Slava Bykov

Vjatcheslav Bykov is a former Russian player of Hockey, born in the south-east of the the Ural, with the doors of the Siberia the July 24th 1960.

In the USSR

Very quickly, the Slava young person is discovered a passion for the plays on ice. He very quickly becomes a local leader, sharing his joy of playing with other children, organizing parts of Hockey and Football.

As of the the Seventies, thanks to television, it follows the matches of its idols, waits hours for a ticket of entry to the matches of the Traktor, and fits in the Club of Kalibre (junior team).

Slava enters the team of hockey of the Institute of agriculture of Tcheliabinsk, where he studies since 1976 in order to become agricultural engineer. At 18 years however, in spite of excellent school results, it makes the decision to give up its studies to become professional and just hockeyor the team of Metallurg Tcheliabinsk (club of the second Soviet division) directly in first line of attack. The following year, in spite of its “small” size, its original talent, its control of the strategy, its speed and its fluid play are worth to him to be noticed by the leaders of Traktor de Tcheliabinsk, club of the first division in which he will play during two years.

Since 1982, Slava Bykov joined CSKA Moscow (club of the first division of the Soviet army). It joined there high-speed motorboats such as the mythical line of attack “KLM”: Krutov - Larionov - Makarov. Force, endurance and resistance are the leitmotiv of the trainer Victor Tikhonov, and the suffering of the life in barracks is permanent.

Within this prestigious club, it will gain seven times the championship of the USSR. With the international level, it will gain titles of world champion with the team of the USSR (1983, 1986,1989 and 1990) then of Russia (1993), of Olympic champion with the USSR with Calgary (1988) and will be elected better center championship of the world with Stockholm (1989).

It is also in 1982 qu ' it marries Nadia, with whom it will have two children (Mascha, born in 1983 and Andreï, born in 1988)

Dragons of Gottéron

The Freibourgese adventure begins in 1990. Accompanied by its family and her compatriot Andrei Khomutov, it settles in Suisse and joined the rows of HC Freiburg-Gottéron. It will play there during seven seasons with the shirt n°90. He is recognized by his team-members as being a test privileging the human contact, the team game and the audacity. He will take part in the Jeux of Albertville in 1992 pennies the colors of the CEI, and will thus take down the Olympic championship for the second time. Slava Bykov played 302 matches for the Freibourgese team, marked 611 points (226 goals and 385 assistances), for an average of 2,02 points per match. He is crowned better marker of the National league has at the end of the seasons 1992,1993 and 1994.

With the expiry of its contract with Freiburg-Gottéron, Slava Bykov decides to remain in Switzerland, with the Lausanne Hockey Club, in order to preserve its family life. He will play two seasons on the edges of the Lac Léman.

Five times world champion, seven times champion of the USSR, seven times champion of Europe, twice Olympic champion, the attacker unfortunately never had the privilege to be promoted Swiss champion.

Career of trainer

After having stopped its career of player, Bykov goes back to Moscow in 2000, passes its diplomas for the occupation of trainer and involves the CSKA Moscow since 2002. In August 2006 it takes the reins of the national team of Russia.

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