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| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb) |
| Pro clubs | NHL Calgary Flames San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars RSL Traktor Chelyabinsk CSKA Moscow Nationalliga A HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Nationality |  Russia |
| Born | June 19, 1958 , Chelyabinsk, USSR |
| NHL Draft | 231st overall, 1983 Calgary Flames |
| Pro career | 1978 – 1997 |
| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Men's Ice Hockey | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1980 Lake Placid | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | Ice hockey | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1979 Soviet Union | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1981 Sweden | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1982 Finland | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1983 West Germany | Ice hockey | |
| Bronze | 1985 Czechoslovakia | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1986 Soviet Union | Ice hockey | |
| Silver | 1987 Austria | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1989 Sweden | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1990 Switzerland | Ice hockey | |
| Bronze | 1991 Finland | Ice hockey | |
| Canada Cup | |||
| Gold | 1981 Canada Cup | Ice hockey | |
| Bronze | 1984 Canada Cup | Ice hockey | |
| Silver | 1987 Canada Cup | Ice hockey | |
| World Junior Championships | |||
| Gold | 1977 Czechoslovakia | Ice hockey | |
| Gold | 1978 Canada | Ice hockey | |
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Макаров; born June 19, 1958 in Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, now Russia) is a Russian former ice hockey right wing and two-time Olympic gold medalist, regarded as one of the greatest players to play the sport. He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Team of the Century in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries.1
Makarov was trained entirely in the Soviet Union. He won two World Junior Championships, and was named the best player during his second victory in 1978. Makarov was also on the gold winning Soviet national ice hockey team in the World Championships in 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990 and in the Canada Cup in 1981. At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in 1984 and 1988 and a silver in 1980 as a member of the USSR team. Back in the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with CSKA Moscow, winning the Soviet player of the year award eight times, MVP three times, and leading the league in points nine times and goals three times. Together with Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov, they formed the KLM line, one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984)2.
In 1989, Makarov was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year at the age of 31 (as a result, the rules were changed and now only players under 26 qualify for the award - the Makarov Rule). Makarov also played for the San Jose Sharks from 1993 to 1996. For the 1995-96 season Makarov was dropped from the Sharks’ roster and did not play and became an assistant coach for the Russian national team during the World Cup.
After separating from his first wife Vera in Calgary, he met Mary, who had worked for the San Jose Sharks in the ticket sales. They got married and had two children, Nicky and Katya.
In the 1996-97 season, Sergei made two comeback attempts. First the Dallas Stars signed him on a contract and played 4 games. Then he played some games for Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's Nationalliga A with his former teammates Viacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov.
Makarov still lives in the Bay Area, California with his wife and children, son Nicky and daughter Katya, and works as a certified player agent who acts as a liaison for young Russians wanting to play in North America.
In 2001 Sergei was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976-77 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | RSL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977-78 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | RSL | 36 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1978-79 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 44 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979-80 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 44 | 29 | 39 | 68 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980-81 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 49 | 42 | 37 | 79 | 22 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1981-82 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 46 | 32 | 43 | 75 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982-83 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 30 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1983-84 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 44 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1984-85 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 40 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1985-86 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 40 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986-87 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 40 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987-88 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 51 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1988-89 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 44 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1989-90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 80 | 24 | 62 | 86 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1990-91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 78 | 30 | 49 | 79 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1991-92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 68 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1992-93 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 71 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1993-94 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 80 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 78 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1994-95 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 43 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1996-97 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | Nationalliga A | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996-97 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| NHL Totals | 424 | 134 | 250 | 384 | 317 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 8 | ||||
References
- ^ IIHF Centennial All-Star Team
- ^ (1985) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 37.
External links
- Sergey Makarov at Hockey CCCP International
- Sergei Makarov's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Boris Mikhailov |
Soviet MVP 1980 |
Succeeded by Vladislav Tretiak |
| Preceded by Nikolai Drozdetsky |
Soviet MVP 1985 |
Succeeded by Viacheslav Fetisov |
| Preceded by Igor Larionov |
Soviet MVP 1989 |
Succeeded by Andrei Khomutov |
| Preceded by Vladimir Petrov |
Soviet Scoring Champion 1980, 1981, 1982 |
Succeeded by Helmuts Balderis |
| Preceded by Helmuts Balderis |
Soviet Scoring Champion 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Succeeded by Dmitri Kvartalnov |
| Preceded by Brian Leetch |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 1990 |
Succeeded by Ed Belfour |
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