 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Korolev akabatanidzwawo nezvose zviri zviviri Soviet Union national ice hockey team uye Soviet Union national junior ice hockey team. Kubva muna 1964 kusvika muna 1992, aive mukuru weboka rekutsvagisa rechikwata chenyika chevarume, uye akabatsira timu kuhwina makwikwi gumi nemanomwe eWorld Ice Hockey Championships nemenduru dzegoridhe nomwe dzeMitambo yeOlympic yechando. Pakupera kwebasa rake, aive murairidzi mukuru wechikwata chenyika kubva muna 1990 na1992. Pa1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, vechidiki veSoviet vaive nebhenji-rinobvisa kupokana nevadiki veCanada, iro rakazozivikanwa sePunch-up muPiestany. Korolev akaratidza kuzvidemba kuti chiitiko chacho chakaitika asi haana kubvuma mhosva ipi neipi. Akanzwa kuti mutambo wacho waifanira kunge wapera pane kuti zvikwata zvose zviri zviviri zvibviswe mumakwikwi acho. Munguva yechando hockey pa1990 Goodwill Mitambo, Korolev akataura pamusoro peSergei Fedorov achisiya timu yenyika yeSoviet uye kusaina kondirakiti yemakore mashanu neDetroit Red Wings. Korolev akasimbirira kuti mutambi wake akabiwa nezviito zvakarongwa uye, pane kuti apanduke ari oga mumamiriro ezvinhu akajairika. Akati kuita kuti izvi zviitike pamuchato wemitambo yorudo rwakanaka, kwakafanana nechipanji chetari mumudziyo wouchi. 