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Height
  
5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Name
  
Viktor Konovalenko

Positions
  
Playing career
  
1956–1972

Weight
  
74 kg


National team
  
Career end
  
1972

Caught
  
Left

Career start
  
1956

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Born
  
11 March 1938Gorky, Soviet Union (
1938-03-11
)

Died
  
February 20, 1996, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Viktor Sergeevich Konovalenko (11 March 1938 – 20 February 1996) was a Soviet ice hockey goaltender. He led the Soviet team to the Olympics gold medals in 1964 and 1968, to the IIHF World Championships title in 1963–1968, 1970 and 1971, and to the European title in 1963–68 and 1970. He was named the most valuable player in the Soviet league in 1970 and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Konovalenko played his entire career from 1956–72 for Torpedo Gorky (now Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod); he never won a national title, and once placed second (in 1961). As a goaltender of the Sovet team he replaced Nikolai Puchkov, and in 1971 was succeeded by Vladislav Tretyak. In retirement he worked as a goaltender coach with Torpedo Gorky and later became director of the Torpedo Gorky sports arena, which was renamed to the Konovalenko Sports Palace after his death.

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References

Viktor Konovalenko Wikipedia