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MOSCOW -- Viktor Tikhonov, who coached three Olympic gold medal-winning teams and eight world championship clubs, is returning to coach the Russian national team, it was reported Thursday.
The executive committee of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation voted unanimously to make the 73-year-old Tikhonov head coach, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.
Tikhonov led the Soviet, and later the Russian, team from 1978 to 1994, winning the gold medal in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics. He was inducted to the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
Tikhonov, who coached CSKA Moscow for the last 25 years, replaces Vladimir Plyushchev on the national team.
The executive committee of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation voted unanimously to make the 73-year-old Tikhonov head coach, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.
Tikhonov led the Soviet, and later the Russian, team from 1978 to 1994, winning the gold medal in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics. He was inducted to the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
Tikhonov, who coached CSKA Moscow for the last 25 years, replaces Vladimir Plyushchev on the national team.
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