Boris Petrovich Mikhailov (born October 6, 1944 in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a former Soviet ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player. He played for Kristall Saratov from 1962–65, Lokomotiv Moscow from 1965–67, and CSKA Moscow

HC CSKA Moscow

HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army...

 (Red Army team) from 1967-1981. He went on to be a coach in Russia

Russia

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 (including coach of the national team) and Switzerland

Switzerland

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.

Mikhailov played right wing on the top Soviet line of the 1970s, along with left winger Valeri Kharlamov and center Vladimir Petrov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov is a Soviet ice hockey player, two times Olympic Champion , who is currently retired....

. During Soviet League play, he played in 572 games, scoring a record 427 goals along with 224 assists for a record 651 points.

On the Soviet national team, he played 14 seasons, most of them as captain. He scored over 200 goals with the national team, second only to Alexander Maltsev. He led his team to the Olympic gold medal in 1972

Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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 and 1976

Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

At the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, the USSR team won the Gold Medal in ice hockey. Star forward, Valeri Kharlamov scored the game-winning goal in the final game. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck.-Highlights:...

, 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 was one of the very few to receive the finest order of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin

Order of Lenin

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Career statistics

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes;

				Regular season
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...
1962–63	Kristall Saratov	Soviet		Stats not available
1963–64	Kristall Saratov	Soviet		Stats not available
1964–65	Kristall Saratov	Soviet II			23		23
1965–66	Lokomotiv Moscow	Soviet		28	18	8	26	8
1966–67	Lokomotiv Moscow	Soviet		44	20	7	27	16
1967–68	CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow is a Russian ice hockey club that plays in the Kontinental Hockey League. It is referred to in the West as "Central Red Army" or the "Red Army Team" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army, popularly known as the Red Army...	Soviet		43	29	16	45	16
1968–69	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		42	36	14	50	14
1969–70	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		44	40	15	55	22
1970–71	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		40	32	15	47	16
1971–72	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		31	20	13	33	18
1972–73	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		34	24	13	37	20
1973–74	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		31	18	9	27	12
1974–75	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		35	40	11	51	30
1975–76	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		36	31	8	39	43
1976–77	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		34	28	23	51	10
1977–78	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		35	32	20	52	18
1978–79	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		43	30	24	54	23
1979–80	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		41	27	23	50	19
1980–81	CSKA Moscow	Soviet		15	4	5	9	4
Soviet totals				572	429	224	653	289

Awards

• Soviet MVP: 1978, 1977
• Top Soviet goal scorer: 1975, 1976, 1978
• 8-time Soviet All Star
• Best forward at the IIHF World Championships: 1973, 1979
• Top scorer at the IIHF World Championships: 1974
• Top goal scorer at the IIHF World Championships: 1977, 1978
• MVP at the 1979 Challenge Cup
  1979 Challenge Cup
  The 1979 Challenge Cup was an international ice hockey series of games between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of all-stars from the National Hockey League, held in New York City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1978–79 NHL season.The Challenge Cup, unlike its...
  
   between the Soviet Union and the NHL All Stars
• Soviet Captain: 1972-1980

External links

• Boris Mikhailov at Hockey CCCP International