| Vyacheslav Bykov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bykov at the LHC All Star Game in 2011 | |||
| Born | (1960-07-24)24 July 1960 (age 65) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | CSKA Moscow Traktor Chelyabinsk HC Fribourg-Gottéron Lausanne HC | ||
| National team |  Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia | ||
| NHL draft | 169th overall,1989 Quebec Nordiques | ||
| Playing career | 1979–2000 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sice hockey | ||
| Representing Soviet Union | ||
 | 1988 Calgary | Team |
Representing Unified Team | ||
| 1992 Albertville | Team |
Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov (Russian:Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков, born 24 July 1960) is aRussian former professionalice hockey player and a former head coach of theRussian national hockey team. A small, technically giftedcenter, he was a regular fixture on theSoviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s; after the fall of the Soviet Union, he played for the Russian team in the 1990s. He was drafted by theQuebec Nordiques in the 1989NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round at number 169 overall. He opted, however, not to play in theNational Hockey League, playing in Russia and Europe. He was inducted into theIIHF Hall of Fame in 2014.
Bykov started out playing for the team of his home city,Traktor Chelyabinsk in 1979.[1] After three years, he went to play for powerhouseCSKA Moscow. While at CSKA Moscow, he became a regular on the Soviet national team and later the Russian team, taking part in the following international tournaments:[2]
With the Unified Team:
With Russia:
In 1990, Bykov went to play withHC Fribourg-Gottéron in theSwissNationalliga A. He ended an illustrious playing career in 2000, having played the last two seasons withHC Lausanne in theNationalliga B.
He was inducted into theIIHF Hall of Fame in 2014.[3][4]
On 10 August 2006, Bykov was named as the new head coach of theRussian national hockey team, taking over fromVladimir Krikunov. At the2007 World Championship in Moscow, his team won the bronze medal. Then, on 18 May 2008, he won2008 World Championships Gold in Quebec with the team, and on 10 May 2009 again in Bern. After losing 3–7 to Canada and finishing 6th at the2010 Winter Olympics and failing to win gold in two subsequent WCs, he was fired by the RHF.
From 28 April 2004 to 4 April 2009, Bykov worked as the head coach ofCSKA Moscow. The best results during this period were the semi-finals of theRussian Superleague and the quarter-finals of theKHL.
Salavat Yulaev Ufa named Bykov as new head coach on 14 May 2009 starting from the 2009–2010 season. After winning theContinental Cup and taking bronze in 2009–2010, he won theGagarin Cup with Salavat Yulaev in 2010–2011.
SKA Saint Petersburg appointed Bykov as new head coach on 4 April 2014. He signed a two-year contract with an option for a one-year extension.[5] In his first season with the team, Bykov coached SKA to their first ever Gagarin Cup win, becoming the first coach to win the Gagarin Cup with two different teams.[6]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 48 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | USSR | 44 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 44 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 44 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 36 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 47 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 40 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 48 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 35 | 49 | 84 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 10 | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 34 | 39 | 48 | 87 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 1992–93 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 35 | 25 | 51 | 76 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 4 | ||
| 1993–94 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 36 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 30 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 28 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 46 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 18 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 24 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Lausanne HC | NLB | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USSR totals | 430 | 195 | 170 | 365 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NDA totals | 263 | 200 | 330 | 530 | 119 | 69 | 42 | 79 | 121 | 38 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Soviet Union | WC |  | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | WC |  | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1986 | Soviet Union | WC | | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | WC |  | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1987 | Soviet Union | CC | | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | |
| 1988 | Soviet Union | OG | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | WC | | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | WC | | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1991 | Soviet Union | WC | | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1992 | Unified Team | OG | | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1993 | Russia | WC | | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| 1995 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 108 | 47 | 50 | 97 | 26 | ||||
He is married and has two children. In 2003, he became a naturalised Swiss citizen, and his family now lives inMarly, Switzerland.[7]
In 2023, Bykov slammed the NHL for barring Russian players from bringing theStanley Cup to Russia, stating he would never watch NHL games again.[9]
