81 years since the birth of Oleg Churashov

Oleg Churashov, who won the bronze medal of the 1971 USSR Championship, would today have turned 81 years of age.

During his career, the Leningrad native spent 16 years with SKA, making more than 4870 appearances along the way. He also won the Spengler Cup three times with SKA (1970, 1971, 1977) and reached the final of the 1971 USSR Cup.

Oleg was inducted into the SKA Hall of Fame on 23 December 2005. 

He had sadly passed away in 1992.