Vyacheslav Bykov
| Vyacheslav Bykov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
24 July 1960 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
CSKA Moscow Traktor Chelyabinsk HC Fribourg-Gottéron Lausanne HC | ||
| National team |
 Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia | ||
| NHL draft |
169th overall, 1989 Quebec Nordiques | ||
| Playing career | 1979–2000 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Representing the Soviet Union
| ||
 |
1988 Calgary | Team |
Representing the  Unified Team
| ||
|
1992 Albertville | Team |
Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov (Template:Lang-ru, born 24 July 1960 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team. A small, technically gifted center, he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for Team Russia in the 1990s. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round at number 169 overall. He opted, however, to never play in the NHL.
Playing career
Bykov started out playing for the team in his home city, Traktor Chelyabinsk in 1979.[1] After 3 years, he went to play for CSKA Moscow. While at CSKA Moscow, he became a regular on the Soviet national team and later Team Russia, taking part in the following international tournaments:[2]
- With the Soviet Union:
- 1983 World Championships (Gold)
- 1985 World Championships (Bronze)
- 1986 World Championships (Gold)
- 1987 Canada Cup (Silver)
- 1987 World Championships (Silver)
- 1988 Olympics (Gold)
- 1989 World Championships (Gold)
- With Russia/CIS:
- 1992 Olympics (Gold)
- 1993 World Championships (Gold)
- 1995 World Championships (5th place)
In 1990 he went to play with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss Nationalliga A. He ended an illustrious playing career in 2000 having played the last two seasons with HC Lausanne in the Nationalliga B.
Coaching career
Russian national team
On 10 August 2006, Bykov was named as the new head coach of the Russian national hockey team taking over from Vladimir Krikunov. In 2007 World Championship in Moscow he won bronze with Russian national team. Then, on 18 May 2008, he won World Championships Gold in Quebec with the team, and on 10 May 2009 again in Bern. After taking silver in 2010 in Germany and disappointing 4th-place finish at the 2011 World Championships in Slovakia Bykov was relieved of his duties as the head coach of the Russian national team.[3]
- 2007 World Championships (Bronze)
- 2008 World Championships (Gold)
- 2009 World Championships (Gold)
- 2010 World Championships (Silver)
- 2011 World Championships (4th)
CSKA
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Salavat Yulaev
Salavat Yulaev Ufa named Bykov as new head coach on 14 May 2009 starting from season 2009/2010. After winning Continental Cup and taking bronze in 2009/2010, he won the Gagarin Cup with Salavat Yulaev in 2010/2011.
SKA Saint Petersburg
SKA Saint Petersburg appointed Bykov as new head coach on 4 April 2014. Bykov signed a two-year contract with an option for a one-year extension.[4] In his first season with the team, Bykov coached SKA to their first ever Gagarin Cup win, becoming the only coach to win the Gagarin Cup with two different teams.[5]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 48 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 44 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 44 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 44 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 47 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 34 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 1992–93 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 35 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 30 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 28 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 46 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Fribourg-Gottéron | NLA | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 24 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USSR totals (11 seasons) | 430 | 195 | 170 | 365 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NLA totals (8 seasons) | 263 | 200 | 330 | 530 | 119 | 69 | 42 | 79 | 121 | 38 | ||||
| NLB totals (2 seasons) | 30 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Event | Place | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Soviet Union | WC | 
|
10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | WC | 
|
10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1986 | Soviet Union | WC |
|
10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | WC | 
|
10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | CC |
|
9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1988 | Soviet Union | Oly |
|
7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | WC |
|
10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | WC |
|
10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1991 | Soviet Union | WC |
|
10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1992 | Unified Team | Oly |
|
8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1993 | Russia | WC |
|
8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1995 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Senior int'l totals | 108 | 47 | 50 | 97 | 26 | ||||
Personal
He is married with two children. In 2003 he became a naturalised Swiss citizen and his family lives in Marly, Switzerland.[6]
References
- ^ Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Вячеслав Быков", available Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher Template:Ru icon.
- ^ AZH
- ^ Bykov may leave as a coach.Template:Swe icon
- ^ "Hockey: SKA St. Petersburg Fires Coach Jalonen, Appoints Bykov". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "Finally a trophy". International Ice Hockey Federation. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "How Russians skated into Swiss hockey history". 19 March 2009.
- ^ Вячеслав Быков: Буду рад, если сын забьет сборной России
External links
- Vyacheslav Bykov profile at Eurohockey.com
- Vyacheslav Bykov career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Use dmy dates from January 2012
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Armed Forces sports society athletes
- HC CSKA Moscow players
- HC Fribourg-Gottéron players
- Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame inductees
- Nationalliga A players
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union
- Olympic ice hockey players of the Unified Team
- Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk
- Quebec Nordiques draft picks
- Russian ice hockey centres
- Russian ice hockey coaches
- Soviet ice hockey players
- Traktor Chelyabinsk players
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Honoured Coaches of Russia
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR