Two years ago, while working on a project during the NHL lockout, I found myself waiting outside the dressing room at the CSKA Ice Palace, the old arena on Leningradsky Prospect in Moscow. On the wall ...

MOSCOW -- Viktor Tikhonov, the Soviet hockey coach whose teams won three Olympic gold medals but fell to the United States in the "Miracle on Ice," died after a long illness. He was 84. Russia's ...

One of the most unforgettable aspects of director Gabe Polsky’s widely acclaimed Red Army documentary about the history of the Soviet national hockey team is its soundtrack. Composed by award-winners ...

As the statement to R-Sport by CSKA’s General Director Igor Esmantovich read: “Victor Vasilievich Tikhonov passed away this morning at a hospital at 1 this morning after a long illness. CSKA Hockey ...

Viktor Tikhonov, the stern hockey coach who led the Soviet Union’s “Big Red Machine” to three Olympic gold medals and eight world championships but was on the losing side when Herb Brooks’ American ...

Life in an NHL press box is OK when you’re a sportswriter. When you’re a hockey player and that’s where they put you when you’re a healthy scratch, it’s not so cool at all. Take it from Coyotes right ...

OTTAWA -- In some ways, Viktor Tikhonov, grandson of the legendary Soviet national coach and taskmaster who is his namesake, is the hockey player who fell to earth. Virtually unknown in hockey circles ...

Russian forward Viktor Tikhonov takes a shot on goal during a training session at the Bolshoy Ice Dome at the the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ...