Alexander Ragulin
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Alexander Pavlovich Ragulin (Template:Langx; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in Soviet hockey history. Over his illustrious career, he captured three Olympic gold medals and ten World Championship titles. In recognition of his achievements, he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 and was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver in 2001.
Playing career
Ragulin began his ice hockey career in 1957, training and playing alongside his brothers Anatoly and Mikhail at Khimik Voskresensk.[1] In 1962, he joined the elite CSKA Moscow club, where he remained until his retirement in 1973. During his time with CSKA, he captured nine Soviet league championships (1963–66, 1968, 1970–73) and secured five consecutive European Champions Cups from 1969 to 1973. Representing the Soviet national team for 13 years, Ragulin appeared in 239 games and tallied 29 goals. In addition to his Olympic and World Championship victories, he claimed nine European Championship gold medals (1963–70, 1973) and three silver medals (1961, 1971, 1972), and was honored as the top defenseman at the 1966 World Championships. Notably, he played in six of the eight games in the 1972 Summit Series against Canada. After retiring as a player, Ragulin coached SKA Novosibirsk and worked with youth players at the CSKA Moscow sports school.[2] His contributions to the sport were recognized with his induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 and the awarding of the Olympic Order in Silver in 2001.[3]
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External links
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- IIHF Hall of Fame profile on Ragulin
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- The Summit in 1972 profile on Ragulin
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- 1941 births
- 2004 deaths
- Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- HC CSKA Moscow players
- HC Khimik Voskresensk players
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Ice hockey people from Moscow
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian ice hockey coaches
- Russian ice hockey defencemen
- Soviet ice hockey coaches
- Soviet ice hockey defencemen