Vladimir Shadrin

Vladimir Nikolaevich Shadrin (Владимир Николаевич Шадрин; 6 June 1948 – 26 August 2021) was an ice hockey centre who played in the Soviet Hockey League from 1964 to 1979 for HC Spartak Moscow. He also played in the Japan Ice Hockey League for Oji Seishi between 1979 and 1983. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971.

Shadrin won three Soviet League championships with Spartak Moscow (1967, 1969, 1976). On the international level, Shadrin won two Olympic gold medals and five World Championship titles. He was one of the stars on the Soviet team that played Team Canada in the famous 1972 Summit Series. During this series he finished second in team scoring, behind Alexander Yakushev, with three goals and five assists for eight points.

Shadrin, who had cancer, died on 26 August 2021, after contracting COVID-19. He was 73.