Vladislav Tretiak

January 5, 2024
Hockey Player

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Vladislav Tretiak
Full Name Vladislav Tretiak
Occupation Hockey Player
Date Of Birth Apr 25, 1952(1952-04-25)
Age 72
Country Russia
Horoscope Aries

Vladislav Tretiak Biography

Name Vladislav Tretiak
Birthday Apr 25
Birth Year 1952
Birth Country Russia
Birth Sign Aries
Spouse Tatiana Tretiak

Vladislav Tretiak is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on April 25, 1952 in Russia. Soviet goalie for ice hockey who was a part of three Olympic gold-medal winning teams between 1972 and 1976 and 1984.

He was awarded gold medals during the 1976 Olympics in which skater He won gold at the 1976 Olympics where skater Dorothy Hamill also took the gold. also claimed the gold.

Despite Tretiak not playing his first hockey game until the age of eleven (1963), he was well known in the USSR by 1971 (aged 19), when he was named to the Soviet Ice Hockey League’s First All-Star Team, while playing for the powerhouse Red Army team, CSKA Moscow. He also played well in the 1972 Winter Olympics, in which the Soviets took the gold medal.

Tretiak married his wife Tatiana (born 1950) on August 23, 1972, six weeks after they met. Their first son, Dmitri, was born the following year and their daughter, Irina, was born 3 years later. Tatiana is qualified as a Russian literature teacher, although she no longer works. Tretiak is a devout Russian Orthodox Christian.

Both of his parents were teachers. His mother was a teacher of physical education while his father taught literature.

Vladislav Tretiak Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Hockey Player
House Living in own house.

Vladislav Tretiak is one of the richest Hockey Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vladislav Tretiak 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a player in his first hockey match when he was just 11 years old.

He was a star athlete during World Championship events, being one of the 10 gold medal-winning teams.

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM (Russian: Владислав Александрович Третьяк , IPA: [trʲɪˈtʲjak] ; born 25 April 1952) is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries. He is the current president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and was the general manager of the Russian 2010 Winter Olympic team.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 6 ft 1 in

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Who is Vladislav Tretiak Dating?

According to our records, Vladislav Tretiak married to Tatiana Tretiak. As of December 1, 2023, Vladislav Tretiak’s is not dating anyone.

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Tretiak retired in 1984, fittingly following a 2–0 victory over Czechoslovakia. He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984). In 1987 Tretiak wrote an autobiography, Tretiak, The Legend. He was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989, the first Soviet player to be so honored and to be inducted as a player without having played a game in the NHL.

Facts & Trivia

Vladislav Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Vladislav Tretiak celebrates birthday on April 25 of every year.

In 1990, Mike Keenan hired Tretiak as a goaltender coach for the Chicago Blackhawks, which allowed him to coach some of the top goalies of the past 20 years, such as Ed Belfour, Dominik Hašek, and Jocelyn Thibault. Keenan was so impressed with Tretiak’s abilities in practice that he suggested the 38-year- old might still be able to play in the NHL. Tretiak personally said that coaching was the next best thing to playing in the NHL. After leaving the Blackhawks, Belfour wore uniform number 20 as a tribute to Tretiak until his retirement in 2008. Numerous other goalies, including Evgeni Nabokov, wear number 20 as a tribute to Tretiak.

Is Tretiak the best goalie ever?

Tretiak ultimately spent 15 years on the Red Army team–a team without peer in hockey in the U.S.S.R. He became a lieutenant colonel in the Red Army, but in international hockey terms, Tretiak was simply the best goaltender–ever. He was the great intimidator.

Did Tretiak ever play in the NHL?

Tretiak was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) 1983 entry draft. The Soviet Ice Hockey Federation, however, refused to grant his release, and Tretiak never played in the NHL.

Where is Tretiak now?

He is a great leader who has won so many championships.” Tretiak coached the Russians during the 2002 Winter Olympics and now has largely focused his consulting on Canada and the United States while continuing to coach for the Blackhawks.

Why did Tikhonov pull Tretiak?

“The biggest mistake of my career,” Tikhonov told Coffey through an interpreter. “Tretiak always played better after he gave up a goal. The decision was a result of getting caught up in emotions. After Tretiak gave up the rebound and let in the soft goal by Johnson, my blood was boiling.

Who is the greatest Russian hockey player of all time?

Sergei Fedorov Fedorov is tops on our list for being the best all-around Russian in NHL history, and, frankly, is one of the best all-around players ever.

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