Viacheslav Fetisov

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Viacheslav Fetisov : biography

April 20, 1958 –

Viacheslav "Slava" Alexandrovich Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав (Слава) Александрович Фетисов, Vjačeslav (Slava) Aleksandrovič Fetisov; born April 20, 1958) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played with the New Jersey Devils and won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings. After retiring from his playing career, he became the assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils. Having a very successful four years, he helped get the team to two Stanley Cup finals and one Stanley Cup victory. Fetisov was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the NHL. Internationally, he was a long-time captain for the Soviet Union national team and won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics. In 2002, Fetisov led the Russian Ice Hockey Olympic team as GM and Head Coach, attaining a bronze medal. Considered one of the best defensemen of all time, he was voted as one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team.

After retiring as a coach, Fetisov embarked on a political and executive career. Following the 2002 Winter Olympics Russian President Vladimir Putin offered him the position as Minister of Sport, he held this post until 2008. He is currently a member of the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia representing Primorsky Krai, the founder and chairman of the Board of Directors of the KHL and chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athletes Committee. Fetisov was president of professional Russian hockey club HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was also the key member of the bidding committee presenting the Sochi 2014 proposal to the IOC in Guatemala in 2007, when a city was being chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 CSKA Moscow Soviet 27 3 4 7 14
1977–78 CSKA Moscow Soviet 35 9 18 27 46
1978–79 CSKA Moscow Soviet 29 10 19 29 40
1979–80 CSKA Moscow Soviet 37 10 14 24 46
1980–81 CSKA Moscow Soviet 13 16 29 44
1981–82 CSKA Moscow Soviet 46 15 26 41 20
1982–83 CSKA Moscow Soviet 43 6 17 23 46
1983–84 CSKA Moscow Soviet 44 19 30 49 38
1984–85 CSKA Moscow Soviet 20 13 12 25 6
1985–86 CSKA Moscow Soviet 40 15 19 34 12
1986–87 CSKA Moscow Soviet 39 13 20 33 18
1987–88 CSKA Moscow Soviet 46 18 17 35 26
1988–89 CSKA Moscow Soviet 23 9 8 17 18
1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 72 8 34 42 52 6 0 2 2 10
1990–91 New Jersey Devils NHL 67 3 16 19 62 7 0 0 0 15
1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 3 23 26 108 6 0 3 3 8
1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 76 4 23 27 158 5 0 2 2 4
1993–94 New Jersey Devils NHL 52 1 14 15 30 14 1 0 1 8
1994–95 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 1 1 0
1994–95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14 3 11 14 2 18 0 8 8 14
1995–96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 7 35 42 96 19 1 4 5 34
1996–97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 5 23 28 76 20 0 4 4 42
1997–98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 2 12 14 72 21 0 3 3 10
2009–10 CSKA Moscow KHL 1 0 0 0 0
Soviet totals 429 153 220 373 374
NHL totals 546 36 192 228 656 116 2 26 28 145
KHL totals 1 0 0 0 0