Soviet National Team

The Soviet national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of the Soviet Union. The team won nearly every world championship and Olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 and never failed to medal in any International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournament they competed in.

After 1991, the Soviet team competed as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and as the Commonwealth of Independent States at the 1992 World Championship. In 1993, it was replaced by national teams for Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. The IIHF recognized the Russian ice hockey federation as the successor to the Soviet Union hockey federation and passed its ranking on to Russia. The other national hockey teams were considered new and sent to compete in Pool C.

The IIHF Team of the Century included four Soviet-Russian players out of a team of six. Goalie Vladislav Tretiak, defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov and forwards Valeri Kharlamov and Sergei Makarov who played for the Soviet teams in the 1970s and the 1980s were voted on to the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries.

Stats
Leading scorers (Olympics, World Championships, Canada Cups, 1972 Summit Series)
 * 1) Sergei Makarov – 248 points
 * 2) Aleksandr Maltsev – 213+ points
 * 3) Valeri Kharlamov – 199 points
 * 4) Boris Mikhailov – 180 points
 * 5) Vladimir Petrov – 176 points

Note: The team's Olympic record was 62–6–2 (win-loss-tie) through 1956–1992. They scored 467 goals and gave up 127 goals. That averaged 6.67 goals per game and 1.81 goals given up.

Note: Maltsev has at least 213 points from his goals, and possibly more, but an accurate number for his assists cannot be found.

Summit Series record

 * 1972 – Lost to Canada (against Canadian NHL players)
 * 1974 – Won series against Canada (against Canadian WHA players)

Canada Cup record and World Cup of Hockey record

 * 1976 – Finished in 3rd place
 * 1981 – Won championship
 * 1984 – Lost semifinal
 * 1987 – Lost final
 * 1991 – Finished in 5th place

Challenge Cup and Rendez-vous vs. NHL All-Stars

 * 1979 – Won series
 * 1987 – Tied series