Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov (; 30 June 1947 – 28 February 2017) was a Russian ice hockey player, Olympic gold (1972, 1976) and silver medalist.

Born in Krasnogorsk, Petrov played in the Soviet Ice Hockey League for Krylya Sovetov, Moscow (from 1965 to 1967), CSKA Moscow (from 1967 to 1981) and SKA, Leningrad (from 1981 to 1983). At CSKA Moscow and the Soviet national team, he, together with Boris Mikhailov and Valeri Kharlamov, formed one of the best offensive lines ever.

Petrov played for the Soviet team in three Winter Olympics, 1972 Soviet Union–Canada Summit Series and many IIHF World Championships. He is the fourth all-time leading top scorer at the World Championships, with 154 points (74 goals and 80 assists) in 102 games. He also scored 7 points (3 goals and 4 assists) in 8 games at the Summit Series. Petrov retired from ice hockey in 1983.

In the mid-1990s, Petrov was the president of Russian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2006, he was enshrined into the IIHF Hall of Fame.

Petrov died in 2017 and was buried in the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery in Moscow Oblast.

Awards 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – World Championships All-Star 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – World Championships leading scorer 1972, 1973 – Soviet League Player of the Year 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979 – Soviet League All-Star 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979 – Soviet League leading scorer Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class Order For Merit to the Fatherland 3rd class Order of Friendship Two Orders of the Badge of Honour Two Medals "For Labour Valour"

Career statistics Regular season Regular season Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM 1965–66 Krylya Sovetov Moscow Soviet 23 1 8 9 — 1966–67 Krylya Sovetov Moscow Soviet 44 15 9 24 — 1967–68 CSKA Moscow Soviet 38 21 19 40 — 1968–69 CSKA Moscow Soviet 39 27 18 45 — 1969–70 CSKA Moscow Soviet 43 51 21 72 — 1970–71 CSKA Moscow Soviet 37 16 16 32 — 1971–72 CSKA Moscow Soviet 32 21 16 37 — 1972–73 CSKA Moscow Soviet 30 27 22 49 — 1973–74 CSKA Moscow Soviet 28 14 14 28 34 1974–75 CSKA Moscow Soviet 34 27 26 53 58 1975–76 CSKA Moscow Soviet 34 22 22 44 46 1976–77 CSKA Moscow Soviet 35 26 36 62 57 1977–78 CSKA Moscow Soviet 31 28 28 56 41 1978–79 CSKA Moscow Soviet 43 26 37 63 54 1979–80 CSKA Moscow Soviet 32 21 20 41 28 1980–81 CSKA Moscow Soviet 40 19 24 43 42 1981–82 SKA Leningrad Soviet 20 4 3 7 24 1982–83 SKA Leningrad Soviet 12 4 4 8 18 Soviet totals 595 370 343 713 402

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1969 Soviet Union WC 10 6 2 8 16 1970 Soviet Union WC 10 5 3 8 8 1971 Soviet Union WC 9 8 3 11 2 1972 Soviet Union OLY 4 0 2 2 0 1972 Soviet Union WC 10 6 6 12 6 1972 Soviet Union SS 8 3 4 7 10 1973 Soviet Union WC 10 18 16 34 12 1974 Soviet Union WC 8 4 7 11 0 1974 Soviet Union SS 7 1 6 7 4 1975 Soviet Union WC 10 6 12 18 2 1976 Soviet Union OLY 6 6 3 9 6 1977 Soviet Union WC 10 7 14 21 8 1978 Soviet Union WC 8 3 1 4 4 1979 Soviet Union WC 8 7 8 15 10 1980 Soviet Union OLY 7 4 2 6 6 1981 Soviet Union WC 8 4 6 10 6 World Championship & Olympic totals 118 84 85 169 86