overtime in the semifinals. Nonetheless, Myshkin played spectacularly that game in a losing cause, being named the USSR's player of the game, and was named to the tournament all-star team for his heroics. As the starting goaltender of the national team, he backstopped them to a bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships and a gold in 1986 on home ice in Moscow. The following year, the 31-year-old Myshkin was replaced by younger goaltenders Evgeny Belosheikin and Sergei Mylnikov. After 1986, he appeared only once more at the World Championships, that being in 1990 as the team's third-string goaltender in a largely token gesture, as Myshkin had already announced he would retire following the season. Myshkin's final season would be a memorable one. First, he won the Soviet League championship for the only time in his career, as his Dynamo club ended CSKA's long championship reign and won its first title since 1954. Then at the World Championships, after watching his team's first nine games, he was given the start in the very last game. He finished his career in style, shutting out Czechoslovakia 5-0 and clinched the gold medal. References External links Statistics 1955 births Living people People from Kirovo-Chepetsk HC Dynamo Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Lukko players Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ice hockey players of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russia men's national ice hockey team coaches Russian ice hockey coaches Russian ice hockey goaltenders Soviet expatriate ice hockey players Soviet ice hockey goaltenders Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Finland Sportspeople from Kirov Oblast