Boris Mikhailov is one of the most famed hockey players ever to come out of the
 former Soviet Union. From 1956 until 1981 he was a player of extraordinary
 magnitude and continues to be a force in Russian hockey today.

Boris Petrovich made his debut in the Soviet hockey team as a replacement for
Loktev in the Almetov-line. But soon he found his place together with Kharlamov
and Petrov where he played on the right wing. He also lead the team as captain for
the team through the whole 70's. He had an amazing ability to score, over 400 times
with the Red Army! Mikhailov was one of the very few to receive the finest orden
of the Soviet Union, the Lenin Orden. After his long career he became an important
person for Russian hockey.

 Mikhailov, famous for wearing the dreaded #13, combined with Valeri Kharlamov
 and Vladimir Petrov to form perhaps the greatest Russian unit of them all. This is
 supported by the trio's play in the 1973 World Championships when they finished
 1-2-3 in the scoring race as the trio average just under nine points a game! In 15
 World and Olympic Championship tournaments, they scored a combined 275 goals
 and 537 points!!

 #13 personally scored 108 of those goals in the 120 games. He also added 77
 assists and 60 penalty minutes.

 His long list of accomplishments in International Hockey include:

 During Soviet League play, he played in 572 games scoring a record 427 goals
 along with 224 assists for a record 651 points. The 8-time Russian All Star led the
 league in scoring three times and was named MVP twice.

      2 Olympic Gold Medals (1972 & 1976),
      8 World Championships (1969-71,73-75,78,79), (voted top forward in 73
      and 79), 9 Izvestija Championships, 10 European Cups

 Mikhailov was surprisingly "Canadian" in his approach to hockey. The Soviets
 prided themselves on being the opposite of North American hockey, yet Mikhailov
 is remember as a guy who loved to mix it up and go to the corners, digging for
 loose pucks. He had a knack for scoring important and clinching goals, more often
 than not they were by banging for loose pucks and scoring "garbage goals." He
 was the leader of many great Soviet squads and always gave 110%.

 In perhaps his finest moment, Mihailov was named as the Most Valuable Player in
 the 1979 Challenge Cup between the Soviet Red Army and the NHL All Stars.

 Boris' last game with the Soviet National team Isvestija game. In front of 14000
 people at the famous Luzhniki Ice Palace his teammates carried him around the rink
 on their shoulders to a thunderous ovation. It was the finest compliment and thank
 you for all his dedication and effort.

 Canadians never came to like Mikhailov, in fact they singled him out as perhaps the
 one player we hated the most during Hockey's "Cold War." While we were awed
 by Tretiak's goaltending and fascinated with the skill and passing of the likes
 Kharlamov and Petrov, Mikhailov sticks out in Canadian memories as the man who
 kicked out at Gary Bergman during the 1972 Summit Series. During the immense
 emotion of the tournament Mikhailov had broken from Soviet thinking and showed
 rare emotion by committing hockey's cardinal sin, kicking at another player.

 That one incident is unfortunate since it was one of the few times Canadians saw
 #13 play. But that incident shouldn't take anything away from one of the true
 Legends of Hockey.

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