Vladimir Krutov (Владимир Евгеньевич Крутов; born June 1, 1960 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a former Russian hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best hockey players of the 1980s. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Maskvá  listen), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Forward is a hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily offence. ... Igor Nikolayevich Larionov (Игорь Николаевич Ларионов; b. ... Sergei Makarov (Сергей Михайлович Макаров; born June 19, 1958 in Chelyabinsk, USSR) was a Soviet ice hockey right wing, two times Olympic Champion. ...

For the Soviet Union national team, Krutov won two golds (1984, 1988) and one silver (1980) in the Olympics, and six golds (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990), one silver (1987), and one bronze (1985) in the World Championships. The Soviet national ice hockey team was the most dominant amateur hockey team in international play between 1954 and 1991. ... At the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, one Ice Hockey event was held: mens Ice Hockey. ... At the 1988 Winter Olympics one Ice Hockey even was held, mens Ice Hockey. ... The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, came at a rough time for the United States. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation since 1930. ...

On the club level, Krutov played for CSKA Moscow from 1978 to 1989. He was one of the first Russian players to make a jump to the NHL, doing so with the Vancouver Canucks in 1989. However, Krutov did not have a successful season, battling homesickness and weight problems. He went back to Europe after a lone season in North America and played for a number of smaller clubs before retiring. He has since went into coaching. CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Army Club Moscow, Russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club, often referred to as Red Army for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. ... The Vancouver Canucks are a professional National Hockey League ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Obesity is an excess storage of fat and can affect any mammal, such as the mouse on the left. ...