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The Miracle on Ice, one of the biggest upsets in sports history, took place on February 22, 1980 at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Upon his retirement from professional play, Mikhailov became a coach. In 1981–1984, 1992–1997, 2002–2005, and in March and November 2006, he was the head coach of SKA (St. Petersburg) (third medalist MHL 1994) and the head coach of CSKA from 1998–2001. From November 2007 to 2009, he was head coach of HC "Metallurg" Novokuznetsk.
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Soviet Union
- 1962–1981
Feb 19, 1979 · Late last Sunday night, Boris Mikhailov, the small, clear-eyed, crooked-nosed captain of the Soviet National Hockey Team, raised a single finger, wagged it in the direction of the Godfather of...
Feb 22, 2005 · But Tikhonov pointed to the failure of Tretiak, and of the big line of Petrov, Boris Mikhailov and Valery Kharlamov. One by one, Tikhonov jabbed a finger in the faces of those four players, saying ...
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Sep 13, 2016 · The Soviets won two of the matchups, including Game 3 at Madison Square Garden in a 6-0 rout. In Eric Zweig's book, "Twenty Greatest Hockey Goals," Fetisov said the 1980 team was "probably the ...
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Mikhailov's last game with the Soviet National team was played in front of 14,000 people at Luzhniki Ice Palace. His teammates carried him around the rink on their shoulders to a thunderous ovation. Mikhailov was one of the very few to receive the finest order of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin . Awards. Soviet MVP: 1978, 1977.
Sep 1, 2012 · ¶ In Game 7, Esposito threatened Mikhailov, the Soviet captain, by drawing his finger across his throat. Later, Gary Bergman did it, too. But Mikhailov also kicked Bergman in the leg during a ...
