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Born: Dec 10, 1918 Moscow, Soviet Union Died: June 23, 1995 Moscow, Russia
Legendary Ice Hockey coach of the Soviet Union, that led the team to 9 straight world championships and 3 Olympic gold medals. Known for his ruthless training methods, tough discipline among his players and innovative, instinctive decisions.
Together with the other legendary coach, Arkady Chernyshev from Dynamo Moscow, AnatolyTarasov laid down the foundation of what now is branded as the "Soviet hockey school".
Both Tarasov and Chernyshev retired from coaching the national team after the Soviet squad won the gold at Olympics in Sapporo in 1972.
Whether one likes or doesn't like Tarasov's approach to hockey, it doesn't seem to be fair to underestimate the role of one of the greatest Soviet coaches while paying tribute to the impressive performance of the Soviet team in September 1972.
In the mid-1970s, AnatolyTarasov, head coach of the Soviet national ice hockey team and one of the sport's all-time greats, switched to soccer and took over as coach of CSKA Moscow to try to revive the slumping fortunes of the army club.
Tarasov later said the experiment largely failed because of collusion among the soccer coaches, who decided to teach the old master a lesson by making him the odd man out.
Prior to the switch Tarasov led the Soviet ice hockey team to numerous world and Olympic titles and is still considered one of the great masters, a pioneer in his sport.
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