| Valeri Vasiliev | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
3 August 1949 Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 April 2012 (aged 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Torpedo Gorky (USSR) Dynamo Moscow (USSR) Újpesti TE (Hungary) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career |
1966–1984 1989–1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valeri Ivanovich Vasiliev (Russian: Валерий Иванович Васильев; 3 August 1949 – 19 April 2012) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey defenceman, who played for Dynamo Moscow. Internationally he competed for the Soviet Union. An eight-time Soviet all-star, Vasiliev was captain of the national team, for which he played 13 years, and was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. He was born in Gorky, Soviet Union.