The 9th World Ice Hockey Championship (January 25 - February 9, 1975, Finland). Soviet national team, the 1975 world champions. Bottom row, from left: Gennady Shishkov, Georgy Kanareikin, Yevgeny Gerasimov, Vladimir Yanko, Alexei Sivkov, Vladimir Tarasevich, Vladimir Plavunov. Standing: coach Anatoly Melnikov, players Valery Bochkov, Valery Eikhvald, Yevgeny Gorbachyov, Sergei Lazarev, Valery Maslov, Leonid Lobachyov, Yury Gavrilov, Leonid Pallady, Yury Lizavin, Vyacheslav Solovyov, senior coach Vasily Trofimov.