Viacheslav Fetisov

Viacheslav Fetisov
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2001
Fetisov in February 2015
Born	(1958-04-20) 20 April 1958 (age 66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	CSKA Moscow New Jersey Devils Spartak Moscow Detroit Red Wings
National team	Soviet Union and  Russia
NHL draft	201st overall, 1978 Montreal Canadiens 145th overall, 1983 New Jersey Devils
Playing career	1974–1998, 2009
Medal record Men's ice hockey Representing Soviet Union Winter Olympics 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1980 Lake Placid World Championships 1978 Czechoslovakia 1981 Sweden 1982 Finland 1983 West Germany 1986 Soviet Union 1989 Sweden 1990 Switzerland 1987 Austria 1977 Austria 1985 Czechoslovakia 1991 Finland Canada Cup 1981 Canada World Junior Championships 1976 Finland 1977 Czechoslovakia 1978 Canada
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	constituency re-established
Constituency	Podolsk (No. 124)
Personal details
Political party	United Russia
Education	VIFK (MIoPC)
Viacheslav Fetisov's voice Recorded 19 April 2007

Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov MP (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Фетисов; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman, coach, politician and sports official. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played with the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings. With the Wings, he won back-to-back Stanley Cups and was part of the team's Russian Five unit. After retiring from his playing career, he became the assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils. Having a very successful four years, he helped get the team to two Stanley Cup finals and one Stanley Cup victory. In addition to that, he won two Olympic gold medals and seven world championships. His Stanley Cup wins, Olympic gold medals, and World Championship wins make him a member of the sport's prestigious Triple Gold Club.

Fetisov was instrumental in breaking the barrier that had prevented Soviet players from leaving the Soviet Union to join the NHL. His actions not only resulted in a number of top Soviet players joining the NHL, but encouraged many of the best players from all over Europe to go to North America.^[1] Internationally, he was a long-time captain for the Soviet Union national team^[1] and is a two-time Olympic champion. In 2002, Fetisov led the Russian Ice Hockey Olympic team as GM and head coach, attaining a bronze medal. Considered one of the best defencemen of all time, he was voted as one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2005.

After retiring as a coach, Fetisov embarked on a political and executive career. After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered him the position as Minister of Sport, a post he held until 2008. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.^[2] He is a member of the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the Federation Council representing Primorsky Krai, the founder and chairman of the KHL's board of directors and chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athletes Committee.^[3] Fetisov was president of Russian ice hockey club HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was also the key member of the bidding committee that presented the Sochi 2014 proposal to the IOC in Guatemala in 2007, when a city was being chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Fetisov was Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs since 5 October 2016. Fetisov is a member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.