Vyacheslav Anatolevich "Slava" Kozlov - Born May 3, 1972 in Voskresensk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union is a Russian retired ice Hockey left winger/center.

- 1990, 1991 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Silver Medal Winner with Soviet Union.

- 1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Bronze Medal Winner with Soviet Union.

- NHL President’s Trophy Champion 1995, 1996 with Detroit Red Wings.

- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1995, 1997, 1998 with Detroit Red Wings.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1997, 1997 with Detroit Red Wings.
Stanley Cup finalist 1995.

- Gagarin Cup Champion 2011 with Salavat Yulaev Ufa, 2012 with Dynamo Moscow.

Kozlov made his NHL debut with Detroit Red Wings on March 12, 1992 vs St. Louis Blues at St. Louis Arena in a 5-4 Red Wings win. He had 2 assists in the game.

Kozlov scored his 1st NHL goal vs Kelly Hrudey of Los Angeles Kings at 15:22 of 1st period on October 8, 1992 at Great Western Forum in a 5-3 Red Wings win.

Kozlov scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Artūrs Irbe & Jimmy Waite of San Jose Sharks on January 6, 1994 at San Jose Arena in a 10-3 Red Wings win.

While playing in Detroit, Kozlov was pat of the "Russian Five" put together by coach Scotty Bowman.

The Red Wings traded Kozlov to Buffalo Sabres on June 30, 2001 where he played just 38 games when he injured his Achilles tendon ending his season.

Buffalo then traded Kozlov to Atlanta Thrashers where he played out his NHL career over 7 seasons and became one of the best at the shootout after the NHL instituted the tiebreaker in 2005-06. His 58.7 percent success rate (27 for 46) was the best in NHL history (minimum 40 attempts) when he left the NHL in 2010.

Kozlov played in 1182 regular season NHL game, scoring 356 goals (56 GWG / 7 OTG), 497 assists with 704 penalty minutes and 118 NHL playoff games, scoring 42 goals (12 GWG / 2 OTG), 37 assists with 82 penalty minutes.

Kozlov returned to Russia and played in the Kontinental Hockey League / KHL for 5 seasons before retiring as a player. He won the Gagarin Cup twice.