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Viktor Yakushev
Viktor Yakushev (Виктор Прохорович Якушев), Soviet ice hockey center (1937-2001) with Lokomotiv Moskva; 1964 Olympic gold and 1960 bronze, five world titles 1963-67; died after an unsolved beating in Moscow.
Viktor Zhluktov
Viktor Zhluktov (Виктор Васильевич Жлуктов), born 1954, Soviet ice hockey forward for CSKA Moskva 1973–1985; 1976 Olympic gold, 1980 silver, five-time world champion, 1981 Canada Cup winner.
Viktor Zinger
Viktor Zinger was a Soviet ice hockey goaltender who won Olympic gold at the 1968 Winter Olympics and five consecutive world titles from 1965 to 1969 with Spartak Moscow.
Ville Pokka
Ville Pokka, Finnish defenseman born 1994 in Tornio; 2012 NY Islanders second-round pick. Won Olympic gold and World Championship gold with Finland in 2022, Gagarin Cup with Avangard Omsk 2021; now EHC Red Bull München (DEL).
Vincent Boily
Vincent Boily, born 2000, is a Canadian para ice hockey forward from Alma, Quebec, and 2026 Paralympic silver medalist. A former Rimouski Océanic signee paralyzed by a 2017 snowmobile accident, he won world gold in 2024.
Vincent Damphousse
Vincent Damphousse, Canadian NHL centre (born 1967, Montreal), drafted 6th overall 1986 by Toronto; 1,205 points in 1,378 games, 1993 Stanley Cup with Montreal, 1991 All-Star MVP, not in Hockey Hall of Fame.
Vincent Lecavalier
Vincent Lecavalier, Canadian center born 1980 in Île Bizard, Quebec; first overall pick of the 1998 NHL Draft by Tampa Bay. 949 points in 1,212 games, 2004 Stanley Cup, Rocket Richard Trophy, No. 4 retired; now Canadiens special advisor.
Vincent Trocheck
Vincent Trocheck, born 1993, Pittsburgh, is an American NHL center for the Utah Mammoth, formerly Panthers, Hurricanes, Rangers; 2013 World Juniors gold, 2026 Olympic gold, two-time All-Star.
Vincent Vanasch
Vincent Vanasch (born 1987, Uccle, Belgium), nicknamed The Wall, Belgian field hockey goalkeeper; four Olympics 2012-2024, Tokyo 2020 gold, Rio 2016 silver, 2018 World Cup winner, three-time FIH Goalkeeper of the Year.
Vitaly Davydov
Vitaly Semyonovich Davydov (Виталий Семёнович Давыдов), born 1939, Soviet defenseman for Dynamo Moscow; three Olympic golds (1964, 1968, 1972), nine world titles, 1967 best defenseman, IIHF Hall of Fame 2004, later coach and Dynamo vice-president.
Vitaly Prokhorov
Vitaly Prokhorov (Виталий Владимирович Прохоров, born 1966, Moscow) is a Russian ice hockey forward, 1992 Olympic gold medalist with the Unified Team, former St. Louis Blues NHL player (83 games, 19 goals), and KHL vice president since 2018.
Vladimir Akimov
Vladimir Ivanovich Akimov (Владимир Иванович Акимов), Soviet water polo defender, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist, 1982 world champion, murdered in Moscow in 1987 at age 34; inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2024.
Vladimir Konstantinov (Владимир Николаевич Константинов)
Vladimir Konstantinov (Владимир Николаевич Константинов), Soviet CSKA defenseman and Detroit Red Wings star, 1997 Stanley Cup winner, +60 plus-minus leader 1995-96; career ended by June 13, 1997 limousine crash causing traumatic brain injury.
Vladimir Kovin
Vladimir Kovin (Владимир Александрович Ковин), born 1954 in Gorky, Soviet center for Torpedo Gorky; 1984 Sarajevo Olympic gold medalist, 1985 European champion, later HC Reims player and French-title-winning coach.
Vladimir Krutov
Vladimir Krutov (Владимир Евгеньевич Крутов), nicknamed The Tank, Soviet left wing on the KLM line with Larionov and Makarov; two Olympic golds (1984, 1988), five world titles, CSKA 1977-89, one NHL season with Vancouver.
Vladimir Lutchenko
Vladimir Lutchenko (Владимир Яковлевич Лутченко), born 1949 in Ramenskoye, Soviet/Russian ice hockey defenseman for CSKA Moscow 1966–81; two Olympic golds (1972, 1976), eight world titles, later New York Rangers scout.
Vladimir Misovic
Vladimir Mišović (Владимир Мишовић), born 2001 in Pančevo, Serbian water polo goalkeeper (VK Novi Beograd). Won U20 gold 2021 and Olympic gold at Paris 2024 as Serbia's second goalkeeper.
Vladimir Myshkin
Vladimir Myshkin (Владимир Семёнович Мышкин), born 1955, Soviet goaltender; Olympic gold 1984, silver 1980; six-time world champion; replaced Tretyak in the 1980 Miracle on Ice game.
Vladimir Petrov
Vladimir Petrov (Владимир Владимирович Петров, 1947-2017), Soviet ice hockey centre, two-time Olympic champion (1972, 1976) and nine-time world champion with CSKA Moscow's Mikhaylov-Petrov-Kharlamov line; IIHF Hall of Fame 2006. Not the 1956 rowing bronze medalist of the same name.
Vladimir Ruzicka
Vladimír Růžička (born 1963, Most) is a Czech ice hockey forward and coach, captain of the 1998 Nagano Olympic gold team, 1984 silver medalist, 1985 world champion, NHL player with Edmonton, Boston and Ottawa, and later national team coach winning worlds 2005 and 2010.
Vladimir Shadrin
Vladimir Shadrin (Владимир Шадрин, 1948–2021), Soviet ice hockey center for Spartak Moscow; two-time Olympic champion (1972, 1976), five-time World Champion, and leading scorer of the 1976 Olympic tournament.
Vladimir Tarasenko (Владимир Андреевич Тарасенко)
Vladimir Tarasenko (Владимир Андреевич Тарасенко), born 1991 in Yaroslavl, is a Russian NHL right wing, 2010 first-round pick, two-time Stanley Cup winner (Blues 2019, Panthers 2024) with 662 points in 831 games, now with the Minnesota Wild.
Vladimir Vikulov
Vladimir Vikulov (Владимир Иванович Викулов), Soviet ice hockey forward (1946-2013), CSKA Moskva and USSR national team; two-time Olympic champion (1968, 1972), seven-time world champion, 12 Soviet titles.
Vladimir Zhmudsky
Vladimir Zhmudsky (Владимир Владимирович Жмудский, also given as Vadym), born 1947 in Dublyany, Ukraine, is a Soviet water polo player who won Olympic gold at Munich 1972 and European titles in 1966 and 1970.
Vladislav Gavrikov
Vladislav Gavrikov (Владислав Андреевич Гавриков), born 1995 in Yaroslavl, is a Russian NHL defenseman for the New York Rangers, a 2018 Olympic gold medalist, formerly of Columbus and Los Angeles.
Vladislav Sapunov
Vladislav Sergeyevich Sapunov (Владислав Сапунов), Russian ice hockey defenceman born 2004 in Voronezh; Youth Olympic gold 2020, Dynamo Moscow and SKA system, now Izhstal Izhevsk in the VHL.
Vladislav Tretyak
Vladislav Tretyak (Владислав Третьяк, also spelled Tretiak), born 1952, Soviet goaltender for CSKA Moscow; three Olympic golds, ten world titles, first Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame inductee (1989), later RIHF president.
Vsevolod Bobrov
Vsevolod Bobrov (Всеволод Бобров, 1922–1979) was a Soviet athlete who starred in football, bandy, and ice hockey, and remains the only athlete to captain Olympic teams in both football and ice hockey.
Vyacheslav Butsayev
Vyacheslav Butsayev (Вячеслав Буцаев), born 1970 in Togliatti, Russian ice hockey center; 1992 Olympic gold with the Unified Team, 1993 World champion, six NHL seasons (132 games, 43 points), later KHL head coach.
Vyacheslav Bykov
Vyacheslav Bykov (Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков), born 1960, Soviet and Russian ice hockey center; two-time Olympic champion (1988, 1992), five-time world champion, later coached Russia to 2008 and 2009 world titles and won two Gagarin Cups.