The Father of Russian Hockey
In dedication to hockey coaching legend Anatoly Tarasov and his 101st anniversary on 10th of December 2019.
Anatoly Tarasov and Vsevolod BobrovThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was obsessed with hockey.
The games were an important part of his life and it is undeniable that Tarasov was a great coach.
Anatoly TarasovThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
18 times under the leadership of Tarasov, the Moscow team won the gold of the national championship.
Anatoly TarasovThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and established the Soviet Union national team as "the dominant force in international competition".
National Team Moscow - German Democratic RepublicThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
Tarasov was very ambitious, perhaps even too ambitious for a model Soviet citizen. Hockey, previously a curiosity from overseas, gave him the chance to fully express himself.
Coaches of the national USSR teamThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
With the coaching tandem of Chernyshev and Tarasov the USSR national hockey team won the world championships nine times and three times at the Olympics.
“He was always on skates, he could literally lie down under the puck on training, he often performed exercises with the team. Emotional, groovy, demanding, Tarasov ignited everyone with his enthusiasm and at the same time vigilantly followed the work of each player...
Winter Olympic GamesThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
His character was tougher than that of Arkady Ivanovich Chernyshev," - the defender of the USSR national team and Moscow Dynamo Vitaly Davydov reminding.
Coach on the bench of the national teamThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
Tarasov was an active, non-standard person, he could not organically tolerate a calm, academic situation in the team - he excited the players, emotionally led them to sports exploits.
Coaches Arkady Chernyshev and Anatoly TarasovThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
In 1974, in the Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame, an artistic portrait of Tarasov was placed.
Winter Olympic GamesThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
Winter Olympic Games.
Golf club constructionThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
He was accompanied by the following text: “Tarasov is an outstanding hockey theorist and practitioner who made a huge contribution to the development of world hockey...
Anatoly Tarasov and Viktor TihonovThe Golden Puck Club of A.V. Tarasov
The world should thank Russia for bringing Tarasov to hockey. ”
Text credits: Vladimir Nabokov
