In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Fetisov.
Viacheslav Fetisov
MP
Вячеслав Фетисов
Fetisov in 2015
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by
constituency re-established
Constituency
Podolsk (No. 124)
Personal details
Born
(1958-04-20) 20 April 1958 (age 66) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political party
United Russia
Education
VIFK (MIoPC)
Ice hockey player
Ice hockey career
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2001
Height
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot
Left
Played for
HC CSKA Moscow New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings HC Spartak Moscow
National team
Soviet Union and Russia
NHL draft
201st overall, 1978 Montreal Canadiens 145th overall, 1983 New Jersey Devils
Playing career
1974–1998, 2009
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Soviet Union
Winter Olympics
1984 Sarajevo
1988 Calgary
1980 Lake Placid
World Championships
1978 Czechoslovakia
1981 Sweden
1982 Finland
1983 West Germany
1986 Soviet Union
1989 Sweden
1990 Switzerland
1987 Austria
1977 Austria
1985 Czechoslovakia
1991 Finland
Canada Cup
1981 Canada
World Junior Championships
1976 Finland
1977 Czechoslovakia
1978 Canada
Viacheslav Fetisov's voice
Recorded 19 April 2007
Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Фетисов; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman and a coach and political and sports figure. 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 Detroit Red Wings. With the Wings, he won back-to-back Stanley Cups and was part of the team's Russian Five unit. 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. In addition to that, he won two Olympic gold medals and seven world championships. His Stanley Cup wins, Olympic gold medals, and World Championship wins make him a member of his sport's prestigious Triple Gold Club.
Fetisov was instrumental in breaking the barrier that had prevented Soviet players from leaving the Soviet Union to join the NHL. His actions not only resulted in a number of top Soviet players joining the NHL, but encouraged many of the best players from all over Europe to go to North America.[1] Internationally, he was a long-time captain for the Soviet Union national team[1] and is a two-time Olympic champion. In 2002, Fetisov led the Russian Ice Hockey Olympic team as GM and head coach, attaining a bronze medal. Considered one of the best defencemen of all time, he was voted as one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2005.
After retiring as a coach, Fetisov embarked on a political and executive career. After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered him the position as Minister of Sport, a post he held until 2008. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2] He is a member of the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the Federation Council representing Primorsky Krai, the founder and chairman of the KHL's board of directors and chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athletes Committee.[3] Fetisov was president of Russian ice hockey club HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was also the key member of the bidding committee that presented the Sochi 2014 proposal to the IOC in Guatemala in 2007, when a city was being chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Fetisov was Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs since 5 October 2016. Fetsiov is a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.
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^О присвоении квалификационных разрядов федеральным государственным служащим федеральных органов исполнительной власти (Decree 992) (in Russian). President of Russia. 28 August 2003.
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of the Kontinental Hockey League. The arena is named in honor of ViacheslavFetisov. List of indoor arenas in Russia List of Kontinental Hockey League...
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along with his friend and defensive partner from the Soviet team, ViacheslavFetisov. He made his NHL debut on October 5, 1989. He lives in New Jersey...
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Canada Goaltender: Grant Fuhr, Canada Defence: Ray Bourque, Canada; ViacheslavFetisov, Soviet Union Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Canada; Mario Lemieux, Canada;...
(as members of the Detroit Red Wings). In contrast, it took Russian ViacheslavFetisov 19 years from his first victory to become a member. Jonathan Toews...
Preceded by Sergei Makarov Soviet MVP 1981 Succeeded by ViacheslavFetisov Preceded by ViacheslavFetisov Soviet MVP 1983 Succeeded by Nikolai Drozdetsky Olympic...
World Junior history by TSN, topping players the likes of Pavel Bure, ViacheslavFetisov, Wayne Gretzky, and Jordan Eberle, who were among the top five players...
off-season was the signing of two Soviet stars – ViacheslavFetisov and Sergei Starikov. The Devils drafted Fetisov years earlier in the 1983 Entry Draft, but...
Krutov, Igor Larionov, and Sergei Makarov on offence, as well as ViacheslavFetisov and Alexei Kasatonov on defence, with the venerable Vladislav Tretiak...
Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician (d. 2014) 1958 – ViacheslavFetisov, Russian ice hockey player and coach 1960 – Debbie Flintoff-King,...
All-Star Team, along with three other Soviet stars, Vladislav Tretiak, ViacheslavFetisov and Sergei Makarov. Kharlamov was inducted into the Hockey Hall of...
Best Defenceman: ViacheslavFetisov Best Forward: Sergei Makarov Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Jiří Králík Defence: ViacheslavFetisov, Alexei Kasatonov...
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