KLM Line

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The KLM-Line is the name given to the first lineup players of the USSR national ice hockey team and the Russian club CSKA in the 1980s. It included forwards Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. The trio was named after the first letters of the offensive players last names. It is widely considered to be the best offensive lineup ever.^[1][2]

In the 1990s, Larionov (and Fetisov) became part of another famous ice hockey lineup, the Russian Five, with the Detroit Red Wings.