Aleksandr Maltsev

Alexander Nikolayevich Maltsev (; born 20 April 1949) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward and politician.

Maltsev began his sports career at the Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk of his hometown of Kirovo-Chepetsk (1966-1967, first coach N. I. Poles). He then played for Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet League for 530 games from 1967 to 1984. He was one of the few Soviet stars not to play for CSKA Moscow. A six-time Soviet all-star, he led the league in scoring in 1970–71 and tied with Valeri Kharlamov for MVP in 1971–72.

Maltsev was on the USSR team during the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1976 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, winning gold in 1972 and 1976, and silver in 1980. He was named the best forward at the IIHF World Championships three times, leading the tournament in goals once and total scoring twice. He made the world championship all-star team on five occasions. Maltsev's 213 career goals in international play were the most by any Soviet player. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.

Maltsev was awarded two Medals "For Labour Valour" in 1969 and 1972,

Career statistics Regular season Regular season Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM 1967–68 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 23 9 2 11 4 1968–69 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 42 26 — — — 1969–70 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 42 32 — — — 1970–71 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 37 30 26 56 8 1971–72 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 26 20 11 31 14 1972–73 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 27 20 16 36 30 1973–74 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 32 25 22 47 14 1974–75 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 32 18 16 34 28 1975–76 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 29 28 19 47 0 1976–77 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 33 31 27 58 4 1977–78 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 24 17 12 29 22 1978–79 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 8 2 3 5 0 1979–80 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 36 11 28 39 10 1980–81 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 38 14 28 42 8 1981–82 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 37 19 22 41 6 1982–83 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 32 14 15 29 0 1983–84 Dynamo Moscow Soviet 32 7 15 22 6 1989–90 Újpesti Dózsa SC HUN 13 8 12 20 — Soviet totals 446 329 271 585 154

Soviet totals do not include numbers from the 1968–69 to 1969–70 seasons.

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1968 Soviet Union EJC 5 2 6 8 0 1969 Soviet Union EJC 5 13 4 17 2 1969 Soviet Union WC 10 5 6 11 0 1970 Soviet Union WC 10 15 6 21 8 1971 Soviet Union WC 10 10 6 16 2 1972 Soviet Union OLY 5 4 3 7 0 1972 Soviet Union WC 10 10 12 22 0 1972 Soviet Union SS 8 0 5 5 0 1973 Soviet Union WC 9 7 6 13 12 1974 Soviet Union WC 10 6 4 10 2 1974 Soviet Union SS 8 4 0 4 0 1975 Soviet Union WC 10 8 6 14 2 1976 Soviet Union OLY 6 7 7 14 0 1976 Soviet Union WC 5 3 3 6 0 1976 Soviet Union CC 5 3 4 7 2 1977 Soviet Union WC 8 1 9 10 2 1978 Soviet Union WC 10 5 8 13 0 1980 Soviet Union OLY 7 6 4 10 0 1981 Soviet Union WC 8 6 7 13 2 1981 Soviet Union CC 4 1 1 2 0 1983 Soviet Union WC 8 1 3 4 0 Junior totals 10 15 10 25 2 Senior totals 151 102 100 202 32

Politics In 2016, he ran for the State Duma election from A Just Russia party, coming in second in his constituency to a United Russia candidate.