Being the best striker of the USSR, Vladimir Krutov collected almost all the possible awards at a variety of hockey tournaments. He also excelled in the coaching path, transferring experience to young athletes. From a young age, Vladimir tempered his character, stubbornly moving from one sporting goal to another, worked on the site tirelessly. Diligence, multiplied by natural talent - these are the components of the success of a great hockey player.
From the biography of V. Krutov
The hockey player glorified in the future was born in the capital of the USSR on June 1, 1960. Volodya came out of the most ordinary working-class family. His father worked at the factory as a milling machine operator. Mom worked as a cook in kindergarten.
Volodya and his brother Sasha often spent the summer months in a summer house near Moscow, where their mother went to kindergarten. The children grew up in the open spaces and at the same time received working hardening: both brothers mastered labor at a local sawmill.
Volodya was eight years old when the family changed the apartment, moving to housing near Kutuzovsky Prospekt. At this time, the kid was seriously interested in hockey, and near the house there was a stadium. He stood confidently on skates from the age of four: he brought his younger brother to the site Sasha, where they drove the puck together. Volodya quickly grasped the essence of the game. So the formation of the famous hockey player took place.
Sports career
Playing in the youth team with his brother, the younger Krutov was not at all inferior to his partners in skill. Soon, Vladimir was officially invited to train in the army team. There were many doubts. But Volodya was convinced by the conversation with the coach of the famous CSKA V. Stelmakhov.
Training for CSKA began for Krutov in 1971. The career of a young hockey player developed rapidly: at first he played for a young man, then for a youth team. Had to work hard: sometimes Vladimir conducted three workouts per day.
In 1977, Krutov, a student of the 10th grade, first spoke for the main part of the army team at the tournament in Luzhniki. The game was shown on television. Vladimir played very worthy. The next day, at school, the young man became the hero of the day.
The hockey player’s further career is an endless series of tournaments of various levels. Over time, Krutov becomes the best forward of CSKA and the team of the Country of Soviets.
Vladimir played for his team for about 12 years. Then he worked in Switzerland, in Sweden. In 1996, he returned to his homeland, where he began coaching.
The names of the eminent hockey player are very difficult to count. Krutov is considered the top scorer of the 80s of the past century.
