Playing career In 1955, he began his career with
Krylya Sovetov Moscow junior team. In 1958, he joined the senior team. He won both the
Soviet Championship League and
Soviet Cup with his team in 1974. He scored 125 goals in 430 games for Krylya Sovetov Moscow, whom he captained. In 1974, he played one season with
Klagenfurter AC in the
Austrian Hockey League, before retiring.
Coaching career He began his coaching career in 1978 as an assistant coach for Krylya Sovetov Moscow. He became the head coach in 1983, a position he held until 1996. He was an assistant coach for the
Soviet national team and
Russian national team from 1987 to 1994. He also coached the
Russian national junior team in 1996–97. He won the gold medal with the Soviet national team at the
1988 Winter Olympics, and at the World Ice Hockey Championships in
1989 and
1990. He won a bronze medal at the
1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. ==References==