Viktor Vasilievich Zhluktov (, born January 26, 1954) is a

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former professional

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player who played for

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and the

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. He is an Olympic gold and silver medalist, and has won 5 world championships. He played his entire career, 13 seasons, with the top Soviet team CSKA Moskva. He represented the

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in 195 games, scoring 79 goals.Hockey CCCP International
/ref> He was awarded a place in the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978. In the

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, Zhluktov scored 5 goals and 4 assists in 5 games, tying him for both the most points (with

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and

Denis Potvin Denis Charles Potvin (born October 29, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and Captain (ice hockey), team captain for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is a four-time Stanley Cup winner as a ...

) and goals (with Milan Nový and

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) in the tournament, despite playing two fewer games than the players he tied with. For a while he played in the same line-up as

Vladimir Krutov Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (; 1 June 1960 – 6 June 2012), nicknamed "The Tank", was a Russian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958), Sergei Makarov, he was ...

, Sergei Makarov,

Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov State Duma, MP (; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman, coach, politician and sports official. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National ...

and

Alexei Kasatonov Alexei Viktorovich Kasatonov (; born 14 October 1959) is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman, who was a long-time member of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2009. Career On the interna ...

before

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replaced him.

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1954 births HC CSKA Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Minnesota North Stars draft picks Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union People from Inta Soviet ice hockey centres Russian ice hockey centres Sportspeople from the Komi Republic {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub