Alexander Nikolayevich Maltsev (russian: Александр Николаевич Мальцев; born 20 April 1949) is a

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former professional

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forward and politician. Maltsev began his sports career at the Olimpiya Kirovo-Chepetsk of his hometown of

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(1966-1967, first coach N. I. Poles). Then played for Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet League for 530 games from 1967 to 1984. He was one of the few 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

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for

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in 1971–72. Maltsev was on the USSR team during the

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1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

, and

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, winning gold in 1972 and 1976 and silver in 1980. He was named the best forward at the

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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.CCCP Hockey International
/ref> According to NHL.com, Maltsev was

Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...

's childhood idol. Maltsev was awarded the

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in 1972, the

Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

in 1976 and the

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in 1978.

Career statistics

Regular season

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

International

Politics

In 2016, he ran for the

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election from

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party, coming in second in his constituency to a

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candidate.

References

External links

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Alexander Maltsev at Hockey CCCP International
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