Veniamin Veniaminovich Alexandrov (Russian: Вениамин Вениаминович Александров; 18 April 1937 – 6 November 1991) was a Soviet ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. After playing exhibition matches in North America in 1957, Alexandrov was put on the negotiation list of the Chicago Black Hawks, a team in the National Hockey League. While Soviet players were not expected to be able to move to North America, Chicago still felt highly enough of him to do so in the event that changed.[1] He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1964 Innsbruck Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Ice hockey
World championships
Silver medal – second place 1957 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Oslo Team
Silver medal – second place 1959 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Switzerland Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1964 Innsbruck Team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Tampere Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Ljubljana Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Vienna Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Team

During the 1962-63 Soviet League season he led all scorers with 53 goals.

Career statistics

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Regular season

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Regular season
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM
1955-56 CSK MO Moscow Soviet 18
1956-57 CSK MO Moscow Soviet 18
1957-58 CSKA Moscow Soviet 32
1958-59 CSKA Moscow Soviet 14
1959-60 CSKA Moscow Soviet - 19
1960-61 CSKA Moscow Soviet 13 19
1961-62 CSKA Moscow Soviet 24 21 11 32
1962-63 CSKA Moscow Soviet 38 53 9 62
1963–64 CSKA Moscow Soviet 40
1964–65 CSKA Moscow Soviet 33 25 9 34
1965–66 CSKA Moscow Soviet 32 31 6 37
1966–67 CSKA Moscow Soviet 40 26 12 38
1967–68 CSKA Moscow "C" Soviet 37 23 21 44
1968–69 CSKA Moscow Soviet 24 12
1972–73 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria ?
Soviet totals 351 68 419

Source: elite prospects - [3]

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1957 Soviet Union WC 7 8
1958 Soviet Union WC 7 9 3 12 2
1959 Soviet Union WC 8 4
1960 Soviet Union OLY 7 7 6 13 16
1961 Soviet Union WC 7 6 2 8 4
1963 Soviet Union WC 7 4 6 10 2
1964 Soviet Union OLY 8 7 4 11 7
1965 Soviet Union WC 7 4 5 9 8
1966 Soviet Union WC 7 9 8 17 4
1967 Soviet Union WC 7 7 7 14 4
1968 Soviet Union OLY 4 3 3 6 0
Senior totals 76 68 44 112 47

References

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  1. ^ Martin, Lawrence (1990). The Red Machine: The Soviet Quest to Dominate Canada's Game. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-385-25272-2.
  2. ^ Chernov, Alexander (9 November 2006). "Пятеро россиян будут включены в Зал славы ИИХФ в 2007 году". Sport Express (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ Veniamin Alexandrov
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