Nikolai Drozdetsky

Nikolai Drozdetsky
Drozdetsky's grave in Kolpino
Born	June 14, 1957(1957-06-14) Kolpino, Soviet Union
Died	November 25, 1995(1995-11-25) (aged 38) St. Petersburg, Russia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	SKA Leningrad HC CSKA Moscow
National team	Soviet Union
Playing career	1974–1995

Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Gold	1984 Sarajevo	Team

Nikolai Vladimirovich Drozdetsky (Russian: Николай Владимирович Дроздецкий) (June 14, 1957 in Kolpino, Soviet Union – November 25, 1995 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian ice hockey right winger, who competed for the USSR. He played for SKA Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from 1974–1979, then for CSKA Moscow (Red Army team) from 1979 until part way through the 1986/87 season, when he played again for Leningrad, until 1989. He finished his career with Borås HC in Sweden from 1989–1995.^[1] He was named most valuable player of the Soviet elite league in 1984. He scored 252 goals in 503 league games and 64 goals in 109 international games with the Soviet national team.^[2]

Drozdetsky played on the Soviet national team in 1981, 1982, 1984, and 1985, which won the IIHF World Championships in 1981 and 1982, the Olympic Gold medal in 1984, the 1981 Canada Cup, and the 1981, 1982, and 1985 European championships.^[3] He led all goal scorers at the 1984 Olympics with ten goals in seven games, and also led the Soviet team with 12 points.

He died from complications of diabetes.

References

1. ^ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Azhockey.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
2. ^ Team CCCP Players Info: Nikolay DROZDETSKY (Николай ДРОЗДЕЦКИЙ). Chidlovski.net. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.
3. ^ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Azhockey.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-02.

External links

• Nikolai Drozdetsky at CCCP International
• A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey
• (Russian) Soviet sports legends – Nikolai Drozdetsky
• Nikolai Drozdetsky's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Nikolai Drozdetsky – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net

Preceded by Vladislav Tretiak

Soviet MVP 1984

Succeeded by Sergei Makarov

Persondata
Name	Drozdetsky, Nikolai
Alternative names
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Date of birth	June 14, 1957
Place of birth	Kolpino, Soviet Union
Date of death	November 25, 1995
Place of death	St. Petersburg, Russia