Vladimir Krutov

Vladimir Krutov

 Vladimir Krutov

 Vladimir Krutov

 Vladimir Krutov

Vladimir Yevgenyevich Krutov (1 June 1960 – 6 June 2012), nicknamed The Tank , was a Soviet hockey forward. Together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, he was part of the famed KLM Line. He is considered one of the best hockey wingers of the 1980s. For the Soviet Union national team, Krutov won the 1981 Canada Cup, two golds (1984, 1988) and one silver (1980) in the Olympics, and six golds (1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990), one silver (1987), and one bronze (1985) in the World Championships.