Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Mayorov (; 11 February 1938 – 10 December 1997) was a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

forward who played in the Soviet Hockey League for

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. He won the world title in 1963 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964. In 1963, Mayorov was inducted into the

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. Mayorov started playing for Spartak in 1956, together with his twin brother Boris. They won two Soviet titles, in 1962 and 1967. In 1967, Yevgeny retired from competitions to become a coach with Spartak, but returned to play for the Finnish club Vehmaisten Urheilijat Tampere in the 1968–69 season. In 1969–1976, he managed Spartak Moscow, and since late the 1960s had also worked as a sports commentator on television. From 1982 until his death in 1997, Mayorov was a full-time hockey commentator and journalist with Gosteleradio, the Soviet state broadcasting company. In 1998, he was named the best Russian sports commentator of the year.Тридцать три тройки. Часть третья
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