Vyacheslav Starshinov Explained

Birth Date:May 6, 1940
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lb:181
Position:Centre
Shoots:Right
Played For:HC Spartak Moscow
Oji Seishi
Career Start:1957
Career End:1969
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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Старшинов; born May 6, 1940, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian former ice hockey player, coach and executive. Starshinov played in the Soviet Hockey League for HC Spartak Moscow, scoring 405 goals in 540 league games. He led the league in goals in 1966-67, 1967–68, and 1968–69. Starshinov also scored 149 goals in 182 international games with the Soviet national team, and was named top forward at the IIHF World Championships in 1965. He also played for the Japanese hockey team Oji Eagles in 1976-1978.[1]

He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.

Career

Starshinov first played for Spartak in the 1957–58 season, earning a regular position in the 1958–59 season, in which he scored 12 goals. Starshinov would play for Spartak until 1972, when he would change over to coaching. His best season for Spartak was 1966–67, when he scored 47 goals and 9 assists for 56 points in 44 games. He first played for the national team in 1961 in the World Championships contributing six goals and three assists in seven games. He would be a member of the national team in World Championships until 1971. During this time the team won nine world championship tournaments and twice won the Olympic ice hockey tournament. In 1972, he turned to coaching Spartak, but before coaching, he played in the second game of the 1972 Summit Series versus the NHL professionals of Team Canada. In 1974–75, he returned to play for Spartak for one season before moving to Japan to play and coach Oji Eagles He was one of the first Soviet ice-hockey players to get to play for a foreign club. In 1978, he returned to Spartak to play one final season, scoring 11 goals and seven assists in 37 games.

In 1979, Starshinov joined the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, as head of the Department of Physical Education. He was named chairman of the Ice Hockey Federation of the Russian Federation in 1991. In 2002, Starshinov was named president of Spartak. In 2004, Starshinov was named president of the Association of Sports Industry (APSI).

Awards

Career statistics

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1961Soviet UnionWC763911
1963Soviet UnionWC7831110
1964Soviet UnionOLY883116
1965Soviet UnionWC762812
1966Soviet UnionWC7111128
1967Soviet UnionWC74262
1968Soviet UnionOLY766122
1969Soviet UnionWC106176
1970Soviet UnionWC95386
1971Soviet UnionWC94596
1972Soviet UnionSS10000
Senior totals7964299369

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Notes and References

  1. http://keskustelu.jatkoaika.com/archive/index.php/t-6998.html Vanhat lätkätähdet
  2. Presidential decree of August 23, 2010 No. 1044 Web site: Russian . On conferring state awards of the Russian Federation.
  3. Presidential Decree of January 18, 2007 No. 50; Web site: Russian . Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding employees of Sports.
  4. News: Пятеро россиян будут включены в Зал славы ИИХФ в 2007 году. Chernov. Alexander. 9 November 2006. Sport Express. ru. Moscow, Russia. 21 June 2023.