Boris Mikhailov

Boris Mikhailov is is a former Soviet ice hockey player. Mikhailov played right wing on the top Soviet line of the 1970s, along with left winger Valery Kharlamov and center Vladimir Petrov. During Soviet League play, he played in 572 games, scoring a record 428 goals along with 224 assists for a record 652 points. On the Soviet national team, Mikhailov played 14 seasons, most of them as captain. He scored over 200 goals with the national team, second only to Aleksandr Maltsev. He led his team to the Olympic gold medal in 1972 and 1976, a silver medal in 1980, eight IIHF World Championships (1969-71,1973-75, 1978, 1979), and nine Izvestia championships. Mikhailov's last game with the Soviet National team was played in front of 14,000 people at Luzhniki Ice Palace. His teammates carried him around the rink on their shoulders to a thunderous ovation. Mikhailov became a coach following his retirement from playing. Under his leadership (1992-1995, 2001-2002), the Russian team won gold medals in the 1993 World Championship for the first time ever, and in 2002 he became vice-champion of the world.