Viktor Shalimov Explained

Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:170
Played For:Spartak Moscow
Innsbrucker EV
EC Salzburg
Ntl Team:URS
Birth Date:April 20, 1951
Birth Place:Solnechnogorsk, Soviet Union
Career Start:1969
Career End:1988

Viktor Ivanovich Shalimov (Russian: Виктор Иванович Шалимов; born April 20, 1951, in Solnechnogorsk, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975. He scored 66 goals in his 126 career games for the Soviet national team. He played in the 1976 Winter Olympics and was one of the top scorers of the tournament. He spent final seasons of his career in Austria, making him one of the first Soviet ice-hockey players to get to play abroad.

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