Sergei Makarov (ice hockey)

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Makarov was trained in the Russian SFSR. He won two World Junior Championships, and was named the best player during his second victory in 1978. Makarov was also on the gold medal-winning Soviet national ice hockey team in the World Championships in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990, and in the Canada Cup in 1981. At the Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in 1984 and 1988, and a silver in 1980. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with CSKA Moscow, winning the Soviet Player of the Year award (also known as Soviet MVP) three times, getting named to the Soviet League All-Star Team ten times, and leading the league in points nine times and goals three times.^[2][3] Together with Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov, they formed the KLM Line, one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984).^[4]

In 1989, Makarov was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year at the age of 31, doing so with 37 first-place votes over Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, and Rod Brind’Amour. Grumbling over whether the Russian leagues counted as amateur or professional led to the league subsequently instituting a rule that became informally known as "The Makarov Rule", where Calder eligibility was cut off to players that were 26 years old as of September 15 of their rookie season.^[5] At 25.9%, his shooting percentage was the highest of all NHL players.^{[citation needed]}

After four seasons in Calgary, Markov was traded on June 20, 1993 to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for future considerations (which became a fourth-round pick in the 1993 NHL Draft, used to select Jason Smith).^[6] Six days later on draft day, he was included in a notable trade which saw the Whalers trade the sixth-overall (Viktor Kozlov), 45th-overall (Vlastimil Kroupa), and 58th-overall (Ville Peltonen) picks and Makarov to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the second-overall pick, which Hartford used to select Chris Pronger.^[6] Makarov would play for the Sharks from 1993 to 1995, helping them to their first two playoff appearances as a franchise. Following a dip in production during his second season with the Sharks, the team waived Makarov ahead of the 1995–96 season, which Makarov subsequently sat out.^[7] During which, he served as an assistant coach for the Russian national team during the 1996 World Cup.^[7]

In the 1996–97 season, Makarov made two comeback attempts, first with the Dallas Stars who were desperate to insert some offensive into their lineup despite winning 7 of their first 8 games to start the season,^[7] for whom he played four games between 15–29 November, followed by playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland's Nationalliga A with former teammates Vyacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Makarov was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany.^[8] On 27 June 2016, it was announced that he would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on 14 November 2016 along with Eric Lindros, Rogie Vachon and Pat Quinn (posthumously).^[9]

Regular season and playoffs

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				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1976–77	Traktor Chelyabinsk	USSR		11	1	0	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Traktor Chelyabinsk	USSR		36	18	13	31	10		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	CSKA Moscow	USSR		44	18	21	39	12		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	CSKA Moscow	USSR		44	29	39	68	16		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	CSKA Moscow	USSR		49	42	37	79	22		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	CSKA Moscow	USSR		46	32	43	75	18		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	CSKA Moscow	USSR		30	25	17	42	6		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	CSKA Moscow	USSR		44	36	37	73	28		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	CSKA Moscow	USSR		40	26	39	65	28		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	CSKA Moscow	USSR		40	30	32	62	28		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	CSKA Moscow	USSR		40	21	32	53	26		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	CSKA Moscow	USSR		51	23	45	68	50		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	CSKA Moscow	USSR		44	21	33	54	42		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Calgary Flames	NHL		80	24	62	86	55		6	0	6	6	0
1990–91	Calgary Flames	NHL		78	30	49	79	44		3	1	0	1	0
1991–92	Calgary Flames	NHL		68	22	48	70	60		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Calgary Flames	NHL		71	18	39	57	40		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	San Jose Sharks	NHL		80	30	38	68	78		14	8	2	10	4
1994–95	San Jose Sharks	NHL		43	10	14	24	40		11	3	3	6	4
1996–97	Dallas Stars	NHL		4	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NDA		6	3	2	5	2		1	0	0	0	0
USSR totals				519	322	388	710	290		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				424	134	250	384	317		34	12	11	23	8

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International

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Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977	Soviet Union	WJC			7	4	4	8	4
1978	Soviet Union	WJC			7	8	7	15	4
1978	Soviet Union	WC			10	3	2	5	5
1979	Soviet Union	WC			8	8	4	12	6
1980	Soviet Union	OG			7	5	6	11	2
1981	Soviet Union	WC			7	3	6	9	0
1981	Soviet Union	CC			7	3	6	9	0
1982	Soviet Union	WC			10	6	7	13	8
1983	Soviet Union	WC			10	9	9	18	18
1984	Soviet Union	OG			7	3	3	6	6
1984	Soviet Union	CC			6	6	1	7	4
1985	Soviet Union	WC			10	9	5	14	8
1986	Soviet Union	WC			10	4	14	18	12
1987	Soviet Union	WC			10	4	10	14	8
1987	Soviet Union	CC			9	7	8	15	8
1988	Soviet Union	OG			8	3	8	11	10
1989	Soviet Union	WC			10	5	3	8	8
1990	Soviet Union	WC			7	2	1	3	8
1991	Soviet Union	WC			8	3	7	10	6
Junior totals					14	12	11	23	8
Senior totals					145	83	89	172	129

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