 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Starovoytov akashanda semunyori mukuru weSoviet Union Ice Hockey Federation kubva muna 1969 kusvika muna 1986. Mukati menguva iyoyo, chikwata chenyika cheSoviet Union chemahockey echando chakakunda menduru nhatu dzegoridhe paMitambo yeOlympic yechando, uye menduru gumi nembiri dzegoridhe paIce Hockey World Championships. Akataurirana naJoe Kryczka weCanada Amateur Hockey Association kuti chikwata chenyika cheSoviet chitambe nechikwata chenyika cheCanada chevarume chehockey yechando mune izvo zvakazozivikanwa se1972 Summit Series. Chibvumirano chakasainwa uye chakaziviswa musi wa18 Kubvumbi 1972, paHotel International Prague panguva ye1972 World Ice Hockey Championships, uye yakatenderwa naBunny Ahearne naFred Page veIIHF. Starovoytov akabvuma mutambo wemitambo misere achifunga kuti vatambi vake veSoviet vaizokwanisa kukunda nyanzvi dzeCanada kubva kuNational Hockey League. Chivimbo chake chakaratidzwa muhurukuro nemutori wenhau Red Fisher, umo Starovoytov akatenda kuti nyika yake yaigona kukunda mitambo yose misere. Canada yakakurira nemikombe mina nokurova kumwe mumitambo misere, asi haana kudzivisa kuva nomumwe makwikwi. Mukati me 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Starovoytov akasvika vatungamiri veCanada Jack Devine naGordon Juckes, pamusoro pekuva neimwe nhevedzano. Summit Series ya1974 yakabvumiranwa kuva mitambo mitanhatu yakatarisana nenyanzvi kubva kuWorld Hockey Association, asi yakazowedzerwa kusvika pamitambo misere. VaSoviet vakatora mutambo wokudzokorora nokukunda ina nokurova katatu mumitambo misere. 