What is Viktor Tikhonov?
[[File:Victor Tihonov.jpg|thumb|Viktor Tikhonov in 2010]] '''Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Виктор Васильевич Тихонов; June 4, 1930 – November 24, 2014) was a [[Soviet]] [[ice hockey]] player and coach. Tikhonov was a [[defenceman]] with VVS Moscow and [[HC Dynamo Moscow]] from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was born in [[Moscow]]. He was the coach of the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet team]], winning eight [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championship]] gold medals, as well as Olympic gold in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Tikhonov also led [[CSKA Moscow]] to twelve consecutive league championships. He also coached the Soviet team that lost to the United States, 4-3, in the 1980 Olympic medal round game known as the [[Miracle on Ice]]. He was named to the [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] as a builder in 1998. Tikhonov was hospitalized in late October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/31/viktor-tikhonov-hospitalized-soviet-union-olympic-hockey-coach/|title=Former Soviet Olympic hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov recently in hospital|last=Zaccardi|first=Nick|date=31 October 2014|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> and died after a long illness in Moscow on November 24, 2014, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/report-russian-hockey-coaching-legend-tikhonov-passes-away-in-moscow-at-age-84-1.142853|title=Report: Russian hockey coaching legend Tikhonov passes away in Moscow at age 84|date=24 November 2014|publisher=[[The Sports Network|TSN]]|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tikhonov, Viktor}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet sportspeople]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Moscow]] [[Category:Ice hockey players]] {{sports-bio-stub}}