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Originally Posted by czure32
gah...screw you!
actually really solid pick, and if he was still around for mine he is who i would have taken
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Yeah it was between him and Sawchuk for me this round.
Anyways, here's the stuff on Tretiak...
In his ridiculously low crouch:
Tretiak backstopped the Soviet national team to 10 World Championship gold medals and three Olympic gold medals. The legendary Russian goaltender also made his mark as the starting goalie for the USSR in all eight games of the history-making 1972 Summit Series versus Canada. He helped the USSR earn an 8-1 victory in the final of the 1981 Canada Cup. He became the first Soviet-trained player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
First All-Star in the Soviet League consecutively each year from 1971 until 1984. In those fourteen years, Tretiak won thirteen league titles with the Red Army team, and was named MVP of the league five times.
There's a bunch more stuff that he's won or been inducted into, but I don't wanna make a gigantic post. However, one thing I think that's pretty significant is that he was voted the best Russian player of the 20th century in 2000.
Career Stats:
1968-1969 (16): 03 GP | 0.67 GAA
1969-1970 (17): 34 GP | 2.24 GAA
1970-1971 (18): 40 GP | 2.03 GAA
1971-1972 (19): 30 GP | 2.60 GAA
1972-1973 (20): 30 GP | 2.67 GAA
1973-1974 (21): 27 GP | 3.48 GAA
1974-1975 (22): 35 GP | 2.97 GAA
1975-1976 (23): 33 GP | 3.03 GAA
1976-1977 (24): 35 GP | 2.80 GAA
1977-1978 (25): 29 GP | 2.48 GAA
1978-1979 (26): 40 GP | 2.78 GAA
1979-1980 (27): 36 GP | 2.36 GAA
1980-1981 (28): 18 GP | 1.78 GAA
1981-1982 (29): 41 GP | 1.59 GAA
1982-1983 (30): 29 GP | 1.38 GAA
1983-1984 (31): 22 GP | 1.82 GAA