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]
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Representing  Soviet Union
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1960 Squaw Valley | Ice hockey |
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1964 Innsbruck | Ice hockey |
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1968 Grenoble | Ice hockey |
| World championships | ||
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1957 Moscow | Team |
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1958 Oslo | Team |
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1959 Prague | Team |
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1960 Squaw Valley | Team |
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1961 Switzerland | Team |
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1963 Stockholm | Team |
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1964 Innsbruck | Team |
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1965 Tampere | Team |
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1966 Ljubljana | Team |
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1967 Vienna | Team |
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1968 Grenoble | Team |
During the 1962-63 Soviet League season he led all scorers with 53 goals.
Career statistics
editRegular season
edit| Regular season | ||||||||
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| 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
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Veniamin Alexandrov
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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