Valery Borisovich Kuzmin (born April 3, 1941 ) - Soviet hockey player, defender, four-time USSR champion, USSR master of sports [1] [2] .
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| Position | defender | |||||||||
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||
| Born | April 3, 1941 (78 years old) | |||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Valery Kuzmin began playing hockey in 1953 in the Moscow team Metrostroy [2] . According to some reports, in 1955-1957 he played for the Lokomotiv team (Moscow) [2] , although Kuzmin himself denied this in an interview, and said that in those years he played only for the Metrostroy team [3] .
In 1958-1972, Valery Kuzmin played for the Spartak team (Moscow) , scoring 38 goals in 386 matches of the USSR Championship [4] (according to other sources, more than 400 matches and 33 goals) [2] . During this time, as part of his team, he three times (in 1962, 1967 and 1969) became the champion of the USSR, four times - a silver medalist and three times - a bronze medalist of the USSR championship [1] [2] . During performances for Moscow Spartak played in different years together with defenders Anatoly Ryzhov , Alexei Makarov , Yevgeny Kobzev , Dmitry Kitaev , Yevgeny Paladiev [3] and Vladimir Ispolnov [5] . Four times (in 1961-1963 and 1969) was one of the best hockey players of the season [6] .
In 1972-1975, Valery Kuzmin played for the Wings of the Soviets team (Moscow) , scoring 4 goals in 70 matches of the USSR Championship [2] [7] . During this time, as part of his team, he once (in 1974) became the champion of the USSR, once - a silver medalist and once - a bronze medalist of the USSR championship [1] [2] . During performances for “Wings of the Soviets” he played in tandem with defender Viktor Kuznetsov [3] .
Valery Kuzmin also played for the USSR national hockey team , in which, in 1960-1965, he held five friendly games [8] .
In 1975-1976, Valery Kuzmin played for the Jokerit team ( Helsinki , Finland) [1] .
After the end of his playing career, Valery Kuzmin worked as a coach in the Moscow team “Wings of the Soviets” (1976-1980) and in the Sunday “Chemist” (1980-1986), and also coached children's teams “Kirovets” (Moscow) [4] .
Achievements
- USSR hockey champion - 1962 , 1967 , 1969 , 1974 [1] [2] .
- Silver medalist of the USSR championship - 1965 , 1966 , 1968 , 1970 , 1975 [1] [2] .
- Bronze medalist of the USSR Championship - 1963 , 1964 , 1972 , 1973 [1] [2] .
- Winner of the USSR Cup - 1970, 1971, 1974 [2] .
- Finalist of the USSR Cup - 1967 [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kuzmin Valeriy Borisovich - Legend of the hockey club Spartak (Moscow) (HTML). www.spartak-history.ru. Date of treatment February 14, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Hockey. Directory. /A.V. Komarov . - Moscow: Physical Culture and Sports , 1977. - S. 177-178. - 312 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Valery Kuzmin: The most important qualities of a defender are courage and reliability! (HTML). www.spartakworld.ru. Date of treatment February 14, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Kuzmin Valery Borisovich (HTML). www.spartak-history.ru. Date of treatment February 14, 2016.
- ↑ What the old program (HTML) told about . www.spartak.ru (December 15, 2015). Date of treatment March 5, 2016.
- ↑ The best hockey players of the USSR and Russia (HTML) (inaccessible link) . Hockey. Big Encyclopedia, Olimpia Press Publishing House, 2006, slovari.yandex.ru. Date of treatment February 14, 2016. Archived June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Defenders of HC “Wings of the Soviets” Moscow (HTML). www.kriliasovetov.ru. Date of treatment February 16, 2016.
- ↑ Valery Kuzmin (HTML). www.chidlovski.net. Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
Links
- Kuzmin Valery Borisovich , www.spartak-history.ru
- Valery Kuzmin , www.chidlovski.net