82 years since the birth of Valentin Panyukhin

Valentin Panyukhin, a bronze medalist of the USSR Championship with SKA, would today have turned 82 years of age.

While playing for our club, Valentin claimed bronze of the 1971 USSR Championship, twice won the Spengler Cup and reached two USSR Cup finals.

Furthermore, he is one of three players to score a minimum of 30 goals for SKA during one single domestic campaign.

Valentin sadly passed away on 15 January 1994. Eight years later on 24 September 2002, he was inducted into the SKA Hall of Fame.