Alexander Sidelnikov

{{short description|Russian ice hockey player (1950–2003)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | full_name = Alexander Nikolaevich Sidelnikov | birth_date = {{Birth-date|August 12, 1950}} | birth_place = Solnechnogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{Death-date and age|June 23, 2003|August 12, 1950}} | death_place = Kholmogory, Russia | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey }} {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1976 Innsbruck | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold | 1973 Soviet Union |}} {{MedalGold | 1974 Finland |}} {{MedalSilver | 1976 Poland |}} {{MedalBronze | 1977 Austria |}} {{MedalCompetition | Universiade }} {{MedalGold | 1972 Lake Placid |}} }}

'''Alexander Nikolaevich Sidelnikov''' (August 12, 1950 – June 23, 2003) was a Soviet ice hockey player who played goaltender in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1976. He won a gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandr Sidelnikov |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/aleksandr-sidelnikov-1.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203234606/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/aleksandr-sidelnikov-1.html |archivedate=December 3, 2016}}</ref>

Sidelnikov won 4 medals, 2 gold and one silver and bronze, at the World Ice Hockey Championships, in each case as back up to hockey goaltender legend Vladislav Tretiak. Notably he was the starting goalie for the USSR's stunning loss to Poland on April 8, 1976, being one of the great upsets of World Championship history.

==Career statistics== ===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% |- | 1972 | Soviet Union | Universiade | - || - || - || - || - || - || - ||- || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972 | Soviet Union | Summit Series | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||- || — |- | 1973 | Soviet Union | WC | 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 180 || 4 || 1 || 1.33 || - |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974 | Soviet Union | 1974 Summit Series | 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 60 || 2 || 0 ||2.00 || .917 |- | 1974 | Soviet Union | WC | 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 160 || 6 || 0 || 2.25 || .914 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1976 | Soviet Union | OLY | 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 120 || 4 || 0 ||2.00 || -

|- | 1976 | Soviet Union | WC | 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 24 || 4 || 0 || 10.20 || .667 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977 | Soviet Union | WC | 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 120 || 6 || 0 || 3.00 || -

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4| Senior totals ! 14 !! 9 !! 1!! 0 !! 664 !! 26 !! 1 !! 2.35 !! — |}

==References== <References />

==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * [https://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio] * {{Olympics.com|aleksandr-sidelnikov|Aleksandr Sidelnikov}} * {{Olympedia|name=Aleksandr Sidelnikov}} * {{InterSportStats|name=Aleksandr Sidelnikov}} * {{databaseolympics|SIDELALE01|Aleksandr Sidelnikov|archive=20061007015241}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sidelnikov, Alexander}} Category:1950 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey people from Moscow Category:Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey Category:Soviet ice hockey players Category:Burials at Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Category:Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Category:Soviet ice hockey goaltenders