Sergei Mylnikov
Encyclopedia
Sergei Aleksandrovich Mylnikov (born October 6, 1958 in Chelyabinsk
, Soviet Union
) is a retired ice hockey
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League
. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, SKA Leningrad, and briefly for the Quebec Nordiques
. He also played for the Soviet National Team, winning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and at the 1989 and 1990 IIHF World Championships. He was named to the Soviet All-Star team in 1988. Mylnikov was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1985. Mylnikov also helped the Soviet junior team to back-to-back Junior World Championships in 1977 and 1978. He was also the starting Soviet goaltender at the Canada Cup in 1987.
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) is a retired ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk, SKA Leningrad, and briefly for the Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
. He also played for the Soviet National Team, winning a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics and at the 1989 and 1990 IIHF World Championships. He was named to the Soviet All-Star team in 1988. Mylnikov was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
This is a list of ice hockey players of the USSR or Russia who were awarded either the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR or this title's successor Honoured Master of Sports of Russia respectively. The first ice hockey player was awarded this title in 1948...
in 1985. Mylnikov also helped the Soviet junior team to back-to-back Junior World Championships in 1977 and 1978. He was also the starting Soviet goaltender at the Canada Cup in 1987.