Vyacheslav Starshinov

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov (Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Старшинов; born May 6, 1940, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian former ice hockey player, coach and executive. Starshinov played in the Soviet Hockey League for HC Spartak Moscow, scoring 405 goals in 540 league games. He led the league in goals in 1966-67, 1967–68, and 1968–69. Starshinov also scored 149 goals in 182 international games with the Soviet national team, and was named top forward at the IIHF World Championships in 1965. He also played for the Japanese hockey team Oji Eagles in 1976-1978.

Vyacheslav Starshinov
Vyacheslav Starshinov in 2011
Born	(1940-05-06) May 6, 1940 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	HC Spartak Moscow Oji Seishi
Playing career	1957–1969
Medal record Men's ice hockey Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Team 1968 Grenoble Team World Championships 1961 Switzerland Team 1963 Stockholm Team 1964 Innsbruck Team 1965 Tampere Team 1966 Ljubljana Team 1967 Vienna Team 1968 Grenoble Team 1969 Stockholm Team 1970 Stockholm Team 1971 Bern Team

Vyacheslav Starshinov, a delegate to the 16th Congress of the Young Communist League, speaking to the Congress.

He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.

Career

Starshinov first played for Spartak in the 1957–58 season, earning a regular position in the 1958–59 season, in which he scored 12 goals. Starshinov would play for Spartak until 1972, when he would change over to coaching. His best season for Spartak was 1966–67, when he scored 47 goals and 9 assists for 56 points in 44 games. He first played for the national team in 1961 in the World Championships contributing six goals and three assists in seven games. He would be a member of the national team in World Championships until 1971. During this time the team won nine world championship tournaments and twice won the Olympic ice hockey tournament. In 1972, he turned to coaching Spartak, but before coaching, he played in the second game of the 1972 Summit Series versus the NHL professionals of Team Canada. In 1974–75, he returned to play for Spartak for one season before moving to Japan to play and coach Oji Eagles He was one of the first Soviet ice-hockey players to get to play for a foreign club. In 1978, he returned to Spartak to play one final season, scoring 11 goals and seven assists in 37 games.

In 1979, Starshinov joined the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, as head of the Department of Physical Education. He was named chairman of the Ice Hockey Federation of the Russian Federation in 1991. In 2002, Starshinov was named president of Spartak. In 2004, Starshinov was named president of the Association of Sports Industry (APSI).

Awards

• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1965)
• "Badge of Honor" (1968), Medal of Honor (2010)
• Order "For Services to the Fatherland" III degree ( 26 April 2000 ) and IV ( 18 January 2007 ) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national sport
• Order of Friendship (1995, in connection with the 60th anniversary of the society "Spartacus")
• Olympic Order (2000).
• Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.

Career statistics

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961	Soviet Union	WC		7	6	3	9	11
1963	Soviet Union	WC		7	8	3	11	10
1964	Soviet Union	OLY		8	8	3	11	6
1965	Soviet Union	WC		7	6	2	8	12
1966	Soviet Union	WC		7	11	1	12	8
1967	Soviet Union	WC		7	4	2	6	2
1968	Soviet Union	OLY		7	6	6	12	2
1969	Soviet Union	WC		10	6	1	7	6
1970	Soviet Union	WC		9	5	3	8	6
1971	Soviet Union	WC		9	4	5	9	6
1972	Soviet Union	SS		1	0	0	0	0
Senior totals				79	64	29	93	69

References

Sources:

• Hockey CCCP International
• IIHF Directorate Awards and Most Valuable Player

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database