Team Soviet Union Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 1979
1979 Ice Hockey World Championships Gold Medal Team
| GOALIES | |
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| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC |
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 | Vladimir Myshkin | G | 23 | 1955-06-19 | Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia | 5'9" | 172 | L |
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| Vladislav Tretiak | G | 26 | 1952-04-25 | Dmitrovsky District, Russia | 6'0" | 201 | L |
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| FORWARDS | |
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| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC |
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| Alexander Golikov | F | 26 | 1952-11-26 | Penza, Russia | 6'0" | 179 | R |
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| Boris Mikhailov | F | 34 | 1944-10-06 | Moscow, Russia | 5'9" | 170 | L |
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| Helmut Balderis | F | 26 | 1952-07-31 | Riga, Latvia | 5'11" | 190 | R |
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| Vladimir Golikov | F | 24 | 1954-06-20 | Penza, Russia | 6'0" | 179 | L |
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| Sergei Kapustin | F | 26 | 1953-02-13 | Ukhta, Russia | 5'11" | 192 | L |
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| Viktor Zhluktov | F | 25 | 1954-01-26 | Kramatorsk, Ukraine | 6'3" | 205 | L |
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| Alexander Yakushev | F | 32 | 1947-01-02 | Moscow, Russia | 6'3" | 201 | L |
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| Alexander Skvortsov | F | 24 | 1954-08-28 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 5'7" | 172 | L |
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| Yuri Lebedev | F | 28 | 1951-03-01 | Moscow, Russia | 5'10" | 172 | L |
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| Vladimir Petrov | F | 31 | 1947-06-30 | Krasnogorsk, Russia | 6'0" | 198 | R |
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| Valeri Kharlamov | F | 31 | 1948-01-14 | Moscow, Russia | 5'8" | 165 | L |
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| Sergei Makarov | F | 20 | 1958-06-19 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | 5'11" | 185 | L |
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Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.