Valerij Borisovitj Charlamov was a professional ice hockey player from Russia. He was born on January 14, 1948 in Moscow, Russia. Although he was relatively small compared to the other players, he is known as a real legend in Soviet hockey. He started playing ice hockey when he was just little, and by the time he reached his 20s, he was already chosen to be a part of the Soviet squad. It was known that he was able to combine superior hockey intelligence with immense natural talent; it was this deadly combination that made Charlamov one of the most formidable powers during his time.
Many players thought Charlamov’s talents were God-given as he could do practically everything from making a smart play, do tricky passes, and execute precise shots. The best thing was that he made things look so elegant and easy. All in all his execution epitomized the perfection and it amazed millions of fans and viewers.
| Born | 14 Jan 1948 |
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Russian Federation
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In 1969, while Charlamov was still 21 years old, he received the prestigious Russian sports title, ‘Merited Master of Sport’. He also led his Soviet team to win gold medals in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic game. Together with Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov, Charlamov formed one of the most dominating mix in the history of hockey.
Throughout his career, Charlamov has made numerous goals and garnered fantastic records. However, while he was still a part of the Soviet team, Charlamov and his wife died in a tragic car accident while on a busy highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg. They died in August 27, 1981. Charlamov has been inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame and during the induction ceremony, Charlamov’s son Alexander spoke on his behalf.
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StevenI will give you the rule straight from the book. Don't want to read? Here's a sumramy.Guys are allowed to fight, and will receive a 5 minute penalty (no suspension). One-on-one only, if a third guy comes into the fight, he is ejected from the game. If one guy started the fight, then he gets a 2 minute instigator penalty. If one guy keeps fighting when the other guy is obviously down and out, he gets an aggressor' penalty, which is a game misconduct.Rule 47 Fighting47.1 Fighting – A fight shall be deemed to have occurred when at leastone player (or goalkeeper) punches or attempts to punch an opponentrepeatedly or when two players wrestle in such a manner as to makeit difficult for the Linesmen to intervene and separate the combatants.The Referees are provided very wide latitude in the penalties withwhich they may impose under this rule. This is done intentionally toenable them to differentiate between the obvious degrees ofresponsibility of the participants either for starting the fighting orpersisting in continuing the fighting. The discretion provided should beexercised realistically.47.2 Aggressor – The aggressor in an altercation shall be the player (orgoalkeeper) who continues to throw punches in an attempt to inflictpunishment on his opponent who is in a defenseless position or whois an unwilling combatant.A player (or goalkeeper) must be deemed the aggressor when hehas clearly won the fight but he continues throwing and landingpunches in a further attempt to inflict punishment and/or injury on hisopponent who is no longer in a position to defend himself.A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be the aggressor of analtercation shall be assessed a major penalty for fighting and a gamemisconduct.A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be the aggressor of analtercation will have this recorded as an aggressor of an altercation forstatistical and suspension purposes.A player or goalkeeper who is deemed to be both the instigatorand aggressor of an altercation shal
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