Sergei Starikov
Sergei Starikov | |
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| Born | December 4, 1958 Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Ice hockey player, coach |
| Years active | 1975–1990s |
| Known for | Soviet national team defenseman, Olympic gold medalist, NHL player for New Jersey Devils |
Sergei Viktorovich Starikov () (born December 4, 1958) is a former Soviet defenseman and current Russian ice hockey coach who represented the Soviet national team during his playing career.
Throughout his time in the Soviet Union, Starikov secured nine national championships and achieved two Olympic Gold medals along with one Silver across three different Olympic Games. He was among the pioneering Soviet athletes to enter the NHL, joining the New Jersey Devils in 1989 together with teammate Viacheslav Fetisov, and made his NHL debut on October 5, 1989.
Now residing in New Jersey, Starikov serves as an instructor at ProSkate Ice Rink. He also holds a coaching position with Barys Astana in Kazakhstan's Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and has recently agreed to a one-year assistant coaching contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1975–76 | Metallurg Chelyabinsk | USSR III | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 36 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 44 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| HC CSKA Moscow | USSR | 39 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980–81 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 49 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| (CSKA Moscow) | (USSR) | (varied) | (total: approx. 312 GP) | (varied) | (varied) | (varied) | (varied) | |||||||
| (New Jersey Devils) | (NHL) | (16) | (0) | (1) | (1) | (8) | ||||||||
| (Utica Devils, San Diego Gulls) | (AHL, IHL) | (varied) | (varied) | (varied) | (varied) | (varied) | ||||||||
| USSR totals | 510 | 58 | 86 | 144 | 218 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
|"1984 Canada Cup"|Soviet Union|"Canada Cup"|6 ||| |||3|||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |"1985 World Ice Hockey Championships"|Soviet Union|"WC"|10||| |||4|||2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |"1986 World Ice Hockey Championships"|Soviet Union|"WC"|10||| |||2|||0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |"1987 World Ice Hockey Championships"|Soviet Union|"WC"|10||4||2||6||8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |"Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics"|Soviet Union|"OG"|5|||2|||2|||4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Soviet Union | EJC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1978 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1979 | Soviet Union national ice hockey team | WC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1980 | Soviet Union | OG | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1983 | Soviet Union | WC | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1984 | Soviet Union | OG | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 65 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 20 |
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