of an illegal attack
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Opponent attack from behind
The player swoops, jumps, physically impacts or hits an opponent from behind
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures a player as a result of an attack from behind
Penalty: match penalty
clipping
The player delivers a power hold in a cut-off manner or at or below the level of the opponent's knees
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
Player injures player as a result of clipping
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Stick push
A player pushes an opponent with a stick
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures a player as a result of being pushed with a stick
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Elbow strike
The player uses the elbow to hit the opponent
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures a player as a result of an elbow strike
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Exceptional rudeness
A player commits an action that is not permitted by the rules, which results or may result in injury to an opponent, team official or referee
Penalty: match penalty
Fights or rudeness
A player deliberately takes off his glove (or gloves) in a fight or skirmish
The player starts a fight
Penalty: match penalty
The player who has been hit strikes or attempts to strike back
Punishment: minor fine
The player is the first to enter an already ongoing conflict
A player who, on the referee's order to cease activities related to his participation, continues to participate in the skirmish, tries to continue it or tries to interfere with the linesman in the performance of his duties
Penalty: double minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player or official who is involved in a conflict with a player or official off the playing surface
Penalty: Misconduct penalty or Game Misconduct penalty or Match penalty
The player is guilty of excessive rudeness
Penalty: minor penalty or double minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct
A player grabs or holds a face mask or helmet, or pulls an opponent's hair
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct
Headbutt
Player tries to hit or deliberately headbutts an opponent
Penalty: match penalty
High stick
A player plays dangerously with a high stick towards an opponent
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
Player intentionally injures with a high stick
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Player accidentally injures with a high stick
Penalty: double minor fine
Delaying an opponent with hands
The player delays the opponent with his hands or stick
Punishment: minor fine
Handholding the opponent's club
Player holds hands or otherwise holds an opponent's stick
Punishment: minor fine
Club hold
The player impedes or attempts to impede the progress of an opponent by holding him back with his stick
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures an opponent as a result of stick holding
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
A player makes a stick hold on an opponent who has gone one-on-one with the goalkeeper
Punishment: free throw
A player holds up with a club on an opponent who has gone one-on-one with an empty net
Punishment: goal
Attacking a player not in possession of the puck (blocking)
A player attacks or obstructs an opponent not in possession of the puck
Punishment: minor fine
A player from the players' bench or the penalty bench, using his stick or his body, prevents the advance of the puck by an opponent who is on the ice and takes part in the game
Punishment: minor fine
A player, using a stick or his body, obstructs or attempts to obstruct the movement of the goalkeeper when he is in his goal area
Punishment: minor fine
A player or official who is illegally on the ice while his team's goaltender is off the ice uses his stick or his body to prevent an opponent from advancing the puck
Punishment: goal
Kick
A player who kicks or attempts to kick another player
Penalty: match penalty
Foul using the knee
The player uses the knee to attack the opponent
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures a player as a result of knee action
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Club hit
The player impedes or attempts to impede the progress of an opponent by hitting him with his stick
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct
A player injures an opponent with a clubbing
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
A player swings his stick at another player during a conflict
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
Thrust
Player attempts to stab an opponent
Penalty: double minor fine + disciplinary fine
The player makes a stabbing blow against an opponent
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures an opponent as a result of a stabbing blow
Penalty: match penalty
Step
A player puts his club, leg, arm, shoulder or elbow out to cause an opponent to trip or fall.
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct or match penalty
A player injures an opponent as a result of tripping
Penalty: Large fine + game misconduct or match penalty
A player trips an opponent who has gone one-on-one with the goalkeeper
Punishment: free throw
A player trips an opponent who has gone one-on-one with an empty net
Punishment: goal
Attack on the head and neck
The player makes a blow to the opponent's head and neck area or visor or directs the opponent's head with force into the protective glass
Penalty: Minor Penalty + Misconduct Penalty or Major Penalty + Game Misconduct or Match Penalty
A player injures an opponent as a result of an attack to the head and neck area
Penalty: match penalty
Power moves in women's hockey
In women's hockey, a player makes a direct power reception
Penalty: minor penalty or major penalty + game misconduct
Other violations of the rules
Unsportsmanlike behavior on the part of the players
An off-ice player uses offensive language or gestures or interferes with the work of the referees or a penalized player does not go to the penalty box or dressing room
Penalty: Minor Penalty, Minor Misconduct Penalty or Match Penalty
A player contests the referee's decision or deliberately kicks the puck away from the referee when he tries to pick it up or drives into the referee's area when the referee is talking to another referee
Punishment: disciplinary fine
An on-ice player uses offensive language or gestures or hits the boards with a stick or other object or refuses to go to the penalty bench after a fight or picks up his equipment or continues to retaliate or deliberately throws any equipment out of the arena
Punishment: disciplinary fine
Player expresses or makes remarks regarding race or ethnicity
Penalty: Game Misconduct Penalty
The player deliberately physically influences the referee (push, trip, forceful reception) or spits at someone or his behavior interferes with the game
Penalty: match penalty
An off-ice player throws a stick or other object and the player has been identified
Penalty: minor penalty + game misconduct penalty
An off-ice player throws a stick or other object onto the ice
Unsportsmanlike behavior on the part of team representatives
A team official uses offensive language or gestures or interferes with the referee or hits the boards with a club or other object
Penalty: small bench penalty
Team representative continues unsportsmanlike conduct
Penalty: Game Misconduct Penalty
Team representative expresses himself regarding racial discrimination or ethnicity
Penalty: Game Misconduct Penalty
A team official grabs or hits the referee or interferes with the game or spits at the referee or makes an offensive gesture towards the referee
Penalty: match penalty
A team representative throws a stick or other object on the ice and this team representative was identified
Penalty: Bench Minor + Game Misconduct Penalty
A team representative throws a stick or other object onto the ice and the team representative could not be identified
Penalty: small bench penalty
game delay
An out-of-bounds player passes or puts the puck into his defending box to delay play (exception: shorthanded team) and his team has already been cautioned for that infraction in the current period
Punishment: minor fine
A player or goaltender not being attacked by an opponent holds, pins or advances the puck on the boards to stop play
Punishment: minor fine
A player or goalkeeper deliberately moves the goal
Punishment: minor fine
A player or goalkeeper deliberately moves the goal in his defensive zone in the last 2 minutes of the third period or during overtime
Punishment: free throw
A player or goalkeeper deliberately moves the goal at the moment when the opponent went “one on one” with the goalkeeper
Punishment: free throw
A player or goalkeeper intentionally moves the goal at the moment when the opponent went “one on one” with an empty goal
Punishment: goal
A player deliberately shoots the puck out of bounds
Punishment: minor fine
A player or goalkeeper delays the game to get his equipment in order
Punishment: minor fine
Injured player refuses to leave the ice
Punishment: minor fine
Team after goal scored has more players on the ice than necessary to continue play
The player is in no hurry to get into place for the face-off
Penalty: Minor team penalty
A player re-enters the face-off circle during one face-off
Penalty: Minor team penalty
The team does not put enough players on the ice after the break to continue the game
Penalty: Minor team penalty
Violation of the strength
The number of players on the court at the same time exceeds the number provided for by the current situation (more than 5 field players when playing with full squads or more than the nominal number of players provided for by the current penalties imposed on the team)
Penalty: A bench minor penalty is awarded to any skater present on the court at the time of the infringement, at the option of the penalized team.
Violation of equipment rules
A player or goaltender who has lost a piece of equipment (other than a stick) or who has intentionally or unintentionally violated the condition of his equipment (broken stick, broken helmet or other protective clothing) continues to take an active part in the game (in the NHL, it is only forbidden to continue playing with parts of a broken stick in your hands , in other cases the rule does not apply)
Punishment: minor fine
Violations of the rules not punishable by a bench or disciplinary fine
High stick game
The player tries to hit or hit the puck while raising the bottom of the stick above his shoulder or above the level of the crossbar without risking hitting an opponent with the stick
Hand pass
A player who is outside his defensive zone passes the puck to a partner by throwing or hitting it with his hand.
Result: stoppage of the game, face-off in the neutral zone if the rules are violated by the attacking team or in the defense zone if by the defending team.
Puck delay
The player, having caught the puck, holds it in his hand, or in any other piece of equipment (sweater, helmet) for more than 1 second
Result: stoppage of the game, face-off in the neutral zone if the rules are violated by the attacking team or in the defense zone if by the defending team.
The tactics of the game, despite the fact that it contains many options, tricks and methods, is of two types - defense tactics and attack tactics. The choice of the type of tactics that a team or player will use depends on the situation on the field, namely, in what position they are - attack or defense.
A defensive tactic is used when a team is not in possession of the puck being dribbled by an opponent to score a goal. The main task of the team and players is to neutralize the enemy and take the puck away from him. Defense can be personal (when the fight for the puck is between two players of opposing teams), zone (when the player defends his part of the ice rink, which are divided depending on the functions of the players) and mixed (when the first two options are combined). One of the most popular defensive techniques that prevents the opposing team from conducting an organized attack is pressing on the entire playing court.
The tactics of attack (or attack) is chosen by the team when winning the opponent's goal. Attack (as well as defense) can be individual, group and team. An individual attack depends on the personal skill of a hockey player, his possession of a stick, puck, ability to “dribble” the puck, etc. The success of a group and team attack (when two or more players are involved in attacking actions) depends on the well-coordinated work of the team as a whole and their interaction together.
In terms of speed, the attack is divided into instant (high-speed, when the number of passes is clearly distributed both in time and in the number of players) and positional (based on a long draw of the puck in part of the opponent's field). There is also an attack on the move (that is, a high-speed attack limited in time and the number of transfers of partners to each other) and a positional attack - with a long dribble and throwing the puck in the opponent's zone. An attack on the move most often appears at a time when the enemy has made a miscalculation and has not yet had time to move from attacking to defensive actions, which makes it possible to take advantage of someone else's mistake and score a goal. A long attack has the disadvantage that the enemy barely managed to coordinate his actions and is ready to defend his goal. In this situation, feints help, various actions and combinations that help confuse the enemy with non-standard attack behavior and the surprise effect.
There were legends about Blinov’s crazy-powerful throw, they said that the speed of his puck could reach more than 200 kilometers per hour, and all rivals were afraid of his power moves. In 1966-1968, the Spartak pair of defenders Blinov - Makarov was the strongest in the USSR, in one season they scored 17 goals each - a fantastic indicator for defense players. Victor's finest hour came at the Grenoble Olympics in 1968. In seven matches, he scored four goals, and scored 3 (1 + 2) points in the decisive meeting with the Swedes.
Unfortunately, this was the first and last major tournament for Blinov. Six months later he was gone. On vacation, Victor had a heart attack, but he did not pay attention to it. Returning to Moscow, he immediately joined the training process. On July 10, he went to his last basketball lesson. Fall, blood... and death. Blinov was 23 years old.
Sergei Kapustin
At 23, he was already playing in the Super Series with NHL clubs and winning the Olympics. A year later, in May 1977, Viktor Tikhonov came to Kapustin's apartment and called him to CSKA. Sergei resisted for a long time, not wanting to leave his native Wings of the Soviets, but in the end he agreed. The next year at the World Cup, he scored the most memorable goal of his career. Kapustin started with the puck from his zone, calmly circled almost all Canadians, and then performed a graceful pirouette in front of goalkeeper Bouchard, which made him fall to the ice, and even then the Soviet hockey player sent the puck into an empty net.
In 1980, there was a huge tragedy in the family of a hockey player. His four-year-old son died of pneumonia. After three years in CSKA, Kapustin moved to Spartak. At the age of 33, he ended his career and left for Austria, where for two years he was a playing coach in a top division club. In the 90s, he was not very in demand in hockey.
On one of the hot summer days, he swam in the pond and cut his hand. The result is blood poisoning. Doctors could not help, and on June 4, 1995, he died. Kapustin was 42 years old.
He was one of the best Soviet goalkeepers in the mid-80s. At the age of 16, he played in SKA with Boris Mikhailov. At the age of 19 he made his debut in the national team, and at 20 he became its main goalkeeper. In 1986, in Moscow, 20-year-old Belosheikin became the world champion and the best goalkeeper of the tournament, two years later in Calgary - the Olympic champion. Everyone predicted him a brilliant career and the title of the second Tretiak. But it didn't work out that way.
Even in his youth, the hockey player became addicted to alcohol. Due to repeated violations of the sports regime in the fall of 1989, he was expelled from CSKA. No team wanted to invite him. Eugene left his wife, and his father was shot dead in a St. Petersburg cafe. He stopped communicating with old friends and was rumored to be selling things in the market. November 18, 1999 Eugene could not stand it. At first he tried to open his veins, and then hanged himself. The 33-year-old ex-goalkeeper was found dead in an apartment in St. Petersburg. The militia ascertained the fact of suicide.
Stefan Liv
His real name is Patrick Slime. He was born in Poland, and immediately after birth he ended up in an orphanage. The Swedish family Jens and Anita Liv adopted the baby when he was two years old. New parents gave him a new name: Stefan David Patrick Liv. He began his career as a goalkeeper in the XB71 team, from where he first received a call to the national team. In 2006, he won Olympic gold with the Swedish national team, and then left for the NHL. He never played a single game for Detroit and returned to Sweden. In May 2010, he signed a contract with Sibir, and a year later he moved to Lokomotiv, for which he never played. In the summer of 2011, Stefan and his girlfriend Anna played a beautiful wedding. And three months later, during takeoff, the plane of the Yaroslavl team, in which Liv was, crashed.
Nikolai Drozdetsky
The famous striker was born in Kolpino, a suburb of St. Petersburg. At first he played football as a goalkeeper, then he switched to hockey. At the age of 18, he won the junior world championship, being a defense player (he shone in tandem with Fetisov). However, later SKA head coach Nikolai Puchkov put Nikolai on the attack, and there everything began to work out brilliantly for the young man. Fans instantly dubbed him Drozd, and he fell in love with the public for a beautiful individual game. Tikhonov personally invited Drozdetsky to CSKA.
In Moscow, the forward continued to shine, and successfully played at the Canada Cup in 1981. Three years later he won Olympic gold. Drozdetsky was a versatile hockey player, able to work both in defense and play in unequal lineups, and in right moment Score. In 503 matches of the USSR championship, he scored 252 goals - an incredible figure! In 1987 he returned to SKA, at the same time, doctors discovered he had diabetes. But Nikolai did not give up hockey, but went to play in Sweden. At the end of November 1995, he came to St. Petersburg to visit his mother. At night, Drozdetsky suddenly became ill - a diabetic coma set in. The doctors couldn't help...
Valery Kharlamov
Everyone in Russia seems to know his name. And not only because of the film "Legend No. 17". Kharlamov has long been a symbol of Soviet hockey, its main star. Valery's strongest points were his excellent technique, impeccable skating, puck possession, and bright goalscoring qualities. Kharlamov became the world champion eight times, twice climbed to the highest step of the Olympic podium. And his pucks against the Canadians during the 1974 Super Series? Masterpieces!
The life of the idol of millions of Soviet boys ended suddenly. At 33. In 1981, Tikhonov did not take him to the Canada Cup, and Valery remained in Moscow. On August 27, together with his wife Irina, he died in a car accident on the Leningrad Highway. Last year, a monument to Kharlamov was unveiled on the Walk of Fame in Luzhniki.
Theo Fleury
“I went on a three-month spree. Me and mountains of cocaine. And no one else and nothing. At night I ran out into the desert and yelled at the trees. Three months later, I finally went crazy ... I came home and put a pistol with a cartridge on a glass coffee table near the sofa ... ", - wrote Olympic champion and Stanley Cup winner Theo Fleury in his autobiography.
He had a bright and eventful career. As one of the shortest players in the NHL, Theo played aggressive and powerful hockey, not afraid to use dirty tricks. Fleury spent 11 seasons with Calgary, two of which were team captain. In the NHL, he played 1084 games in which he scored 1088 points.
After winning the Salt Lake City Olympics, his career began to decline. Drugs and alcohol took first place in the life of the attacker. Theo later admitted that one of the reasons for his problems was sexual abuse by his children's trainer Graham James. Quitting drugs and alcohol, in 2009 Fleury released his autobiography Playing with Fire, in which he told a terrible story from his youth and how he managed to get out of a terrible depression in the last years of his career.
Mark Wells
Mark was a participant in the famous "Miracle on Ice" - a match at the Lake Placid Olympics, in which the US team beat the USSR team and won gold medals. These Games remained the only major tournament in Wells' career. After the Olympics, he was unable to play in the NHL, spent two years in the American minor leagues and retired.
After retiring from hockey, Mark worked as a restaurant manager in Michigan. Carrying a heavy crate of groceries, Wells broke his spine. After an 11-hour operation, doctors said he had a rare degenerative spinal disease. A terrible diagnosis forced the ex-hockey player to leave work, undergo several more operations and be chained to a hospital bed for a long time. Nevertheless, before the Olympics in Salt Lake City, Mark managed to organize a friendly match with his partners in the US team, who won in 1980, in which he even played several shifts.
In 2010, due to the huge costs of treatment, Wells began to have financial problems. He sold his gold Olympic medal for 40 thousand dollars, having managed to pay for operations and medical procedures.
Why did Tikhonov replace Tretiak? American students “stole” gold from the USSR
The loudest defeat in the history of Soviet hockey occurred at the Olympics in Lake Placid. In the United States, this match is called the "miracle on ice".
Jimmy Craig
The fate of another member of the "Miracle on Ice" turned out to be difficult. In the match against the USSR, Craig made 36 saves, allowing his team to stay in the game and eventually gain the upper hand. The following season, he played in the NHL for Boston, although he played only 23 games. In May 1982, Jimmy was involved in a car accident near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The passenger of the other car died, and Craig was initially recognized as the culprit of the incident. The charge of hooliganism was soon added to the case - for an incident that occurred three weeks earlier. Neither alcohol nor drugs were found in the hockey player's blood. A few months later, he was eventually acquitted on all counts. Craig retired in 1984 and has since worked as a sales, marketing and strategic planner. In 1999, he was one of the first members of the 1980 championship team to be inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame.
Forsberg's fate cannot be called completely tragic. He is one of three hockey players in history who won the Olympics, the World Championship and the Stanley Cup at least two times (besides him, only Larionov and Fetisov succeeded). Peter played until almost 40 years old, and now lives in Sweden. However, for most of his career, the Swedish striker suffered from severe injuries. Since the 1995/96 season, shin and ankle problems, aggravated by complications, have interfered with the game. Every month, Peter tried about 60-70 (!) pairs of skates, and from time to time his feet swelled so much that he could not put them on. Other misfortunes were added to this: rupture and dysfunction of the spleen, dislocation of the wrist, broken arm, eternal stretching of the inguinal rings. But, overcoming all adversity, Forsberg managed to become one of the greatest hockey players in the history of Sweden.
