1965-1966 Soviet League

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Final table

#	Team	W-T-L	GF-GA	Pts
1.	CSKA Moscow	32-2-2	239-70	66
2.	Spartak Moscow	24-4-8	173-99	52
3.	Dinamo Moscow	20-3-13	133-94	43
4.	Khimik Voskresensk	15-6-15	86-100	36
5.	Lokomotiv Moscow	16-4-16	114-135	36
6.	Krylya Sovietov Moscow	13-8-15	120-143	34
7.	Torpedo Gorky	14-3-19	84-114	31
8.	SKA Leningrad	10-7-19	86-118	27
9.	Dinamo Kiev	8-3-25	76-144	19
10.	Sibir Novosibirsk	5-6-25	72-166	16

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League expansion to 12 teams saves Kiev and Novosibirsk from relegation.
Earning promotion from tier II: Torpedo Minsk (West), Metallurg Novokuznetsk (East)

Goals:
1. Anatoli Firsov (CSKA), 41
2. Veniamin Alexandrov (CSKA), 31
3. Viktor Polupanov (CSKA), 25
4. Alexander Almetov (CSKA), 24
5. Vyacheslav Starshinov (Spartak), 23
6. Boris Mayorov (Spartak), 22 (in 30 games)
7. Yevgeni Mishakov (CSKA), 22 (in 31)
8. Vladimir F. Vasilyev (Lokomotiv), 20
9. Yuri Paramoshkin (Dinamo), 19
10. Valentin Kozin (Lokomotiv), 18 (in 31)

Assists:
1. Konstantin Loktev (CSKA), 14
2. Boris Mayorov (Spartak), 12 (in 30 games)
3. Alexander Martynyuk (Spartak), 12 (in 35)
4. Anatoli Firsov (CSKA), 11 (in 36)
4. Vladimir Vikulov (CSKA), 11 (in 36)
6. Valeri Fomenkov (Spartak), 9
7. Yevgeni Groshev (Krylya Sovietov), 8
8. Vyacheslav Orchakov (Dinamo), 7 (in 24)
9. Viktor Yakushev (Lokomotiv), 7 (in 28)
10. Viktor Shilov (Dinamo), 7 (in 34)

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Anatoli Motovilov (Dinamo), 0.057 (2 in 35)
1. Anatoli Kozlov (Voskresensk), 0.057 (2 in 35)
3. Alexei Golovanov (Leningrad), 0.059 (2 in 34)
4. Yuri Paramoshkin (Dinamo), 0.063 (2 in 32)
4. Oleg Karev (Voskresensk), 0.063 (2 in 32)
4. Vladimir Sorokin (Gorky), 0.063 (2 in 32)
4. Anatoli Sobolev (Leningrad), 0.063 (2 in 32)
8. Alexander N. Syrtsov (Voskresensk), 0.071 (2 in 28)
9. Yevgeni Shturmin (Gorky), 0.077 (2 in 26)
10. Yuri Morozov (Voskresensk), 0.111 (4 in 36)

Most PMs:
1. Vyacheslav Zhidkov (Gorky), 54
2. Vyacheslav Yermolayev (Gorky), 42 (in 34)
3. Viktor Tsyplakov (Lokomotiv), 42 (in 36)
3. Boris Spirkin (Lokomotiv), 42 (in 36)
3. Valeri Agafonov (Novosibirsk), 42 (in 36)
6. Vladislav Kuznetsov (Leningrad), 40
7. Nikolai Voroshilov (Kiev), 39
8. Gennadi Radayev (Novosibirsk), 38
9. Alexander Zarubin (Krylya Sovietov), 36
10. Vasili Adarchev (Leningrad), 34 (in 30)

Individual players honoured by the Soviet hockey federation, based on overall season performance (both domestic and international):

All-Stars:
G: Viktor Konovalenko (Gorky)
D: Alexander Ragulin (CSKA), Vitali Davydov (Dinamo)
F: Veniamin Alexandrov (CSKA), Vyacheslav Starshinov (Spartak), Anatoli Firsov (CSKA)

Top 34 players:

Club:	Goaltenders:	Defencemen:	Left wingers:	Centers:	Right wingers:
CSKA:		Ragulin (1), Kuzkin (2), Ivanov (3), Brezhnev (5), Zaitsev (6), Romishevsky (7)	Firsov (1), Alexandrov (2), Moiseyev (4)	Almetov (2), Polupanov (4), Ionov (5)	Loktev (1), Vikulov (2), Mishakov (4)
Spartak:	Zinger (2)	Makarov (9), Blinov (10)	Mayorov (3), Yaroslavtsev (7)	Starshinov (1)	Zimin (3)
Dinamo M:		Davydov (4)	Paramoshkin (6)	Motovilov (6)	Striganov (6)
Voskresensk:	Zubarev (3)				Nikitin (5)
Lokomotiv:			Tsyplakov (5)	Yakushev (3)	Kozin (7)
Krylya Sovietov:	Pashkov (4)
Gorky:	Konovalenko (1)	Zhidkov (8)
Leningrad:
Dinamo K:
Novosibirsk:

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[Theokritos]

The following posts contain a team-by-team breakdown of the 1965-1966 Soviet League, tier I. The vast majority of the information is sourced from the Russian "forum of hockey statisticans" (Форум хоккейных статистиков) now located at ice-hockey-stat.com. Alle the credit in the world to the people over there who e.g. have gone through the archives of the Sovietsky Sport newspaper to collect box scores and so on. 1965-1966 is the first season where they have game line-ups which enabled me to figure out the most frequently used forward lines and defensive pairings on each team.

The stats provided in the roster section might differ slightly from numbers found elsewhere – that's because the sources (Soviet papers, books etc) themselves also differ here and there. Assists are not included as they were not commonly tracked, but some yearbooks from the 1960s still come up with assist numbers, so somebody was obviously awarding them, albeit very sparingly. In fact they were awarded so sparingly (obviously following a peculiar/strict definition of what constitutes an assist and what doesn't) that I'm not convinced of their worth. Sturminator has put together a file with those assists numbers the Society of International Hockey Research has gathered. That file can be found in another thread.

 

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Venues used in the 1965-1966 season:

MOSCOW, main venues:

Luzhniki Palace of Sports
Indoor stadium, main hockey venue in Moscow. Part of the Luzhniki complex ("Central Stadium named in honour of V. I. Lenin") opened in 1956. Capacity ~14,500, but rarely sold out. Only CSKA and Spartak Moscow manage to draw 10,000 spectators and more.

Sokolniki Stadium
Outdoor stadium with artificial ice. Opened in 1956. Still the second most important venue in Moscow after the Luzhniki Palace of Sports, quite frequently used. Capacity apparently ~6,000.

MOSCOW, other venues:

CSKA Sport Palace
Second indoor venue in Moscow after the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. Opened in 1961. Capacity apparently ~4,000.

Dinamo Stadium
Outdoor stadium mostly used for soccer and athletics. Opened in 1928. Also used as hockey rink with natural ice during the winter. Capacity ~35,000.

Red October Stadium
Outdoor stadium also used as hockey rink with natural ice during the winter. Not sure about the capacity, but I haven't seen a number higher than 4,000 at any game there.

Luzhniki Small Sports Arena
Outdoor stadium also used as hockey rink with natural (?) ice during the winter. Capacity ~15,000.

Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena
Centerpiece of the Luzhniki Complex. Outdoor stadium mostly used for soccer and athletics. Normally not used for hockey, but hosted the top games of the 1957 World Ice Hockey Championship in Moscow with record audiences of 50,000 and more.

The following abbreviations have been used in this thread to indicate which Moscow venue a game took place at:
LP = Luzhniki Palace of Sports
LS = Luzhniki Small Arena
S = Sokolniki Stadium
D = Dinamo Stadium
R = Red October Stadium
C = CSKA Sports Palace

OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW

Kiev, Palace of Sports
Indoor stadium, capacity apparently 8,500. Opened in December 1960.

Voskresensk, Khimik Stadium
Outdoor stadium with natural ice.

Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Lenin Stadium
Outdoor stadium also used as hockey rink with natural ice during the winter. Capacity 33,000. Opened in 1961.

Gorky [Nizhny Novgorod], Avtosavoda Hockey Stadium
Outdoor stadium with artificial ice, capacity apparently 8,000.

Novosibirsk, Sibir Hockey Stadium
Outdoor stadium with artificial ice, capacity apparently 12,000.

 

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1) CSKA Moscow

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Anatoli Ragulin (G, 24yo, to Krylya Sovietov Moscow)
Anatoli Drozdov (D, 24yo, to SKA Leningrad)
Leonid Volkov (F, 30yo, to SKA Kalinin [II])

New:
Yuri Glazov (F, 22yo, from SKA Leningrad)
Anatoli Frolov (F, 19yo, from Elektrostal [II])

Head coach: Anatoli Tarasov (46-47yo)
Assistant coach: Boris Kulagin (40-41yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Veniamin Alexandrov — Alexander Almetov — Konstantin Loktev (C)
Yuri Moiseyev — Yevgeni Mishakov — Anatoli Ionov // see note 1
Anatoli Firsov — Viktor Polupanov — Vladimir Vikulov
Anatoli Frolov, Yuri Glazov

D:
Vladimir Brezhnev — Viktor Kuzkin
Igor Romishevsky — Oleg Zaitsev // see note 1
Eduard Ivanov — Alexander Ragulin
Nikolai Podkopayev

G:
Viktor Tolmachov (Nikolai Tolstikov)

Notes:
1: According to Tarasov (Совершеннолетие, 1968), these five players were employed in the 1-2-2 formation (1 stopper: Zaitsev; 2 halfbacks: Romishevsky and Mishakov; 2 forwards: Moiseyev and Ionov), though the line-ups in the papers kept listing them in the traditional manner: Romishevsky and Zaitsev as defencemen, Mishakov as center and Ionov and Moiseyev as wingers. Then from January 1966 on Mishakov is listed as RW and Ionov as center which seems to indicate they switched positions within the 1-2-2 formation (Ionov to halfback, Mishakov to forward).

Roster:

F:
Firsov, Anatoli — 24-25yo / 36 GP, 40 G, 11 A / 8 PM / top 34 player (#1 LW) / WHC / Soviet All-star
Polupanov, Viktor — 19-20yo / 36 GP, 25 G, 7 A / 22 PM / top 34 player (#4 C) / WHC
Vikulov, Vladimir — 19yo / 36 GP, 12 G, 11 A / 12 PM / top 34 player (#2 RW)
Ionov, Anatoli — 26yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 6 A / 6 PM / top 34 player (#5 C) / WHC
Almetov, Alexander — 25-26yo / 33 GP, 24 G, 7 A / 4 PM / top 34 player (#2 C) / WHC
Alexandrov, Veniamin — 28-29yo / 32 GP, 31 G, 6 A / 25 PM / top 34 player (#2 LW) / WHC (named All-star) / Soviet All-star
Mishakov, Yevgeni — 24-25yo / 31 GP, 22 G, 4 A / 14 PM / top 34 players (#4 RW) / NT (2 GP)
Loktev, Konstantin — 32yo / 30 GP, 16 G, 14 A / 8 PM / team captain / top 34 player (#1 RW) / WHC (named All-star and Best Forward)
Moiseyev, Yuri — 25yo / 30 GP, 16 G, 10 A / 8 PM / top 34 players (#4 LW) / NT (2 GP)
Frolov, Anatoli — 19yo / 15 GP, 4 G, 2 A / 8 PM
Glazov, Yuri — 22-23yo / 9 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 4 PM

D:
Ivanov, Eduard — 27-28yo / 35 GP, 5 G, 4 A / 24 PM / top 34 player (#3 D)
Kuzkin, Viktor — 25yo / 35 GP, 9 G, 7 A / 4 PM / top 34 player (#2 D) / WHC
Zaitsev, Oleg — 26yo / 34 GP, 5 G, 3 A / 8 PM / top 34 player (#6 D) / WHC
Brezhnev, Vladimir — 30-31yo / 33 GP, 9 G, 2 A / 16 PM / top 34 player (#5 D) / WHC
Romishevsky, Igor — 25-26yo / 33 GP, 5 G, 1 A / 14 PM / top 34 player (#7 D) / NT (13 GP)
Ragulin, Alexander — 24yo / 30 GP, 6 G, 3 A / 6 PM / top 34 player (#1 D) / WHC (named All-Star and Best Defenceman) / Soviet All-star
Podkopayev, Nikolai — 18-19yo / 14 GP, 0 G, 1 A / 8 PM
Gusev, Alexander — 18-19yo / 3 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 6 PM

G:
Tolmachov, Viktor — 26yo / 21 GP, 35 GA, 1.67 GAA
Tolstikov, Nikolai — 18-19yo / 20 GP, 35 GA, 1.75 GAA

Key to abbreviations:
WHC = played for Soviet national team at the 1966 World Championship
NT = played for Soviet national team, but not at the WHC

Goals:
1. Anatoli Firsov, 40
2. Veniamin Alexandrov, 31
3. Viktor Polupanov, 25

Assists:
1. Konstantin Loktev, 14
2. Anatoli Firsov, 11
2. Vladimir Vikulov, 11

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Alexander Almetov, 0.12 (4 in 33)
2. Viktor Kuzkin, 0.17 (6 in 35)
2. Anatoli Ionov, 0.17 (6 in 35)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Igor Romishevsky, 24 (in 33 games)
2. Eduard Ivanov, 24 (in 34 games)
3. Viktor Polupanov, 22

Major penalties:
Veniamin Alexandrov, 1x5 (high sticking) – Mar.27 vs Dinamo Moscow

Significant time missed:
Nov.11-20: Viktor Tolmachov, 4 games
Jan.6-17: Yuri Moiseyev, 4 games
Apr.8-17: Alexander Ragulin, 4 games

b) RESULTS

Date:	Location	Temperature	Attendance	Match	Minors	Majors	Note
Oct.3	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	4-4 Spartak Moscow	4	0
Oct.7	Kiev	indoor	8,000	4-2 Dinamo Kiev	3	0
Oct.10	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	11-0 Khimik Voskresensk	3	0
Oct.13	Gorky	2 °C (35.6 °F)	4,000	2-4 Torpedo Gorky	4	0
Oct.16	Moscow, C	indoor	3,200	6-2 SKA Leningrad	3	0
Oct.20	Moscow, C	indoor	3,000	5-2 Dinamo Kiev	2	0
Oct.24	Moscow, S	-1 °C (30.2 °F)	6,000	9-0 Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	Heavy snowfall in the 2nd period
Oct.28	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	5-2 Spartak Moscow	5	0
Oct.31	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	7-3 Torpedo Gorky	4	0
Nov.3	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	4-0 Dinamo Moscow	1	0
Nov.7	Moscow, C	indoor	3,000	9-3 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	4	0
Nov.11	Novosibirsk	-5 °C (23 °F)	5,500	13-1 Sibir Novosibirsk	0	0	Wind, snowfall
Nov.12	Novosibirsk	-9 °C (15.8 °F)	5,000	5-0 Sibir Novosibirsk	2	0
Nov.17	Moscow, LP	indoor	6,000	4-2 Khimik Voskresensk	3	0
Nov.20	Moscow, C	indoor	7,200	5-2 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	4	0
				International break
Jan.6	Moscow, S	-10 °C (14 °F)	4,500	10-3 Lokomotiv Moscow	5	0
Jan.9	Moscow, D	-12 °C (10.4 °F)	6,000	14-1 Sibir Novosibirsk	3	0
Jan.12	Moscow, S	-7 °C (19.4 °F)	4,600	11-1 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	4	0
Jan.13	Moscow	?	?	15-4 Sherbrooke Beavers	?	?
Jan.17	Moscow, D	-17 °C (1.4 °F)	5,000	2-1 Dinamo Moscow	0	0
Jan.20	Moscow, S	-7 °C (19.4 °F)	2,500	9-0 Dinamo Kiev	2	0
Jan.23	Moscow, D	-4 °C (24.8 °F)	19,000	5-2 Spartak Moscow	5	0
Jan.28	Leningrad	-7 °C (19.4 °F)	4,900	4-1 SKA Leningrad	1	0
Jan.29	Leningrad	-17 °C (1.4 °F)	2,800	4-4 SKA Leningrad	3	0
Feb.6	Moscow, LS	-12 °C (10.4 °F)	5,500	7-0 Lokomotiv Moscow	3	0
Feb.9	Tallinn	?	?	16-0 Kalev Tallinn	?	?	USSR Cup
Feb.11	Moscow, C	indoor	3,000	9-3 Sibir Novosibirsk	2	0
Feb.14	Moscow, D	-9 °C (15.8 °F)	4,000	7-2 Dinamo Moscow	5	0
				International break
Mar.22	Kiev	indoor	8,000	6-3 Dinamo Kiev	4	0
Mar.27	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	5-3 Dinamo Moscow	1	1x5	Major penalty Alexandrov
Apr.1	Moscow, S	8 °C (46.4 °F)	6,000	7-1 Khimik Voskresensk	0	0
Apr.3	Moscow, S	10 °C (50 °F)	5,500	3-6 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	2	0
Apr.5	Moscow, LP	indoor	3,000	15-3 Daugava Riga	?	?	USSR Cup
Apr.8	Moscow, LP	indoor	6,500	12-5 Lokomotiv Moscow	2	0
Apr.10	Moscow, LP	indoor	3,000	7-2 SKA Leningrad	3	0
Apr.14	Gorky	16 °C (60.8 °F)	3,500	5-1 Torpedo Gorky	2	0
Apr.17	Moscow, LP	indoor	2,800	6-1 Khimik Voskresensk	6	0
Apr.18	Moscow, LP	indoor	7,000	8-2 SKA Leningrad	?	?	USSR Cup, Semifinal
Apr.21	Moscow, LP	indoor	10,000	6-1 Dinamo Moscow	?	?	USSR Cup, Final (G1)
Apr.24	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	5-2 Spartak Moscow	2	0
Apr.27	Moscow, LP	indoor	9,000	8-2 Dinamo Moscow	?	?	USSR Cup, Final (G2)

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c) JUNIOR TEAMS

Both U19 (born 1947 and 1948) and U17 (born 1949 and 1950) teams fail to advance from Moscow division for Soviet Championship tournaments in Novosibirsk (U19) resp. Gorky (U17).

 

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2) SPARTAK Moscow

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Anatoli Ryzhov (D, 28yo, to Krylya Sovietov Moscow)
Vladimir Ispolnov (D, 28yo, to Lokomotiv Moscow)
Eduard Dyakov (D, 28yo, to Dinamo Kiev)
Oleg Galyamin (F, 25yo, to Spartak Ryazan [II])
Rauf Bulatov (F, 24yo, to Krylya Sovietov Moscow)
Vladimir Prokofyev (F, 21yo, to Dinamo Kiev)

New:
Vladimir Migunko (D, 18yo, from Lokomotiv Moscow)
Alexander Martynyuk (F, 20yo, from Krylya Sovietov Moscow)
Yevgeni Zimin (F, 18yo, from Lokomotiv Moscow)

Head coach: Vsevolod Bobrov (42-43yo)
Assistant coach: Yuri Glukhov (32-33yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Boris Mayorov (C) — Vyacheslav Starshinov — Yevgeni Mayorov
Alexander Martynyuk — Yuri Borisov — Valeri Fomenkov
Viktor Yaroslavtsev — Alexander Yakushev — Yevgeni Zimin
Georgi Savin

D:
Viktor Blinov — Alexei Makarov
Dmitri Kitayev — Vladimir Migunko
Yevgeni Kobtsev — Valeri Kuzmin // see note 1
Anatoli Semyonov, Igor Lapin // see note 1

G:
Viktor Zinger (Alexander Prokhorov)

Notes:
1: Kobtsev & Kuzmin until late November 1965, Semyonov & Lapin (both from Spartak Moscow junior team) from late November 1965 on.

Roster:

F:
Borisov, Yuri — 26-27yo / 35 GP, 16 G, 4 A / 16 PM / stand-in as captain in April
Fomenkov, Valeri — 26-27yo / 35 GP, 17 G, 9 A / 20 PM
Martynyuk, Alexander — 20yo / 35 GP, 12 G, 12 A / 6 PM
Zimin, Yevgeni — 18yo / 35 GP, 13 G, 2 A / 16 PM / top 34 player (top 7 RW) / NT (1 GP)
Yaroslavtsev, Viktor — 20yo / 33 GP, 16 G, 4 A / 10 PM / top 34 player top 7 LW) / NT (1 GP)
Starshinov, Vyacheslav — 25yo / 31 GP, 23 G, 8 A / 31 PM / top 34 player (top 6 C) / WHC / Soviet All-star
Mayorov, Boris — 27-28yo / 30 GP, 22 G, 12 A / 16 PM / team captain / top 34 player (top 7 LW) / WHC
Yakushev, Alexander — 18-19yo / 29 GP, 7 G, 3 A / 18 PM / NT (1 GP)
Mayorov, Yevgeni — 27-28yo / 28 GP, 10 G, 8 A / 10 PM
Savin, Georgi — 20yo / 19 GP, 4 G, 1 A / 8 PM
Shadrin, Vladimir — 17yo / 10 GP, 6 G, 0 A / 0 PM
Zalogin, Alexander — 19-20yo / 8 GP, 3 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Sevidov, Anatoli — 18yo / 5 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Klishov, Alexander — 17-18yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM

D:
Makarov, Alexei — 23-24yo / 36 GP, 9 G, 2 A / 20 PM / top 34 player (top 10 D)
Migunko, Vladimir — 18yo / 36 GP, 5 G, 1 A / 30 PM
Blinov, Viktor — 20yo / 34 GP, 7 G, 1 A / 16 PM top 34 player (top 10 D)
Kitayev, Dmitri — 27-28yo / 34 GP, 2 G, 5 A / 9 PM
Kobtsev, Yevgeni — 24yo / 14 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 12 PM
Kuzmin, Valeri — 25yo / 14 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 8 PM
Semyonov, Anatoli — 18-19yo / 9 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM
Lapin, Igor — 17yo / 8 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 6 PM
Ispolnov, Vladimir — 28yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 4 PM / transfer to Lokomotiv Moscow early in the season

G:
Zinger, Viktor — 23-24yo / 30 GP, 82 GA, 2.73 GAA / top 34 player (top 4 G) / WHC
Prokhorov, Alexander — 25yo / 7 GP, 19 GA, 2.71 GAA / born 1941, date unknown

Goals:
1. Vyacheslav Starshinov, 23
2. Boris Mayorov, 22
3. Valeri Fomenkov, 17

Assists:
1. Boris Mayorov, 12 (in 30)
2. Alexander Martynyuk, 12 (in 35)
3. Valeri Fomenkov, 9

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Alexander Martynyuk, 0.17 (6 in 35)
2. Dmitri Kitayev, 0.26 (9 in 34)
3. Viktor Yaroslavtsev, 0.29 (10 in 34)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Vladimir Migunko, 28
2. Valeri Fomenkov, 18 (in 35)
3. Alexei Makarov, 18 (in 36)

Major penalties:
Yevgeni Mayorov, 1x10 (misconduct, insulting the referee) – Nov.12 vs SKA Leningrad
Dmitri Kitayev, 1x5 (high sticking) – Mar.31 vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Vyacheslav Starshinov, 1x5 (roughing) – Apr.2 vs Lokomotiv Moscow

Significant time missed:
Jan.10-23: Yevgeni Mayorov, 4 games
Jan.26-Feb.8: Alexander Yakushev, 5 games
Apr.6-24: Boris Mayorov, 6 games
Apr.10-24: Vyacheslav Starshinov, 5 games

b) RESULTS

Date:	Location	Temperature	Attendance	Match	Minors	Majors	Note
Oct.3	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	4-4 CSKA Moscow	3	0
Oct.6	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	4-2 Torpedo Gorky	1	0
Oct.9	Moscow, LP	indoor	9,000	5-5 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	4	0
Oct.14	Moscow, LP	indoor	11,000	5-2 Khimik Voskresensk	6	0
Oct.18	Novosibirsk	5 °C (41 °F)	12,000	3-1 Sibir Novosibirsk	4	0
Oct.19	Novosibirsk	2 °C (35.6 °F)	8,900	7-2 Sibir Novosibirsk	4	0
Oct.23	Moscow, S	3 °C (37.4 °F)	5,500	5-3 SKA Leningrad	4	0
Oct.28	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	2-5 CSKA Moscow	1	0
Nov.1	Moscow, LP	indoor	10,000	4-5 Lokomotiv Moscow	7	0
Nov.4	Moscow, LP	indoor	9,500	9-4 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	5	0
Nov.8	Moscow, LP	indoor	12,000	9-1 Dinamo Kiev	3	0
Nov.12	Moscow, LP	indoor	8,200	5-3 SKA Leningrad	6	1x10	Major penalty Ye. Mayorov
Nov.16	Moscow	?	?	4-3 East Germany	?	?
Nov.20	Gorky	-13 °C (8.6 °F)	7,500	0-3 Torpedo Gorky	4	0	Snowstorm
				International break
Dec.7	Moscow	?	?	2-0 Green Bay Bobcats (USA)	?	?	without NT players
Jan.7	Moscow, D	-12 °C (10.4 °F)	16,000	4-1 Dinamo Moscow	4	0
Jan.10	Moscow, D	-12 °C (10.4 °F)	3,900	2-3 Lokomotiv Moscow	2	0
Jan.13	Moscow, S	-8 °C (17.6 °F)	2,500	12-1 Sibir Novosibirsk	4	0
Jan.16	Moscow	?	?	6-5 Sherbrooke Beavers (Can)	?	?
Jan.19	Voskresensk	-7 °C (19.4 °F)	5,000	6-3 Khimik Voskresensk	2	0
Jan.23	Moscow, D	-4 °C (24.8 °F)	19,000	2-5 CSKA Moscow	7	0
Jan.26	Moscow, S	-6 °C (21.2 °F)	1,500	5-3 Torpedo Gorky	3	0
Jan.28	Voskresensk	-18 °C (-0.4 °F)	2,100	1-2 Khimik Voskresensk	1	0
Feb.3	Moscow, D	-31 °C (-23.8 °F)	2,000	5-0 Dinamo Moscow	3	0
Feb.7	Leningrad	-18 °C (-0.4 °F)	1,700	5-2 SKA Leningrad	3	0
Feb.8	Leningrad	-25 °C (-13 °F)	1,100	1-2 SKA Leningrad	1	0
Feb.15	Moscow, S	-8 °C (17.6 °F)	3,000	7-2 Sibir Novosibirsk	1	0
Feb.17	Yaroslavl	?	4,000	4-2 Torpedo Yaroslavl	?	?	USSR Cup
				International break
Mar.1	Moscow	?	?	7-3 TUL (Finland)	?	?
Mar.4	Moscow	?	?	6-2 Tesla Pardubice	?	?
Mar.9	Moscow, S	?	2,000	33-2 Mayka Kuybyshev	?	?	USSR Cup
Mar.13	Crans-Montana	?	?	20-6 HC Crans-Montana	?	?
Mar.16	Geneva	?	?	10-0 Finland B	?	?
Mar.17	Geneva	?	?	0-1 Czechoslovakia B	?	?
Mar.19	Villars-sur-Ollon	?	?	14-6 HC Villars	?	?
Mar.25	Gorky	0 °C (32 °F)	5,500	3-2 Torpedo Gorky	4	0
Mar.28	Kiev	indoor	7,200	7-1 Dinamo Kiev	2	0
Mar.29	Kiev	indoor	6,500	7-0 Dinamo Kiev	0	0
Mar.31	Moscow, S	2 °C (35.6 °F)	6,000	5-3 Lokomotiv Moscow	2	1x5	Major penalty Kitayev
Apr.2	Moscow, S	10 °C (50 °F)	5,500	6-3 Lokomotiv Moscow	2	1x5	Major penalty Starshinov
Apr.4	Moscow, S	?	?	6-2 Gidrostroitel Divnogorsk	?	?	USSR Cup
Apr.6	Moscow, S	3 °C (37.4 °F)	3,000	4-2 Dinamo Kiev	3	0
Apr.8	Moscow, S	?	3,000	5-2 Torpedo Gorky	?	?	USSR Cup, Quarterfinal
Apr.10	Moscow, LP	indoor	6,000	4-4 Khimik Voskresensk	3	0
Apr.12	Moscow, LP	indoor	5,000	8-5 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	2	0
Apr.14	Moscow, LP	indoor	2,000	5-5 Krylya Sovietov Moscow	7	0
Apr.17	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	0-3 Dinamo Moscow	?	?	USSR Cup, Semifinal
Apr.19	Moscow, LP	indoor	1,800	6-2 Dinamo Moscow	5	0
Apr.24	Moscow, LP	indoor	14,000	2-5 CSKA Moscow	3	0

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

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c) JUNIOR TEAMS

U19 team: Advances from Moscow division and finishes third in Soviet Championship tournament in Novosibirsk.
U17 team: Advances from Moscow division and wins Soviet Championship tournament in Gorky.

 

[Theokritos]

3) DINAMO Moscow

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Mikhail Orekhov (D, 27yo, to Spartak Ryazan [II])
Vitali Stain (F, 28yo, to Sibir Novosibirsk)
Valentin Grigoryev (F, 26yo, to Sibir Novosibirsk)

New:
Anatoli Motovilov (F, 19yo, from Metallurg Novokuznetsk [first tier in 1964-1965, relegated to second tier in 1965])
Igor Samochornov (F, 19yo, from Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
Viktor Yeryomin (F, 18yo, from CSKA Moscow)

Head coach: Arkadi Chernyshov (51-52yo)
Assistant coach: Viktor Tikhonov (35yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Yuri Paramoshkin / Viktor Yeryomin — Yuri Volkov — Vyacheslav Orchakov
Vladimir Kiselyov / Igor Samochornov — Vladimir Yurzinov (C) — Alexander Striganov
Viktor Shilov — Anatoli Motovilov — Alexander Sakeyev

D:
Vitali Davydov — Vladimir Danilov
Gennadi Andrianov — Valentin Alexeyev
Valentin Markov — Stanislav Petukhov

G:
Vladimir Chinov (Boris Zaitsev)

Roster:

F:
Volkov, Yuri — 28-29yo / 35 GP, 11 G, 6 A / 12 PM
Motovilov, Anatoli — 19yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 3 A / 2 PM / top 34 player (top 6 C) / NT (1 GP)
Shilov, Viktor — 20-21yo / 34 GP, 14 G, 7 A / 10 PM / NT (1 G)
Paramoshkin, Yuri — 27-28yo / 32 GP, 19 G, 6 A / 2 PM / top 34 player (top 7 LW)
Striganov, Alexander — 25-26yo / 32 GP, 6 G, 3 A / 6 PM / top 34 player (top 7 RW) / NT (11 G)
Sakeyev, Alexander —20yo / 32 GP, 11 G, 2 A / 30 PM / NT (1 G)
Kiselyov, Vladimir — 29yo / 29 GP, 12 G, 4 A / 24 PM
Yurzinov, Vladimir — 25-26yo / 29 GP, 15 G, 2 A / 10 PM / team captain / NT (11 G)
Samochornov, Igor — 19yo / 25 GP, 8 G, 1 A / 8 PM
Orchakov, Vyacheslav — 27-28yo / 24 GP, 7 G, 1 A / 6 PM
Yeryomin, Viktor — 18-19yo / 21 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 14 PM / also plays 2 games in USSR bandy championship for Dinamo Moscow
Chistov, Valentin — 28-29yo / 8 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM

D:
Petukhov, Stanislav — 28yo / 36 GP, 5 G, 1 A / 24 PM
Markov, Valentin — 18-19yo / 36 GP, 4 G, 1 A / 18 PM
Davydov, Vitali — 26-27yo /35 GP, 1 G, 2 A / 18 PM / stand-in as captain / top 34 player (top 10 D) / WHC / Soviet All-star
Danilov, Vladimir — 26-27yo / 29 GP, 5 G, 2 A / 14 PM
Andrianov, Gennadi — 29yo / 23 GP, 2 G, 2 A / 22 PM
Alexeyev, Valentin — 27-28yo / 19 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 14 PM
Shchogolev, Stanislav — 20-21yo / 7 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 6 PM

G:
Chinov, Vladimir — 25-26yo / 27 GP, 63 GA, 2.33 GAA
Zaitsev, Boris — 28-29yo / 9 GP, 31 GA, 3.44 GAA
Ganichev, Eduard — 19yo / 1 GP, 0 GA

Goals:
1. Yuri Paramoshkin, 19
2. Vladimir Yurzinov, 15
3. Viktor Shilov, 14

Assists:
1. Vyacheslav Orchakov, 7 (in 24)
2. Viktor Shilov, 7 (in 34)
3. Alexander Striganov, 6 (in 32)

Fewest PMs taken (per game):
1. Anatoly Motovilov, 0.06 (2 in 35)
2. Yuri Paramoshkin, 0.06 (2 in 32)
3. Alexander Striganov, 0.19 (6 in 32)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Alexander Sakeyev, 28
2. Stanislav Petukhov, 24
3. Gennady Andrianov, 22

Major penalties:
Vladimir Kiselyov, 1x10 (misconduct)

Significant time missed:
Oct.7-16: Vladimir Yurzinov, 4 games
Oct.16-Nov.19: Vyacheslav Orchakov, 8 games
Jan.10-17, Jan.21-30: Viktor Yeryomin, 3+3 games
Jan.10-Feb.3: Igor Samochornov, 8 games
Jan.13-Apr.7: Valentin Alexeyev, 16 games
Jan.21-Mar.18: Gennadi Andrianov, 8 games
Apr.7-25: Vladimir Danilov, 7 games
Apr.13-27: Vladimir Yurzinov, 4 games
Apr.19-27: Alexander Striganov, 3 games

b) RESULTS
table missing

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

U19 team: Fails to advance from Moscow division.
U17 team: Advances from Moscow division and finishes second in Soviet Championship tournament in Gorky.

 

[Theokritos]

4) KHIMIK Voskresensk

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Valeri Gavrilov (F, 28yo, to Metallurg Cherepovets [II])

New:
Viktor Kungurtsev (F, 23yo, from Traktor Chelyabinsk [first tier in 1964-1965, relegated to second tier in 1965])

Head coach: Nikolai Epshtein (44-45yo)
Assistant coach: Alexander Kashayev (39-40yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Anatoli Kozlov — Yevgeni Yegorov — Yuri Morozov (C)
Oleg Karev — Viktor Kashtanov — Vyacheslav Loshchinin
Viktor Korovkin — Yuri Chichurin — Viktor Kungurtsev / Valeri Nikitin
Alexander N. Syrtsov

D:
Yuri Lyapkin — Yuri Gromov
Anatoli Vatutin — Valeri Nikitin / Grigori Finchenko / Viktor Kungurtsev
Alexander Sapelkin

G:
Valeri Zubarev / Anatoli Zenkin

Roster:

F:
Morozov, Yuri — 27-28yo / 36 GP, 15 G, 1 A / 4 PM / team captain
Kashtanov, Viktor — 25yo / 36 GP, 18 G, 3 A / 16 PM / born 1941, date unknown
Chichurin, Yuri — 18-19yo / 36 GP, 3 G, 2 A / 16 PM
Yegorov, Yevgeni — 29yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 3 A / 22 PM / born 1937, date unknown
Kozlov, Anatoli — 26yo / 35 GP, 9 G, 7 A / 2 PM
Korovkin, Viktor — 22yo / 34 GP, 6 G, 1 A / 4 PM / born 1944, date unknown
Karev, Oleg — 25yo / 32 GP, 5 G, 0 A / 2 PM / born 1941, date unknown
Syrtsov, Alexander Nikolayevich — 17yo / 28 GP, 2 G, 2 A / 2 PM
Loshchinin, Vyacheslav — 30yo / 26 GP, 2 G, 2 A / 8 PM /born 1936, date unknown
Mayorov, Viktor — 19yo / 3 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1947, date unknown
Muravyev, Alexander — 18-19yo / 2 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 0 PM
Gavrilov, Valeri — 28yo/ 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / transfer to Metallurg Cherepovets (II) early in the season
Karpov, Anatoli — 17yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM

F/D:
Nikitin, Valeri — 26yo / 35 GP, 7 G, 1 A / 12 PM / top 34 player (top 7 RW)
Kungurtsev, Viktor — 23-24yo / 34 GP, 4 G, 3 A / 6 PM

D:
Gromov, Yuri — 32yo / 36 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 6 PM / born 1934, date unknown
Vatutin, Anatoli — 30yo / 35 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 10 PM
Lyapkin, Yuri — 20-21yo / 33 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 22 PM
Finchenko, Grigori — 23yo / 27 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 20 PM / born 1943, date unknown
Sapelkin, Alexander — 18-19yo / 16 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 6 PM
Sadomov, Viktor — 19yo / 4 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / return to Energiya Saratov (II) early in the season
Ivanov, Sergei — 19yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1947, date unknown

G:
Zubarev, Valeri — 23yo / 25 GP, 59 GA, 2.36 GAA / top 34 player (top 4 G) / starting goaltender from January on
Zenkin, Anatoli — 20yo / 13 GP, 41 GA, 3.15 GAA / starting goaltender October-November / born 1945, date unknown

Goals:
1. Viktor Kashtanov, 18
2. Yuri Morozov, 15
3. Anatoli Kozlov, 9

Assists:
1. Anatoli Kozlov, 7
2. Viktor Kungurtsev, 4
3. Yevgeni Yegorov, 3 (in 35)

Fewest PMs taken (per game):
1. Anatoli Kozlov, 0.06 (2 in 35)
2. Oleg Karev, 0.06 (2 in 32)
3. Alexander N. Syrtsov, 0.07 (2 in 28)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Yuri Lyapkin, 22
2. Grigori Finchenko, 20
3. several players, 16

Major penalties:
Yevgeni Yegorov, 1x10 (misconduct)

Significant time missed:
Mar.30-Apr.13: Vyacheslav Loshchinin, 7 games

b) RESULTS
table missing
*PM numbers only available for 35 out of the 36 games.

*Khimik home games played elsewhere since Voskresensk only had a natural ice rink.

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

Both U19 (born 1947 and 1948) and U17 (born 1949 and 1950) teams fail to advance from Moscow division.

 

[Theokritos]

5) LOKOMOTIV Moscow

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Vladimir Migunko (D, 18yo, to Spartak Moscow)
Mikhail Rzhevtsev (F, 27yo, retirement?)
Yuri Chumichkin (F, 27, to Spartak Ryazan [II])
Yevgeni Zimin (F, 18yo, to Spartak Moscow)

New:
Vladimir Ispolnov (D, 28yo, from Spartak Moscow)
Yuri Tsitsinov (D, 28yo, from Krylya Sovietov Moscow)
Nikolai Semyonov (D, 25yo, from Metallurg Novokuznetsk [first tier in 1964-1965, relegated to second tier in 1965])
Boris Mikhailov (F, 21yo, from Avangard Saratov [II])
Sergei Shalimov (F, 19yo, from Dinamo Moscow)

Head coach: Anatoli Kostryukov (41yo)
Assistant coach: Nikolai Karpov (35-36yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Viktor Tsyplakov (C) — Viktor Yakushev — Valentin Kozin
Alexander Safronov — Alexander Grishin — Boris Mikhailov
Viktor Velichkin / Lev Pontelenko — Sergei Shalimov — Vladimir Kamenev // see note 1

D:
Boris Spirkin — Mikhail Ryzhov
Yuri Tsitsinov — Nikolai Semyonov / Vladimir Ispolnov // see note 2
Stanislav Ilyin — Alexander Volkov

G:
Viktor Brykov (Yevgeni Paleyev)

Notes:
1: Quite some position switching on that line.
2: Nikolai Semyonov back to Metallurg Novokuznetsk (II) in late November 1965.

Roster:

F:
Tsyplakov, Viktor — 27-28yo / 36 GP, 18 G, 7 A / 42 PM / team captain / top 34 player (top 7 LW)
Mikhailov, Boris — 21yo / 36 GP, 18 G, 3 A / 32 PM
Grishin, Alexander — 27yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 6 A / 26 PM
Safronov, Alexander — 25yo / 35 GP, 10 G, 5 A / 33 PM / born 1941, date unknown
Kamenev, Vladimir — 25yo / 34 GP, 4 G, 0 A / 19 PM
Pontelenko, Lev — 24yo / 34 GP, 6 G, 3 A / 18 PM
Velichkin, Viktor — 27yo / 33 GP, 3 G, 6 A / 10 PM
Kozin, Valentin — 25yo / 31 GP, 18 G, 5 A / 25 PM / top 34 player (top 7 RW)
Yakushev, Viktor — 27-28yo / 28 GP, 10 G, 7 A / 18 PM / top 34 player (top 6 C) / WHC
Shalimov, Sergei — 19yo / 15 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 0 PM
Petrov, Vadim — 23yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1943, date unknown

D:
Spirkin, Boris — 28yo / 36 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 42 PM
Volkov, Alexander — 27yo / 35 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 34 PM / born 1939, date unknown
Ryzhov, Mikhail — 33yo / 34 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 16 PM
Ilyin, Stanislav — 28yo / 34 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 24 PM
Tsitsinov, Yuri — 28yo / 34 GP, 9 G, 2 A / 22 PM
Ispolnov, Vladimir — 28yo / 16 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 10 PM
Semyonov, Nikolai — 27yo / 12 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 4 PM / born 1939, date unknown / return to Metallurg Novokuznetsk (II) in late November 1965
Kozin, Boris — 19yo / 8 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 2 PM

G:
Brykov, Viktor — 28yo / 29 GP, 97 GA, 3.34 GAA / 4 PM
Paleyev, Yevgeni — 27yo / 8 GP, 38 GA, 4.75 GAA / 2 PM / born 1939, date unknown

Goals:
1. Valentin Kozin, 18 (in 33)
2. Viktor Tsyplakov, 18 (in 36)
2. Boris Mikhailov, 18 (in 36)

Assists:
1. Viktor Yakushev, 7 (in 28)
2. Viktor Tsyplakov, 7 (in 36)
3. Viktor Velichkin, 6 (in 33)

Fewest PMs taken (per game):
1. Viktor Velichkin, 0.13 (4 in 30)
2. Lev Pontelenko, 0.50 (16 in 32)
3. Mikhail Ryzhov, 0.52 (16 in 31)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Boris Spirkin, 38
2. Alexander Volkov, 32 (in 32 games)
3. Boris Mikhailov, 32 (in 33 games)

Major penalties:
Viktor Tsyplakov, 1x10 (misconduct, insulting the referee)
Vladimir Kamenev, 1x5 (slashing)
Alexander Safronov, 1x5 (high sticking)
Valentin Kozin, 1x5 (roughing)

Significant time missed:
Feb.6-13: Valentin Kozin, 4 games (plays for USSR at Universiad/Students' Games in Italy)
Mar.28-Apr.8: Viktor Yakushev, 5 games

b) RESULTS

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

Both U19 (born 1947 and 1948) and U17 (born 1949 and 1950) teams fail to advance from Moscow division.

 

[Theokritos]

6) KRYLYA SOVIETOV Moscow

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Yuri Tsitsinov (D, 28yo, to Lokomotiv Moscow)
Nikolai Karpov (F, 35yo, retirement; to Lokomotiv Moscow as assistant coach)
Viktor Pryazhnikov (F, 31yo, retirement)
Vladimir Gusev (F, 25yo, to Torpedo Minsk [II])
Valeri Yaroslavtsev (F, 22yo, to Torpedo Minsk [II])
Alexander Martynyuk (F, 20yo, to Spartak Moscow)

New:
Anatoli Ragulin (G, 24yo, from CSKA Moscow)
Anatoli Ryzhov (D, 28yo, from Spartak Moscow)
Sergei Titenkov (D, 26yo, from SKA Kuybyshev [II])
Mikhail Ragulin (D, 24yo, from SKA Kalinin [II])
Vladimir Dianov (D, 22, from SKA Kalinin [II])
Valeri Gushchin (D, 20yo, from Motor Yaroslavl [III])
Rauf Bulatov (F, 24yo, from Spartak Moscow)

Head coach: Alexander Vinogradov (47-48yo)
Assistant coach: Alexander Novokreshchonov (50-51yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Vladimir Gorodetsky — Yevgeni Groshev — Igor Dmitriev (C)
Vladimir Markov — Alexander Zarubin — Vladimir F. Vasilyev
Alexander Chertov — Rauf Bulatov — Boris Tikhonin
Vladimir Petrov

D:
Anatoli Ryzhov — Vladimir Leonov
Vladimir Dianov — Mikhail Ragulin
Sergei Titenkov — Alexander Logachov / Valeri Gushchin

G:
Alexander Pashkov (Anatoli Ragulin)

Roster:

F:
Bulatov, Rauf — 24-25yo / 36 GP, 10 G, 2 A / 8 PM
Dmitriev, Igor — 24yo / 36 GP, 11 G, 3 A / 16 PM / team captain
Chertov, Alexander — 23-24yo / 36 GP, 12 G, 3 A / 10 PM
Zarubin, Alexander — 25-26yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 0 A / 36 PM
Tikhonin, Boris — 23yo / 35 GP, 14 G, 7 A / 10 PM
Gorodetsky, Vladimir — 19yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 6 A / 25 PM
Vasilyev, Vladimir Filippovich — 25yo / 34 GP, 20 G, 2 A / 34 PM
Groshev, Yevgeni — 28-29yo / 32 GP, 15 G, 8 A / 24 PM
Markov, Vladimir — 19yo / 30 GP, 6 G, 1 A / 22 PM
Petrov, Vladimir — 18yo / 14 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 2 PM
Chekalkin, Valeri — 19yo / 5 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 4 PM

D:
Ragulin, Mikhail — 24yo / 36 GP, 4 G, 1 A / 32 PM
Ryzhov, Anatoly — 24yo / 36 GP, 2 G, 2 A / 24 PM
Leonov, Vladimir — 28-29yo / 34 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 17 PM
Dianov, Vladimir — 22-23yo / 34 GP, 3 G, 2 A / 14 PM
Titenkov, Sergei — 26yo / 28 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 26 PM / born 1940, date unknown
Logachov, Alexander — 28yo / 12 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 6 PM
Gushchin, Valeri — 20yo / 8 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 4 PM
Tyurin, Yuri — 17yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Ivashin, Vladimir — 21yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM

G:
Pashkov, Alexander — 21yo / 26 GP, 92 GA, 3.54 GAA / top 34 player (top 4 G) / WHC
Ragulin, Anatoli — 24yo / 11 GP, 48 GA, 4.36 GAA
Dubrovskoy, Alexander — 24yo / 1 GP, 3 GA

Goals:
1. Vladimir F. Vasilyev, 20
2. Yevgeni Groshev, 15
3. Alexander Chertov, 12

Assists:
1. Yevgeni Groshev, 8
2. Boris Tikhonin, 7
3. Vladimir Gorodetsky, 6

Fewest PMs taken (per game):
1. Rauf Bulatov, 0.22 (8 in 36)
2. Alexander Chertov, 0.28 (10 in 36)
3. Boris Tikhonin, 0.29 (10 in 35)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Sergei Titenkov, 26 (in 28 games)
2. Alexander Zarubin, 26 (in 35 games)
3. Vladimir F. Vasilyev, 24 (in 34 games)

Major penalties:
Alexander Zarubin, 1x10 (misconduct)
Yevgeni Groshev, 1x10 (unsportsmanlike conduct, swinging his stick towards the audience and slashing the net)
Vladimir F. Vasilyev, 1x10 (unsportsmanlike conduct or abusing an official)
Mikhail Ragulin, 1x10 (misconduct)
Vladimir Leonov, 1x5 (roughing)
Vladimir Gorodetsky, 1x5 (slew footing)

Significant time missed:
Jan.21-Feb.11: Sergei Titenkov, 7 games
Apr.3-10: Alexander Pashkov, 3 games

b) RESULTS

*PM numbers only available for 35 out of the 36 games.

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

U19 team: Advances from Moscow division and wins Soviet Championship tournament in Novosibirsk.
U17 team: Fails to advance from Moscow division.

 

[Theokritos]

7) TORPEDO Gorky

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Vladimir Kudrashov (D, 30yo, retirement)

New:
Yuri Krylov (F, 35yo, from Dinamo Moscow)
Viktor Shevelyov (F, 25yo, from Traktor Chelyabinsk [first tier in 1964-1965, relegated to second tier in 1965])

Head coach: Vitali Kostarev (36yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Vladimir Sorokin — Igor Chistovsky — Boris Nemchinov
Vyacheslav Yermolayev — Alexander Fedotov — Viktor Shevelyov
Yuri Potekhov — Alexander Rogov (C) — Yevgeni Shturmin
Boris Ivanov, Nikolai Svistukhin, Yuri Krupin

D:
Valeri Kormakov — Vladimir Solodov
Valeri Kachanov — Vyacheslav Zhidkov
Sergei Moshkarov — Yuri Krylov

G:
Viktor Konovalenko (Vladimir Fufayev)

Roster:

F:
Shevelyov, Viktor — 25-26 yo / 36 GP, 14 G, 3 A / 10 PM
Rogov, Alexander — 25-26yo / 36 GP, 5 G, 6 A / 20 PM / team captain
Nemchinov, Boris — 29yo / 35 GP, 8 G, 1 A / 8 PM
Yermolayev, Vyacheslav — 28yo / 34 GP, 8 G, 3 A / 42 PM / born 1938, date unknown
Chistovsky, Igor — 25-26yo / 33 GP, 7 G, 5 A / 12 PM
Sorokin, Vladimir — 20yo / 32 GP, 4 G, 4 A / 2 PM / born 1946, date unknown
Fedotov, Alexander — 20-21yo / 27 GP, 11 G, 2 A / 12 PM
Shturmin, Yevgeni — 27yo / 26 GP, 3 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Potekhov, Yuri — 26yo / 24 GP, 5 G, 1 A / 8 PM / disappears from roster in March 1966
Ivanov, Boris — 19yo / 13 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM / born 1947, date unknown
Svistukhin, Valeri — 18yo / 12 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Krupin, Yuri — 25yo / 7 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1941, date unknown

D:
Solodov, Vladimir — 29-30yo / 36, GP, 5 G, 0 A / 24 PM
Zhidkov, Vyacheslav — 22yo / 34 GP, 3 G, 4 A / 54 PM / top 34 player (top 10 D) / NT (2 GP)
Krylov, Yuri — 35-36yo / 29 GP, 2 G, 0 A / 12 PM / Dinamo Moscow veteran, often played forward in earlier years
Kormakov, Valeri — 27-28yo / 31 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 24 PM
Moshkarov, Sergei — 19-20yo / 29 GP, 4 G, 0 A / 24 PM
Kachanov, Valeri — 22yo / 26 GP, 0 G, 2 A / 8 PM / born 1944, date unknown

G:
Konovalenko, Viktor — 27-28yo / 25 GP, 82 GA, 3.28 GAA / top 34 player (top 4 G) / WHC
Fufayev, Vladimir — 25yo / 16 GP, 32 GA, 2.00 GAA / born 1941, date unknown

Goals:
1. Viktor Shevelyov, 14
2. Alexander Fedotov, 11
3. Vyacheslav Yermolayev, 8 (in 34)

Assists:
1. Alexander Rogov, 6
2. Igor Chistovsky, 5
3. Vladimir Sorokin, 4 (in 32)

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Vladimir Sorokin, 0.06 (2 in 32)
2. Yevgeni Shturmin, 0.08 (2 in 26)
3. Boris Nemchinov, 0.23 (8 in 35)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Vyacheslav Zhidkov, 54
2. Vyacheslav Yermolayev, 42
3. Sergei Moshkarov, 24 (in 29)

Major penalties:
none

Significant time missed:
Nov.4-5, 11.-20: Yuri Krylov, 2+3games
Nov.11-20: Sergei Moshkarov, 3 games
Mar.13-Apr.10: Alexander Fedotov, 8 games
Apr.14-20: Igor Chistovsky, 3 games

b) RESULTS

*PM numbers only available for 35 of the 36 games.

*Karl-Marx-Stadt = Chemnitz
"Gorky reinforced" = Firsov, Polupanov and Vikulov (Soviet national team) assigned to Torpedo Gorky

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

Both U19 (born 1947 and 1948) and U17 (born 1949 and 1950) teams fail to advance from regional division.

 

[Theokritos]

8) SKA Leningrad

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Stanislav Litovko (G, 30yo, retirement)
Yuri Glazov (F, 22yo, to CSKA Moscow in October 1965)

New:
Anatoli Drozdov (D, 24yo, from CSKA Moscow)

Head coach: Nikolai Puchkov (35-36yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Yuri Koryakin / Valentin Senyushkin — Valentin Panyukhin — Vasili Adarchev // see notes 1 and 2
Dmitri Kopchenov — Igor Shchurkov (C) — Vitali Kustov
Anatoli Sobolev — Alexei Golovanov — Viktor Smirnov
Igor Grigoryev

D:
Konstantin Menshikov — Vladislav Kuznetsov
Valeri Shilov — Pavel Kozlov
Valeri Yegorov — Anatoli Drozdov // see note 3
Oleg Churashov

G:
Oleg Volodyaev (Vasili Nikiforov, Anatoli Shekhtel)

Notes:
1: Wingers switched sides frequently on that line if the papers can be trusted.
2: Senyushkin from CSKA Moscow in February 1966.
3: Quite some switching of both lines and positions, involving mostly Churashov.

Roster:

F:
Smirnov, Viktor — 26-27yo / 36 GP, 6 G, 1 A / 10 PM
Shchurkov, Igor — 24-25yo / 36 GP, 15 G, 3 A / 19 PM / team captain
Panyukhin, Valentin — 21yo / 36 GP, 10 G, 7 A / 18 PM
Kopchenov, Dmitri — 25-26yo / 34 GP, 8 G, 0 A / 16 PM
Golovanov, Alexei — 25yo / 34 GP, 4 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Kustov, Vitali — 24yo / 33 GP, 4 G, 5 A / 30 PM
Adarchev, Vasili — 24yo / 33 GP, 10 G, 4 A / 34 PM / born 1942, date unknown
Sobolev, Anatoli — 23yo / 32 GP, 4 G, 0 A / 2 PM / born 1943, date unknown
Koryakin, Yuri — 21-22yo / 29 GP, 6 G, 3 A / 12 PM
Senyushkin, Valentin — 28yo / 12 GP, 4 G, 2 A / 6 PM
Grigoryev, Igor — 18yo / 7 GP, 4 G, 1 A / 0 PM
Glazov, Yuri — 22yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM

D:
Menshikov, Konstantin — 20-21yo / 36 GP, 4 G, 2 A / 24 PM
Kozlov, Pavel — 27yo / 35 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 16 PM
Kuznetsov, Vladislav — 25-26yo / 35 GP, 2 G, 2 A / 40 PM
Yegorov, Valeri — 20-21yo / 31 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 8 PM
Drozdov, Anatoli — 24-25yo / 29 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 6 PM
Shilov, Valeri — 24-25yo / 26 GP, 0 G, 1 A / 10 PM
Churashov, Oleg — 20yo / 17 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 4 PM

G:
Volodyaev, Oleg — 21yo / 36 GP, 118 GA, 3.28 GAA /born 1945, date unknown
Nikiforov, Vasili — 19yo / 0 GP
Shekhtel, Anatoli —18yo / 0 GP

Goals:
1. Igor Shchurkov, 15
2. Vasili Adarchev, 10 (in 33)
3. Valentin Panyukhin, 10 (in 36)

Assists:
1. Valentin Panyukhin, 7
2. Vitali Kustov, 5
3. Vasili Adarchev, 4

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Alexei Golovanov, 0.059 (2 in 34)
2. Anatoli Sobolev, 0.063 (2 in 32)
3. Anatoli Drozdov, 0.207 (6 in 29)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Vasili Adarchev, 24 (in 33)
2. Konstantin Menshikov, 24 (in 36)
3. Vitali Kustov, 20 (in 33)

Major penalties:
Vladislav Kuznetsov, 2x10 (both misconducts for arguing with the referee)
Vasili Adarchev, 1x10 (cross checking)
Vitali Kustov, 1x10 (misconduct)
Igor Shchurkov, 1x5 (slashing?)

Significant time missed:
Jan.21-Feb.7: Anatoli Drozdov, 8 games
Mar.24-Apr.3: Anatoli Sobolev, 3 games
Mar.24-Apr.10: Valeri Yegorov, 4 games

b) RESULTS
table missing

*Gottwaldov = Zlín

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

U19 team: Advances from Cherepovets division and finishes 4th (out of 7) in Soviet Championship tournament.
U17 team: ?

 

[Theokritos]

9) DINAMO Kiev

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Anatoli Pronkin (F, 29yo, to Torpedo Minsk [II])

New:
Eduard Dyakov (D, 28yo, from Spartak Moscow)
Vladimir Prokofyev (F, 21yo, from Spartak Moscow)

Head coach: Dmitry Boginov (47yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Sergei Serebryakov — Vladimir Prokofyev — Yuri Bystrov
Andris Ansveriņš / Alexander Kuznetsov — Oleg Savelyev / Georgi Yudin — Igor Tuzik
Valentin Utkin — Ilya Fridman — German Grigoryev
Alexander Golembiovsky, Alexander Shoman

D:
Viktor Mosyagin (C) — Boris Nuzhin
Eduard Dyakov — Nikolai Voroshilov
Vladimir Alyoshin — Anatoli Ryabichenko / Georgi Yudin

G:
Nikolai Kulkov, Vitali Pavlushkin

Roster:

F:
Serebryakov, Sergei — 20-21yo / 36 GP, 12 G, 2 A / 10 PM
Utkin, Valentin — 31-32yo / 32 GP, 11 G, 2 A / 4 PM
Bystrov, Yuri — 28yo / 31 GP, 5 G, 5 A / 24 PM / born 1938, date unknown
Prokofyev, Vladimir — 21yo /30 GP, 7 G, 3 A /12 PM
Fridman, Ilya — 29yo / 29 GP, 5 G, 1 A / 8 PM / born 1937, date unknown
Grigoryev, German — 27-28yo / 29 GP, 3 G, 2 A / 12 PM
Tuzik, Igor — 21-22yo / 29 GP, 8 G, 1 A / 26 PM
Savelyev, Oleg — 30-31yo / 25 GP, 6 G, 1 A / 10 PM
Kuznetsov, Alexander —25-26yo / 21 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 12 PM
Ansveriņš, Andris — 21yo / 21 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 9 PM
Shoman, Alexander — 17-18yo / 12 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 8 PM
Golembiovsky, Alexander — 20yo / 9 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 4 PM / born 1946, date unknown

F/D:
Yudin, Georgi — 28-29yo / 35 GP, 6 G, 1 A / 33 PM

D:
Mosyagin, Viktor — 26yo / 36 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 16 PM / team captain
Nuzhin, Boris — 26yo / 36 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 20 PM
Alyoshin, Vladimir — 20-21yo / 36 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 12 PM
Voroshilov, Nikolai — 21-22yo / 30 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 39 PM
Dyakov, Eduard — 28yo / 28 GP, 0 G, 1 A / 6 PM
Ryabichenko, Anatoli — 27yo / 20 GP, 1 G, 1 A / 28 PM / born 1939, date unknown
Boginov, Alexei — 20yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM
Abramov, Alexei — 21yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1945, date unknown

G:
Kulkov, Nikolai — 22yo / 22 GP, 83 GA, 3.77 GAA
Pavlushkin, Vitali — 27-28yo / 17 GP, 61 GA, 3.59 GAA / 2 PM

Goals:
1. Sergei Serebryakov, 12
2. Valentin Utkin, 11
3. Igor Tuzik, 8

Assists:
1. Yuri Bystrov, 5
2. Vladimir Prokofyev, 3
3. Valentin Utkin, 2 (in 32)

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Valentin Utkin, 0.125 (4 in 32)
2. Eduard Dyakov, 0.214 (6 in 28)
3. Ilya Fridman, 0.276 (8 in 29)

Most PMs through minor penalties:
1. Nikolai Voroshilov, 34
2. Anatoli Ryabichenko, 28 (in 20)
3. Georgi Yudin, 28 (in 35)

Major penalties:
Yuri Bystrov, 1x10 (misconduct, deliberately shooting the puck after the whistle)
Andris Ansveriņš, 1x5 (slashing)
Georgi Yudin, 1x5 (cross checking)
Nikolai Voroshilov, 1x5 (roughing)

Significant time missed:
Oct.10-17: Ilya Fridman, 3 games
Oct.10-Nov.2: Eduard Dyakov, 7 games
Oct.25-Nov.8: Igor Tuzik, 5 games
Nov.8-16: Vladimir Prokofyev, 3 games
Mar.5-22: German Grigoryev, 4 games
Mar.22-Apr.8: Oleg Savelyev, 9 games
Mar.25-Apr.2: Andris Ansveriņš, 5 games

b) RESULTS

c) JUNIOR TEAMS

U19 team: ?
U17 team: Fails to advance from Minsk division.

 

[Theokritos]

10) SIBIR Novosibirsk

a) PERSONNEL

Gone:
Anatoli Babayev (D, 24yo, to Yermak Angarsk [II])
Vladimir Kungurtsev (F, 28yo, to Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk [II])
Nikolai Mironov (F, 27yo, ?)

New:
Vitali Stain (F, 28yo, from Dinamo Moscow)
Valentin Grigoryev (F, 26yo, from Dinamo Moscow)
Vladimir Zarembo (G, 22, from SKA Novosibirsk [II])

Head coach: Vitali Stain [player-coach] (28-29yo)

Regular line-up:

F:
Vladimir Indyukov — Vitali Stain — Gennadi Shmelyov
Valentin Grigoryev / Viktor Zhuchok — Viktor Zhuchok / Yuri Sudoplatov — Vladimir Zolotukhin
Vasili Makarov — Vladimir A. Vasilyev — Boris Larkovich
Yuri Vavilov, Valeri Iryshkov, Gennadi Kapkaykin // see note 1

D:
Anatoli Biryulintsev — Gennadi Radayev (C)
Valeri Agafonov / Valentin Grigoryev — Yuri Mikhailov
Alexander Ledenyov

G:
Leonid Popsuyev (Boris Veretennikov, Vladimir Zarembo) // see note 2

Notes:
1: Iryashkov back to Dizelist Penza (II) in January 1966
2: Veretennikov to Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk (II) in December 1965

Roster:

F:
Shmelyov, Gennadi — 28yo / 36 GP, 15 G, 1 A / 22 PM / born 1938, date unknown
Makarov, Vasili — 26yo / 36 GP, 9 G, 4 A / 6 PM / born 1940, date unknown
Vasilyev, Vladimir Alexandrovich — 27-28yo / 35 GP, 9 G, 3 A / 14 PM
Indyukov, Vladimir — 26yo/ 35 GP, 11 G, 6 A / 8 PM / born 1940, date unknown
Zolotukhin, Vladimir — 30yo / 34 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 17 PM / born 1936, date unknown
Stain, Vitali — 28-29yo / 32 GP, 9 G, 3 A / 32 PM
Zhuchok, Viktor — 19-20yo / 29 GP, 2 G, 1 A / 26 PM
Larkovich, Boris — 26yo / 28 GP, 3 G, 1 A / 12 PM / born 1940, date unknown
Sudoplatov, Yuri — 28-29yo / 24 GP, 1 G, 0 A / 4 PM
Vavilov, Yuri — 19yo / 17 GP, 3 G, 0 A / 8 PM
Iryshkov, Valeri — 21 yo / 12 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM / born 1944, date unknown / return to Dizelist Penza (II) in January
Kapkaykin, Gennadi — 19-20yo / 9 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM
Kondrashov, Viktor — 19yo / 4 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1947, date unknown
Uglov, Georgi — 17yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM
Gutov, Alexei — 18yo / 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1948, date unknown

F/D:
Grigoryev, Valentin — 26yo / 36 GP, 2 G, 3 A / 20 PM

D:
Agafonov, Valeri — 25yo / 36 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 42 PM / born 1941, date unknown
Biryulintsev, Anatoli — 29yo / 34 GP, 3 G, 2 A / 20 PM
Radayev, Gennadi — 28yo / 33 GP, 0 G, 1 A / 38 PM / team captain
Mikhaylov, Yuri — 28-29yo / 32 GP, 4 G, 0 A / 14 PM
Ledenyov, Alexander — 19yo / 10 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 2 PM / born 1947, date unknown
Novozhenin, Nikolai — 17yo / 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A / 0 PM / born 1949, date unknown

G:
Popsuyev, Leonid — 22yo / 25 GP, 119 GA, 4.76 GAA / 2 PM / born 1944, date unknown
Zarembo, Vladimir — 22yo / 11 GP, 28 GA, 2.55 GAA
Veretennikov, Boris — 24-25yo / 6 GP, 19 GA, 3.17 GAA / to Shakhtyor Prokopyevsk (II) in December

Goals:
1. Gennadi Shmelyov, 15
2. Vladimir Indyukov, 11
3. Vladimir A. Vasilyev, 9 (in 35)

Assists:
1. Vladimir Indyukov, 6
2. Vasily Makarov, 4
3. Vitali Stain, 3 (in 32)

Fewest PMs (per game):
1. Vasili Makarov, 0.167 (6 in 36)
2. Yuri Sudoplatov, 0.167 (4 in 24)
3. Vladimir Indyukov, 0.229 (8 in 35)

Major penalties:
Vitali Stain, 1x10 (misconduct, arguing with the referee)
Vladimir Zolotukhin, 1x5 (slashing)

Significant time missed:
Nov.11-18: Boris Larkovich, 3 games
Jan.9-Feb.7: Yuri Sudoplatov, 9 games
Mar.27-Apr.19: Viktor Zhuchok, 6 games

b) RESULTS

 

[Theokritos]

Some additions:

Mean age of the teams' defencemen corps
Lokomotiv Moscow, Sibir Novosibirsk — 28yo
Dinamo Moscow — 26-27yo
Dinamo Kiev — 26yo
CSKA Moscow — 25-26yo
SKA Leningrad — 24-25yo
Krylya Sovietov Moscow — 24yo
Spartak Moscow, Khimik Voskresensk — 23-24yo
Torpedo Gorky — 22yo

Mean age of the teams' forward corps
Dinamo Kiev — 27-28yo
Sibir Novosibirsk — 26yo
Dinamo Moscow, Torpedo Gorky — 25-26yo
Khimik Voskresensk, Lokomotiv Moscow — 25yo
CSKA Moscow — 24-25yo
Krylya Sovietov Moscow, SKA Leningrad — 24yo
Spartak Moscow — 20yo

Penalty Minutes
table missing

Largest crowd outdoor
19,000

Largest crowd indoor
14,000

Smallest crowd outdoor
100

Smallest crowd indoor
550

Warmest temperature at an outdoor game
16 °C (60.8 °F)

Coldest temperature at an outdoor game
−31 °C (−23.8 °F)

 

[ResilientBeast]

Theo this is amazing, are any other seasons possible?

 

[Namba 17]

Theo this is amazing, are any other seasons possible?

If you read Russian - you are welcome:
http://hockeyarchives.ru/cccp.html

If don't - google translator may help, the main information is very simple.

 

[Theokritos]

Theo this is amazing, are any other seasons possible?

Actually I intend to proceed from 1966-1967 until the very end of the Soviet period, season by season. But that's obviously going to be a long-term enterprise if there ever was one.

 

[ResilientBeast]

If you read Russian - you are welcome:
http://hockeyarchives.ru/cccp.html

If don't - google translator may help, the main information is very simple.

That was my problem I wanted to complete a similar project to this, but lacked the ability to read russian

Thanks for the link though maybe I'll find something good

 

[Killion]

Actually I intend to proceed from 1966-1967 until the very end of the Soviet period, season by season. But that's obviously going to be a long-term enterprise if there ever was one.

I'll say. BIG chunk of time.... a lot longer than it took the author to put together In Search of the LA's.... There She Goes Theo.

But thanks. Fascinating stuff.

 

[Theokritos]

Some observations:

CSKA Moscow:
4th title in a row after another dominant run by CSKA. The Army team is in a league of its own both in terms of depth and top end talent. Only two defeats (Oct.13 vs Gorky, Apr.3 vs Krylya Sovietov) all season. 4th all-star honour for Alexander Ragulin, 2nd for Anatoly Firsov (40 goals) and 1st for Veniamin Alexandrov.

Spartak Moscow:
A rejuvenation makes Spartak the youngest squad in the league, but the team still remains what they have been ever since Vsevolod Bobrov has taken over in early 1964: #2 in the USSR, clearly ahead of everyone not named CSKA. The key players are goaltender Viktor Zinger as well as Starshinov and the Mayorov twins at the forward position. The young forward line of Yaroslavtsev, Zimin and Alexander Yakushev (still at center, mostly) shows promise as does young defenceman Viktor Blinov who is paired with the club's #1 rearguard Alexei Makarov.

Dinamo Moscow:
Chernyshov's team manages to pull together a solid season despite of persistent injury concerns and being reduced to five or sometimes even four defencemen for considerable stretches of the year. The roster is experienced with some young blood added prior to the season. Key players are defensive anchor Vitali Davydov and forwards Vladimir Yurzinov and Alexander Striganov. The forward line centered by young Anatoli Motovilov (19), with Viktor Shilov and Alexander Sakeyev on the wings, qualifies for a taste of national team action.

Khimik Voskresensk:
The team of Tarasov's nemesis Nikolai Epshtein doesn't manage to repeat the historic success of the 1964-1965 season (when they became the first club from outside of Moscow to crack the top 3), but their defensive-minded game still earns them enough points for a very respectable 4th place. The team plays a disciplined game and takes the fewest penalties in the league. Key players are Valeri Nikitin (both used as right wing and defenceman, in line with Epshtein's preference for "universal" players) and Valeri Zubarev (goalie). The schedule is messed up by the delayed completion of the new indoor stadium in Voskresensk. Since their natural ice rink is hardly usable in March and April, Khimik are forced to play their last couple of "home games" away from home.

Lokomotiv Moscow:
The club suffers the usual talent-drain (Zimin and Migunko to Spartak Moscow), but adds some experience to the blue line (especially in Vladimir Ispolnov). Key players are the first-line forwards Viktor Yakushev, Viktor Tsyplakov and Valentin Kozin. Behind them the new line of Grishin, Safronov and Boris Mikhailov (first appearance in the top league) provides secondary scoring. A hard-working but chippy squad that takes more penalties than any other team in the league, Lokomotiv ironically end up with the same amount of points as the cleanest team, Khimik. Consistency is not Lok's forte: they beat Spartak twice and Dinamo Moscow twice, but drop points to bottom dwellers like Kiev and Novosibirsk.

Krylya Sovietov Moscow:
Overall an alright season for the small Moscow club that suffers from talent-drain (Martynyuk to Spartak) just like Lokomotiv Moscow. Notable additions: two of the three Ragulin brothers return from the Army club and Vladimir Petrov is promoted from the junior ranks. The key players for Krylya are goalgetter Vladimir Vasilyev and young goaltender Alexander Pashkov who earns a spot on the Soviet national team. The season still ends in a disappointment: the 4th place (best result since 1961) is in reach, but the team drops too many points in the last stretch of the season and ends up 6th, two points behind both Khimik and Lokomotiv.

Torpedo Gorky:
Average season for the team from Nizhny Novgorod that (as usual) finds it difficult to compete with the Moscow clubs and their superior resources. A lot of work for key players Viktor Konovalenko (G) and Vyacheslav Zhidkov (D). Offensively the team doesn't have players of a similar quality.

SKA Leningrad:
After an exceptionally strong 1964-1965 season, the second army team in the league finds itself back in lower spheres with a more familiar 8th place finish. The departure of experienced goalkeeper Stanislav Litovko doesn't help the situation. Highlight: A lucky draw allows SKA Leningrad to reach the semi-final of the USSR Cup knock-out tournament.

Dinamo Kiev:
The first of the two newly promoted teams enters the league with respectable enthusiasm: 4 points out of the first 4 games and merely a 2-4 against the almighty CSKA, not a bad start. However, over the long run neither of the two bottom dwellers is able to make up for the relative lack of talent. Their rosters are the oldest in the league (those who are talented enough for higher duties leave at an earlier age) and their above-average penalty minutes highlight their struggles.

Sibir Novosibirsk:
Two players acquired from Dinamo Moscow (one as player-coach) aren't enough to save the newly promoted and very well-supported Siberian club from finishing 10th out of 10. Same basic problems as Dinamo Kiev. However, the last place means no harm since there is no relegation in 1966. Both Kiev and Novosibirsk set their sight on the following season when the league expands to 12 clubs.

 

[Hanji]

Well done. Please keep it up. ...and Lee Mavers is a genius.

 

[McGuillicuddy]

I have nothing to add here other than:

i) I salute your efforts for organizing this information for those who are interested.

ii) Torpedo Gorky might be the best team name I have ever seen.

 

[Theokritos]

Torpedo Gorky might be the best team name I have ever seen.

A team name doesn't get much more Soviet than "Torpedo Gorky". Gorky was the name the city of Nizhny Novgorod was given in the Soviet period in honour of writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there and was a prominent supporter of the Bolshevik movement. Torpedo on the other hand was the name of the sports society of the Automotive Industry Trade Union. In other words, the team was sponsored by the local automotive plant (avtozavod), hence the name of their stadium (Avtosavoda Stadium).

A list that explains many of the recurring team names (like Torpedo, Lokomotiv and Metallurg) can be found here.

Well done. Please keep it up. ...and Lee Mavers is a genius.

Genius and madness... Love Feelin' and Looking Glass. But my personal favourite is probably Over.

 

[McGuillicuddy]

A list that explains many of the recurring team names (like Torpedo, Lokomotiv and Metallurg) can be found here.

Wow!! I had always wondered about names like Lokomotiv/Metallurg etc., and my personal favourite Traktor. Thanks for linking to your old post. Easily the most informative thing I will read today.

 

[VMBM]

Theo this is amazing, are any other seasons possible?

The 1973-74 season would be the most interesting to me.

It was amazingly bad season for CSKA by their standards; still the 2nd in the league, but 11 points (!) behind the champion Krylya Sov(y)etov, and with 10 losses. Noticeably the top line (Mikhailov-Petrov-Kharlamov) had a really weak season; none of them was a top 5 scorer, and their PPGAs were either around 1 or even under (Mikhailov). That was probably what mainly sunk the team. I wonder what the matter was with them that season. The 1974 World Championship was not among their greatest tournaments either; only Mikhailov had a truly good tournament, but even he didn't win any accolades.