| Viktor Shalimov | |||
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| Born |
(1951-04-20) April 20, 1951 (age 73) Solnechnogorsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Spartak Moscow Innsbrucker EV EC Salzburg | ||
| National team |
 Soviet Union | ||
| Playing career | 1969–1988 | ||
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.
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded byVladimir Petrov | Soviet Scoring Champion 1976 |
Succeeded byHelmuts Balderis |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame page
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- 1951 births
- HC Spartak Moscow players
- Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- People from Solnechnogorsky District
- Soviet ice hockey right wingers
- Ice hockey people from Moscow Oblast
- Russian ice hockey winger stubs