Soviet Union national ice hockey team

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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.


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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

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