Sergei Mikhalev ;"Coach of gold dream"

2008 416 pp.

The author, a graduate of Chelyabinsk hockey, who spent most of his playing career defending the colors of HC Salavat Yulaev (Ufa), began working on this book when he headed Severstal (Cherepovets), which he led to the first bronze and then silver medals in its history . And even then he saw the title of the book exactly like that. And the publication of the book after the season in which head coach Mikhalev led Salavat Yulaev to its first ever championship title was very symbolic. Sergei Mikhailovich relives his own thorny path in big-time sports, his young years devoted to his playing career, and also reflects on such a controversial and energy-intensive profession as a mentor in hockey...