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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| image_size = 240px
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| played_for = [[Kazzinc-Torpedo|Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]]<br>[[Ferencvárosi TC (ice hockey)|Ferencvárosi TC]]<br>[[HC Devils Milano|Devils Milano]]<br>[[SKA MVO Moscow]]<br>[[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]<br>[[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 181
| ntl_team = URS
| ntl_team_2 = KAZ
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|11|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|7|31|1955|11|13|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], [[Russia]]
| career_start = 1972
| career_end = 1990<br>1994–1996
}}

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{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}
{{MedalSport | [[Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] |[[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U20 Championship|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1974 Leningrad]] |[[Ice hockey]] }}
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'''Boris Viktorovich Alexandrov''' ({{lang-ru|Борис Викторович Александров}}; November 13, 1955 &mdash; July 31, 2002) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] professional [[ice hockey]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boris Alexandrov's biography|url=http://www.peoples.ru/sport/hockey/boris_aleksandrov/|accessdate=November 3, 2013|publisher=Peoples.ru|author=}}</ref> Boris Alexandrov competed for [[Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]] in 1972-1973 and in 1982-1996, and for [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] from 1973 to 1978. He became USSR Champion in 1975, 1977 and 1978. He competed at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]], playing as a [[Winger (ice hockey)|left wing]] in three matches and scoring two goals, and won a [[gold medal]] with the [[Soviet national ice hockey team|Team USSR]] there.

==Career==
Boris Alexandrov played only one full season in 1976 with the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Team USSR]], playing in 19 games, scoring four goals and winning an [[Olympic gold medal]] and a bronze in the [[Canada Cup]] in that season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hockey in Kazakhstan: Passion and Success|url=http://www.edgekz.com/hockey-in-kazakhstan-passion-and-success.html|accessdate=November 25, 2013|publisher=Edge Magazine|author=Michael Jacobsen and Colin Berlyne}}</ref> But he had a very long career at the club level, which lasted well into the 1990s. Alexandrov began to play hockey with [[Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]] in 1972, but in 1973 joined [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and played there until 1978. With CSKA Moscow Alexandrov won three Soviet Championships titles (1975, 1977, 1978) and three European Champions Cup titles (1974, 1976, 1978). After leaving CSKA Moskva Alexandrov played one season with [[SKA MVO Moscow]], before joining [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] from 1980-82. In 1980 while playing with [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] Alexandrov was selected as part of the best line at the Soviet Championships. From 1982-88 Alexandrov again played with [[Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]], before spending three seasons abroad, playing with [[HC Devils Milano|Devils Milano]] ([[Italy]]), [[Ferencvárosi TC (ice hockey)|Ferencvárosi TC]] ([[Hungary]]) and Alisa Moscow ([[Russia]]). Alexandrov ended his playing career with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk from 1992-96. In 1995 he also played four games for the [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan national team]] and scored two goals. From 1996 until his untimely death in 2002, Alexandrov worked as a head coach of both Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and the [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Team Kazakhstan]]. On 31 July 2002 Alexandrov died in a head-on collision with another car en route from [[Chelyabinsk]] to [[Moscow]].

==Career statistics==

===Regular season===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="75%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 1972-73
| [[Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]]
| USSR-2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1973-74 Soviet League season|1973-74]]
| [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| [[Soviet Hockey League|USSR]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| — 
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1974-75 Soviet League season|1974-75]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 33
| 20
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1975-76 Soviet League season|1975-76]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 35
| 22
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[1976-77 Soviet League season|1976-77]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 31
| 24
| 17
| 41
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1977-78 Soviet League season|1977-78]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 20
| 12
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[1978-79 Soviet League season|1978-79]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 6
| 3
| 7
| 10
| 9 
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979-80 Soviet League season|1979-80]]
| [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| USSR
| 43
| 22
| 23
| 45
| 52 
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[1980-81 Soviet League season|1980-81]]
| Spartak Moscow
| USSR
| —
| 15
| 7
| 22
| 32 
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981-82 Soviet League season|1981-82]]
| Spartak Moscow
| USSR
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 10 
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 1984-85
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| USSR-2
| 34
| 37
| 19
| 56
| 50 
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985-86
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| USSR-2
| 54
| 52
| 30
| 82
| 97
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 1986-87
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| USSR-2
| 64
| 62
| 50
| 112
| 128
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1987-88
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| USSR-2
| 35
| 29
| 29
| 58
| 64
|- ALIGN="center" 
| 1988-89
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| USSR-2
| 57
| 56
| 32
| 88
| 68
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 Serie A (ice hockey) season|1989-90]]
| [[HC Devils Milano|Devils Milano]]
| [[Serie A (ice hockey)|Serie A]]
| 29
| 31
| 27
| 58
| 37
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[1994–95 IHL (Russia) season|1994-95]]
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| [[International Hockey League (1992–1996)|IHL]]
| 30
| 14
| 19
| 33
| 18
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" 
| [[1995–96 IHL (Russia) season|1995-96]]
| Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
| IHL
| 13
| 6
| 3
| 9
| 18
|}

===International===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" width="40%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1974]]
| [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]]
| [[IIHF World Junior Championships|WJC]]
| 5||8||7||15||12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976]]
| Soviet Union
| [[1976 Winter Olympics|OG]]
| 3||2||0||2||0
|-
| [[1976 Canada Cup|1976]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 5||2||4||6||2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995
| [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]]
| [[IIHF World Championship Division II|WC C]]
| 4||2||3||5||4
|}

==Honors==
*Won the [[1976 Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] in 1976 with [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Team USSR]].
*Scored 157 goals (in 322 games) in [[Soviet Hockey League|USSR Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boris Alexandrov's statistics|url=http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=18162|accessdate=November 25, 2013|date=|publisher=EuroHockey.net|author=}}</ref>
*He competed at the [[Super Series '76]] with the team [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] and scored against [[New York Rangers]], [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Boston Bruins]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boris Alexandrov Goals At The Super Series '76|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFKi10uksKc|accessdate=November 25, 2013|publisher=[[YouTube]]|author=}}</ref>
*WJC Top Scorer in 1974.
*All Star Team in [[1975 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1975 Junior WC]].
*Won [[Soviet Hockey League|USSR Championship]] in 1975, 1977 and 1978.

==Personal life==
His son [[Viktor Alexandrov]] is also [[ice hockey]] player. He was drafted 83rd overall by the [[St. Louis Blues]] in the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]], but he never signed a contract.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viktor Alexandrov's career statistics|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12297|accessdate=November 25, 2013|publisher=Eliteprospects.com|author=}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Eliteprospects}}
*{{hockeydb|54067}}

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