Igor Nikolayevich "The Professor" Larionov / Игорь Николаевич Ларионов - Born December 3, 1960 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union is a Russian retired ice Hockey center and current player agent and coach.

- World Junior Ice Hockey Champion 1979, 1980 with Soviet Union.

- Soviet Championship League / Soviet League Champion 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 with CSKA Moscow.

- 1981 Canada Cup Champion with Soviet Union.
1987 Canada Cup runner-up

- World Ice Hockey Champion 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 with Soviet Union.

- 1987 Ice Hockey World Championships Silver Medal Winner with Soviet Union.
- 1985 Ice Hockey World Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Soviet Union.

- European Ice Hockey Champion 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 with Soviet Union.

- Winter Olympics Gold Medal Champion 1984, 1988 with Soviet Union.

- Winter Olympics Bronze Medal Winner 2002 with Russia.

- Soviet Union Player of the Year in 1988.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1997, 1998, 2002 with Detroit Red Wings. Larionov scored the "Triple Overtime" game 3 winner in 2002 Stanley Cup finals on June 8th.
Larionov became the oldest player (41 years, 6 months) in NHL history to score a goal in the Stanley Cup finals on June 10, 2002. He had 5 goals, 6 assists in the playoffs.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1997, 1998, 2002 with Detroit Red Wings.

- NHL President’s Trophy Champion 1996, 2002 with Detroit Red Wings.

Larionov was a star player with CSKA Moskva, playing on the famed KLM line, leading his club to 8 straight Soviet championships.

The NHL Vancouver Canucks had drafted Larionov in 1985, and after years of of some Soviet players voicing their concerns about wanting to play in the NHL, the Soviet Sovintersport negotiated with the NHL to allow some players to make the move to North America. The NHL clubs would have to pay a fee upfront, then part of the players salaries to Sovintersport. The original 5 players allowed to join NHL teams were also known as the "Green Unit" for their CSKA Moskva team

Larionov made his NHL debut with Vancouver Canucks on October 5, 1989 vs Edmonton Oilers at Pacific Coliseum in a 4-1 Oilers win.

Larionov scored his 1st NHL goal vs Bill Ranford of Edmonton Oilers at 11:57 of 2nd period on October 11, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum in a 5-2 Canucks win.

Larionov scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Bill Ranford & Peter Ing of Edmonton Oilers on November 3, 1991 at Pacific Coliseum in a 7-2 Canucks win.

Larionov mentored Pavel Bure during his first NHL season with the Canucks in 1991-92.

After 3 seasons with the Canucks, Larionov wanted to break the contract with the Canucks and Sovintersport, so he left the NHL to play for HC Lugano in Switzerland.

The Canucks management were not smart enough to protect the NHL rights to Larionov and left him unprotected in the 1992 NHL waiver draft, and the San Jose Sharks scooped him up. Larionov would return to the NHL the following season, playing for the Sharks for 2 seasons until they traded him to the Detroit Red Wings on October 24, 1995, where coach and general manager Scotty Bowman had specifically targeted Larionov for his all-around game, noting his ability to play both the power play and penalty kill with equal success.

Larionov would then play in Detroit for 8 seasons, helping them win 3 Stanley Cups.

Larionov was one of the Red Wings' "Russian Five" in the mid-1990s.

Larionov played in 921 regular season NHL games, scoring 169 goals (31 GWG / 1 OTG), 475 assists with 474 penalty minutes and 150 NHL playoff games, scoring 30 goals (4 GWG / 1 OTG), 67 assists with 60 penalty minutes.

Larionov played in NHL ALL-Star Game in 1998.

Larionov represented the Soviet Union 102 times, 10 as a junior, scoring 5 goals, 7 assists with 12 penalty minutes and 92 times as a senior, scoring 36 goals, 44 assists with 67 penalty minutes. He also represented Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union 11 times as a senior, having 7 assists with 6 penalty minutes.

Igor Larionov was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008
Igor Larionov was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008

NOTE
Larionov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Joe Sakic, Sidney Crosby, Scott Niedermayer and Corey Perry are the only 6 players in the world who have won Winter Olympics Gold, World Championship Gold, a Stanley Cup (IIHF Triple Gold Club), Canada Cup/World Cup, and World Junior Championship Gold.

The Stanley Cup first went to Russia on August 16, 1997. It was brought by three Russian players from the Detroit Red Wings: Igor Larionov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Vyacheslav Fetisov. They took the Stanley Cup to Moscow and Voskresensk.