“Sad news fell this morning. After a long illness, at the age of 77, Alexander Akimovich Martynyuk, the legendary striker of Spartak and the USSR national team, died.
Until the last years of his life, even after 70 years, Alexander Akimovich did not part with his favorite game – going out on the ice in matches for Spartak veterans and USSR hockey legends.
Eternal memory of the legendary striker of Spartak and the USSR national team, Alexander Akimovich Martynyuk”, indicates the website of the Moscow club.
With Spartak, he became the USSR champion three times. In the national team, the striker won the World Cup twice. In 1973, he set the national hockey record for goals scored in a world championship game. In a duel with the German national team (18-2), he scored eight goals.
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