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Vasily Tikhonov (ice hockey coach)
Russian ice hockey coach

Vasily Tikhonov (ice hockey coach)

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Russian ice hockey coach
A.K.A.
Vasily Viktorovich Tikhonov
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Moscow, Russia
Place of death
Moscow, Russia
Age
55 years
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Biography

Vasili Viktorovich Tikhonov (13 May 1958 – 7 August 2013) was a Russian ice hockey coach.

Biography

Tikhonov was born and died in Moscow and was the son of legendary Soviet ice hockey coach Viktor Tikhonov. He started his career in the 1980s by coaching the youth teams of Dinamo Riga. In 1990 he became the head coach of Finnish SM-liiga side Ässät Pori.

After the 1992–1993 season Tikhonov moved to North America and worked as an assistant coach with the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League and later as a head coach with the Kansas City Blades and Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League.

In 1998 he returned to Europe and coached several teams in Finland, Switzerland and Russia.

His son Viktor Tikhonov is a former KHL player with SKA Saint Petersburg who currently plays for the Arizona Coyotes in the NHL.

Vasily Tikhonov died on 7 August 2013 in Moscow as he fell from his fourth-floor apartment window. Tikhonov was cutting a hole to a plastic screen that covered his building's facade because of repairs. He is survived by his wife Tatjana, his daughter Tatjana, also a hockey coach, and his son Viktor.

Teams managed

  • Finland Ässät Pori 1990–1993
  • United States San Jose Sharks (assistant) 1993–1996
  • United States Kansas City Blades 1995–1996
  • United States Kentucky Thoroughblades 1996–1998
  • Finland Lukko Rauma 1998–2001
  • Switzerland 0HC Langnau 2001–2002
  • Russia CSKA Moscow 2002–2004
  • Russia Avangard Omsk (assistant) 2010–2011
  • Russia Ak Bars Kazan (assistant) 2011–2012
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