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Honored coach of Russia and commentator Sergei Gimaev died at the age of 62.

On March 21, Moscow said goodbye to the honored coach of Russia, famous hockey expert and commentator Sergei Gimaev. Only recently, in the center of the site at the CSKA Sports Palace on Leningradsky Prospekt, there stood a coffin with the body of another brilliant “army man” - Vladimir Petrov. Gimaev was at that memorial service, and who would have thought that everything would happen like this. FHR President Vladislav Tretyak and First Vice President Roman Rotenberg came to say goodbye to their friend and colleague. Head coach of the Russian national team and SKA Oleg Znarok, Alexander Ovechkin's father Mikhail, hockey players and coaches of the CSKA and Vityaz teams, member of the KHL board of directors Alexander Medvedev and league president Dmitry Chernyshenko. Representatives of other clubs were also spotted. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was present on behalf of the government. Of course, Sergei Nailievich’s colleagues and friends from the journalistic workshop came, as well as numerous veterans of Soviet and Russian hockey: Alexander Kozhevnikov, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexander Yakushev, Alexander Pashkov, Vladimir Myshkin, Valery Kamensky, Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Lutchenko, Irek Gimaev, Vladimir Popov , Alexey Morozov, Andrey Kovalenko. Tatyana Tarasova also came, who respected Gimaev’s work.

“It’s difficult to say anything, we have not yet recovered from the previous loss of Vladimir Petrov. Of course, Sergei Nailievich is just such a multi-faceted lump, the loss of which I don’t understand how we will compensate. This is not for the sake of beautiful words, this is a harsh production necessity, a huge pain in the soul. I wonder why such great people leave and we remain here. Probably so that we can change something for the better. We will definitely perpetuate his memory,” said KHL President Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Chernyshenko: I wonder why such great people leave and we stay here. Probably so that we can change something for the better. We will definitely perpetuate his memory.

I want to tell you about my story connected with Sergei Gimaev. I knew Sergei Nailievich quite well, but of course I could not call him my friend, as he was for Denis Kazansky, Dima Fedorov or Roma Skvortsov. We had a good working relationship and often communicated on neutral topics. Gimaev was a difficult person. Authoritative, demanding. Including journalists. He always asked strictly for what was written in his words.

We usually did long interviews with him, but before the “green derby” - the confrontation between Salavat Yulaev and Ak Bars in the East during the regular season - I decided to call him for a simple comment. “Salavat” needed a bloody nose to win (the Ufa team risked not making it to the playoffs), and Kazan, in principle, could play for fun. “Salavat” is playing somehow this season...”, said Nailich. This was a loud phrase from a distinguished expert. And, of course, I put it in the title.

Gimaev: “Salavat” is playing somehow, for them this is a super match, but “Ak Bars” will get ready

We had an agreement that immediately after the end of the regular season we would record and publish two interviews: we would sum up the general results of the regular season and prepare an analytical preview with breakdowns for all series in the playoffs. The interview was planned, but I couldn’t get through to Gimaev by phone. I called, wrote SMS, wrote on Whats App... In general, I tried all the methods. I was already starting to worry if something had happened. However, he calmed down after hearing Gimaev on TV and reading notes with the expert’s comments from his colleagues. But the thoughts tormented me and wouldn’t get out of my head. A person can’t just not pick up the phone, not answer, not call back. How why? So there is a reason.

We met on March 2 at a farewell to two-time Olympic champion and world hockey legend Vladimir Petrov at the CSKA LDS. I was talking with Igor Larionov, with whom I have excellent relations and respect him immensely (I grew up in the great Detroit), and Nailich was passing by. He shook my hand, hugged me and exchanged a few words with the Professor. I didn’t have time to find out what happened. Firstly, it was indecent to leave Larionov during a conversation, and secondly, farewells and funerals are still not the place to clarify this kind of thing. And after we talked with Igor Nikolaevich, I no longer found Gimaev in the arena. I thought maybe they could talk on the street. Did not work out.

Seeing Nailich, he immediately rushed towards him. “So what actually happened, what are you offended by?” - I asked the master. “Pash, why are you and I writing about Ufa like that? After all, everyone knows me there, it’s a close and hometown.

The next – and, as it turns out, the last time – I met Sergei Nailievich in the press center of the same “army” arena. Either the first or the second match of the playoff series with Lokomotiv, Gimaev worked on it. Actually, like me. Seeing Nailich, he immediately rushed towards him. “So what actually happened, what are you offended by?” - I asked the master. “Pash, why are you and I writing about Ufa like that? After all, everyone knows me there, it’s a close and hometown. So we wrote that “Salavat” plays poorly, but now people are offended at me,” Gimaev blurted out. “So I didn’t invent anything, I wrote from your words, and, of course, saved the most striking phrase for the title. Moreover, “Salavat” really had a weak season,” I answer. “Eh, Pasha, you shouldn’t have done that, don’t!” - the emotional Gimaev did not calm down.

There were quite a lot of people in the press center. Alexey Badyukov was writing something in a notebook as he prepared for work. Denis Kazansky passed nearby, looked at me with a grin and said: “Well, did you get it?” I also know Denis well, so I answered in a similar humorous manner. Yes talking. I got it!

“I will always stand for Mozyakin and Radulov!” Vivid statements by Gimaev

On March 18, the honored coach of Russia Sergei Gimaev, who worked on Russian TV for a long time, passed away. Let's remember his best phrases.

Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev was a vulnerable and sometimes touchy person, which he himself did not hide. He understood that his words carried enormous weight, and therefore he took such situations as seriously as possible. Minutes later, under the supervision and care of the make-up artists who were preparing him for the broadcast, he was already loudly discussing the topic raised in the press regarding the possibility of clubs in the Western and Eastern Conferences starting to play each other from the first round. Gimaev was categorically against this idea. “Journalists, what do you think? This is complete nonsense. Flights, fatigue, time zones! We don’t need such changes,” Gimaev said loudly.

Well, I digested the butt I received. Now, after the death of Sergei Gimaev, I understood and realized how important it was. Understand and figure out what exactly was the reason behind the fuss. Otherwise, we would have been left with complete guesswork, which we now have to live with.

Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev was the embodiment of a real man, ready to help his neighbor. And, despite his great height, he never looked down at a person. This is why Gimaev was loved.

Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev was the embodiment of a real man, ready to help his neighbor. And, despite his great height, he never looked down at a person.

After saying goodbye, the coffin with the body of Sergei Gimaev was taken to the funeral service. The funeral of the coach and commentator will take place at the Novoluzhinskoye cemetery in Khimki.

Photo: Alexander Safonov, “Championship”

On March 18, 2017, the famous Soviet and Russian hockey player and coach, brilliant TV commentator and hockey expert Sergei Nailievich Gimaev passed away.

That evening of March 18, few of the hockey fans who found themselves in front of the TV could believe the terrible news about the sudden death of everyone’s favorite, talented hockey player, excellent coach, interesting presenter and simply a wonderful person. This is exactly what Sergei Gimaev was, the legendary “five” in CSKA from 1976-1985.

Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev was born on January 1, 1955 in Belarusian Pruzhany. The father of the future hockey star, a military pilot by profession, moved around a lot. After the war, his regiment was stationed in Ukraine, where he met his future wife. Soon the young family moved to Poland, where they had a daughter, and then to the Belarusian SSR, which became the homeland for Sergei Gimaev. Nail Gimaev’s last place of service was Ufa.

Sergei was an excellent student and actively involved in sports - without any special preferences until 1966, when he decided to play hockey. 11 years, even by those standards, was too long to have the prospect of becoming a professional player. However, having excellent physical characteristics and training 6-8 hours a day, Gimaev was able to get a ticket to big hockey. It is also noteworthy that playing hockey had practically no effect on the academic success of the young hockey player - his report card with grades practically did not suffer from diligent training in hockey, which is not compatible with studies.

Tall height - 195 cm - and long arms determined Gimaev's playing role - defense. The young right-handed player showed enviable results and after the youth team “Salavat Yulaev” he was transferred to Kuibyshev SKA. At the end of two seasons, having scored 94 points using the goal-plus-pass system, Sergei Gimaev received a star ticket to CSKA, along with a jersey with number 5.

Gimaev played in the capital's army club for 9 years, becoming a nine-time champion of the USSR, a two-time winner of the USSR Cup and a multiple winner of the European Champions Cup. Three times Sergei Gimaev was included in the list of the best defenders of the USSR Championship.

Sergei Gimaev played his last season in the USSR Championship as part of the Leningrad SKA, after which he ended his professional sports career at the age of 31. Despite a tempting offer for the position of head coach of Sverdlovsk SKA, Sergei Nilyevich decided to stay with his family in Moscow, where he graduated from a pedagogical institute and began a brilliant coaching career.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, Sergei Gimaev begins to appear on television. On the channels Russia, Sport-1, Match-TV and, of course, KHL TV, he comments on matches and participates in analytical programs as an expert. His pleasant, deep voice is easily recognizable, but what is also attractive is his original manner of expressing and defending his own opinion and point of view on many aspects of modern world and Russian hockey. At the same time, Sergei Nailievich always remained a polite and correct interlocutor, never allowing himself anything unnecessary, no matter how significant the level of knowledge of his interlocutor.

Gimaev’s comments and opinions adorned every hockey match he led. No matter how banal it may sound, his voice attracted attention, somehow magically made you listen and... understand your favorite game even better.

Sergei Gimaev died the way every hockey player devoted to his sport would like to die. On March 18, he went to the veterans tournament in Tula. He had a choice - to report from Moscow from the CSKA - Lokomotiv match, but Gimaev chose to participate in the veterans' game, in which he was in his place, just like many decades ago. Before the game, doctors were concerned about his health, but Gimaev was eager to get on the court...

Sergei Nailyevich Gimaev left us at the age of less than 63 years. This is very little, even taking into account the fact that he managed to do so much for Soviet and Russian sports. The Ak Bars - Avangard match began with a minute of remembrance in honor of the legendary player, coach and hockey player. Our memory of him will be the last and best reward for Sergei Gimaev. And yet we will not have enough of our favorite voice for a very long time, just like the emotionality and sincerity to which we have all become accustomed.

Farewell to Sergei Gimaev will take place on March 21 at the CSKA Ice Palace, after which a funeral service and funeral will take place at the Khimki Cemetery.

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He died at the age of 63. The tragedy occurred in Tula during a veterans' match.

His teammate “USSR Hockey Legends”, Olympic champion - 1988, shared the details.

“We are still in Tula. Everything seemed to be fine, there were no signs of anything.

Sergei Gimaev left the game for the locker room; he did not finish the match. He felt bad, everything happened quickly. According to the presumptive version, a blood clot came off.

It's a shame, it's just terrible. As far as I know, the body will be taken to Moscow tomorrow,” R-Sport quotes Byakin.

Sergei Gimaev was born in 1955 in the city of Pruzhany, Brest region. His father was a military pilot, and therefore the family moved often. After their father’s demobilization, the Gimaevs moved to live in Ufa.

It was in the capital of Bashkiria that the future multiple USSR hockey champion began training at the school of the Salavat Yulaev club.

In 1974, Gimaev began playing for SKA from Kuibyshev (now Samara) under the guidance of a senior coach, Olympic champion - 1968. Since the 1976/77 season, the hockey player began playing for the strongest club in the country, CSKA Moscow, with which he won eight USSR champion titles, two USSR Cups and repeatedly won the European Champions Cup.

In 1982 and 1983, he was included in the list of 34 best defenders in the national championship.

Gimaev spent his last season, 1985/86, as a player in SKA Leningrad. After completing his career, he graduated from the Moscow State Regional Pedagogical Institute.

As a coach, Gimaev worked with children and was the director of the CSKA sports school for 14 years. Since 1986 he has coached youth teams.

And with the team born in 1978, being an assistant head coach, he won the European Championship.

Since the 2000s, Gimaev has worked as an expert and hockey commentator on federal television channels. In 2003 he was awarded the Order of Honor. In veteran tournaments he played for the “Legends of Hockey of the USSR”, where he played with many of his teammates, including Sergei Makarov and.

The Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) expressed its condolences to the family and friends of the athlete, coach, and journalist.

“An entire generation of young people grew up on commentary and expert opinion. The Russian Hockey Federation expresses its deepest condolences to the family, friends and everyone who knew Sergei Gimaev.

We will really miss his knowledge, opinion and correct attitude towards life,”

- says on the official website of the federation.

The forward of the Russian national team and the NHL club Washington Capitals expressed his condolences on his page on the social network. “Eternal memory,” the hockey player wrote.

First Vice-President of the Russian Hockey Federation Roman shared his memories of the hockey player.

“There are only positive memories left about Sergei Nailievich. We worked together, interacted on the team. He was a man who gave himself completely to his work. We even played together, and everywhere Gimaev showed his best side. This is a big loss for hockey.

He did a lot of work on television, commentated on matches, and helped in every possible way.

It’s a shame that such a person is no longer with us,” Rotenberg said.

The functionary also announced his intention to play a friendly match between the Russian national team and the Korean team on March 19 wearing mourning armbands.

The two-time Olympic champion said that Gimaev was a true professional.

“Tragic death on site. He was a true hockey player and a fan of his craft and his reporting.

This is a shock, a shock for me and for so many.

We saw him three days ago, and here’s the news... He was a wonderful person, wonderful, a professional in his field, an excellent commentator,” R-Sport quotes Kozhevnikov as saying.

Other news and materials can be viewed on the chronicles, as well as in the sports department groups on social networks

Today, thousands of Muscovites bid farewell to the hockey commentator and expert beloved by millions. On this sad day, Life decided to publish Sergei Nailievich’s last interview, in which he talked about his unusual car with hockey airbrushing. All that was left was the audio recording, to shoot a video, alas, we didn’t have time...

Sergei Gimaev died on March 18 in Tula. This energetic and life-loving man, hockey maestro and guru of television journalism. More than six thousand people came to say goodbye to Gimaev at the CSKA Ice Palace today. Sergei Nailievich was buried at the Novoluzhinskoe cemetery in Khimki under the Russian anthem and gunshots from the honor guard company... But just on these days, a video shoot of Gimaev for Life was supposed to take place. The TV commentator wanted not only to tell, but also to show his miracle car with portraits of ice battle legends painted on it. A photo of a BMW X5 with hockey graffiti back in January caused an unprecedented stir among fans. But Gimaev kept postponing filming due to being busy with TV...

“Hello,” Gimaev simply greeted the Life journalist over the phone. And, of course, he told the story of the transformation of his car.

In short, the graffiti is dedicated to the 1972 USSR-Canada Super Series,” the TV commentator continued. - The emblem of that Super Series is depicted on the hood. On the sides: on one side, Phil Esposito, who is looking at Vladislav Tretyak, on the other, Valery Kharlamov and Bobby Clarke.

- Why exactly them?

In general, it all started with a photograph of Kharlamov. Then they decided that Clark would be next to him. If you don't remember, I'll tell you. It was this Canadian who broke Kharlamov’s leg in the Moscow part of the series. Valery had previously made a splash in Canada. It was then that he was injured in Moscow.

- How did you get the idea to put such images on cars?

My friends have a salon where they do airbrushing. One day I told them: “Let’s do something cool on my X5, but only hockey.” At first I thought of depicting a boxer dog in a hockey helmet with an adhesive plaster on his face. They told me: “Nailich, this is not respectable for you.” Then they showed me a photograph of Kharlamov and offered to paint his portrait. Made by artist Evgeniy Gritsai. He is the best airbrush in the country. If possible, please mention his last name... That’s what he told me: “Sergei Nailich, we will do everything for you.” Then we found photographs of Tretyak and Esposito, who then scored the most goals against our team. And most importantly, nothing was invented. The car features exact copies of photographs from that Super Series. They even decided not to paint the car in any colors. Everything is exactly black and white, just like in those photographs. They even made the lights black...

- When did the artists work?

It was 2010. I was leaving for the Olympics in Vancouver and left the car in the showroom. These wonderful guys completely removed all the paint, airbrushed it, then varnished it. I was just happy to see the result! When he first appeared on the track in this form, drivers turned around. I was so proud! I looked around, and they waved at me and said: “Cool!”

The only negative is that you need to wash it often. It becomes a little covered in dust, and the drawings are no longer so noticeable. As soon as I get behind the wheel of this car, I try to thoroughly wash and polish it.

- So you don’t drive it often?

No, rarely. Mostly I go to another one. But I’ll take this one, wash it, and you’ll take whatever photos and videos you want,” Gimaev promised.

Sergei Gimaev is an eight-time champion of the USSR with CSKA, a multiple winner of the European Champions Cup. After finishing his playing career, he worked for many years as a children's coach at an army school. Then sports TV became his vocation - vivid reports and live broadcasts from the studio performed by Gimaev became “classics” of Russian hockey. It is simply impossible to imagine the World Championships and the Gagarin Cup without his voice.

May you rest in peace, Sergei Nailievich.

The terrible news came during the second period of the Lokomotiv - CSKA match. It is quite possible that if Sergei Nailievich had not gone to Tula for the veterans’ game, he could have worked in the studio. And talk about hockey the way only he could. He was inseparable from his favorite game. And he passed away during the match...

A graduate of Ufa hockey, in 1976 he ended up in CSKA, in a team where stars of the first magnitude shone - Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valery Kharlamov, Vladislav Tretyak. The young defender did not get lost in this company; together with the best club in the country, he began to win medals of the highest dignity one after another.

After finishing his career, he found himself in coaching. In CSKA, which became his hometown, in the USSR youth team. Team born in 1978, led by Vladimir Shadrin And Sergei Gimaev, became the European champion, Gimaev received the title of Honored Trainer of the country.

Since the beginning of the 2000s, another talent of Sergei Nailievich has been discovered. An excellent memory, an innate ability to express one’s thoughts clearly and clearly, all this very quickly made Gimaev one of the best television commentators and hockey experts in the country. This season, as always, he appeared almost every day in the studio of various television channels, commentating on matches of the KHL regular season and playoffs.

For several years, Sergei Gimaev constantly took to the ice in the team of veterans “USSR Hockey Legends”. He played his last match there today.

The Continental Hockey League expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends Sergei Nailievich Gimaev.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, KHL President:

- The sudden death of Sergei Gimaev was a real shock for all of us. Undoubtedly, Sergei Nailievich was one of the most respected and recognizable people in our hockey. Thanks to his highest professionalism and subtle understanding of hockey, he, like no one else in recent years, has contributed to the popularization of his favorite game, in which he lived and completed such a bright and eventful life. I am sure that millions of fans throughout Russia will remember him with gratitude and will very soon feel the irreplaceability of this loss.

The Eastern Conference semi-final match between Ak Bars and Avangard on March 19 will begin with a minute of silence in memory of Sergei Gimaev.