Soviet Union national ice hockey team

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national ice hockey team

The Soviet Union national ice hockey team was a dominant international powerhouse, renowned for its skillful, disciplined play and multiple world and Olympic titles during the Cold War era.

Aliases (4)

Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team ×5
Soviet national ice hockey team ×3
Soviet Red Army team ×1
USSR national ice hockey team ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national ice hockey team →
alsoKnownAs	Red Machine → Soviet Red Army team → USSR national ice hockey team →
competedIn	Canada Cup → Ice Hockey World Championships → Olympic Games → Summit Series →
country	Soviet Union →
dissolved	1991 →
dominantIn	international ice hockey →
famousLine	KLM line →
famousPlayer	Boris Mikhailov NERFINISHED → Igor Larionov → Sergei Makarov → Valeri Kharlamov → Viacheslav Fetisov → Vladimir Krutov → Vladislav Tretiak →
firstOlympicAppearance	1956 Winter Olympics →
founded	1954 →
governedBy	State Committee for Sports of the USSR →
governingBody	Soviet Ice Hockey Federation →
governingCountry	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED →
homeArena	various arenas in the Soviet Union →
jerseyColor	red →
jerseyInscription	CCCP →
lastOlympicAppearance	1988 Winter Olympics →
legacy	influenced modern international ice hockey tactics →
notableCoach	Anatoli Tarasov → Viktor Tikhonov →
notableRival	Canada national ice hockey team → Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team → United States national ice hockey team →
olympicBronzeMedals	1 →
olympicGoldMedals	7 →
olympicSilverMedals	1 →
region	Europe →
reputation	international powerhouse →
sport	ice hockey →
styleOfPlay	disciplined → skillful →
successorTeam	Russia national ice hockey team →
symbolOf	Soviet athletic supremacy →
tacticalApproach	puck possession and passing →
timePeriod	Cold War era →
trainingPhilosophy	collective play over individualism →
usedFor	sports diplomacy →
worldChampionshipTitles	22 →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pavel Bure → Valeri Kamensky → Valeri Kharlamov → Vladislav Tretiak →	nationalTeam
Sergei Fyodorov → Sergei Makarov → Viacheslav Fetisov →	memberOfSportsTeam
Soviet Union national ice hockey team ("USSR national ice hockey team") → Soviet Union national ice hockey team ("Soviet Red Army team") →	alsoKnownAs
Viacheslav Fetisov →	captainOf
Vladimir Yurzinov ("Soviet national ice hockey team") →	coachedTeam
Russia men's national ice hockey team ("Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team") →	historicalPredecessorHasOlympicGoldMedals
Russia men's national ice hockey team ("Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team") →	historicalPredecessorHasWorldTitles
Vladislav Tretiak ("Soviet national ice hockey team") →	memberOf
IIHF World Championship →	mostSuccessfulTeam
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team ("Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team") →	notableRival
1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team →	opponent
Ukraine men's national ice hockey team ("Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team") →	predecessorTeam
Russia men's national ice hockey team ("Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team") →	successorOf
1972 Summit Series ("Soviet national ice hockey team") →	teamInvolved