MOSCOW -- Viktor Tikhonov, the Soviet hockey coach whose teams won three Olympic gold medals but fell to the United States in the "Miracle on Ice," died after a long illness. He was 84. Russia's ...

MINSK, 24 November (BelTA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Honored Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov after his death, ...

Viktor Tikhonov was mad. His junior hockey team had just lost a game, he had played poorly, and he was reacting like many 16-year-olds would: He stomped around in his skates, venom dripping from his ...

Soviet ice hockey legend Viktor Tikhonov stands on the edge of the scating rink of CSKA ice arena, 26 June 2003. Tikhonov has returned at the age of 73 to coach Russia’s struggling national squad ...

In the former Soviet Union, the Red Army hockey team fueled national pride and propaganda. “Red Army,” a fascinating documentary that centers primarily upon Viachaslav “Slava” Fetisov, the Soviet ...