 The Soviets named 31 players for its roster on August 11 . The roster included four goaltenders led by 20 @-@ year @-@ old Vladislav Tretiak , Olympic and two @-@ time world champion . The defence was led by Alexander Ragulin , who had played in three Olympics and nine world championships . The team was a veteran team with only a handful of players to make their national team debut . Several players were named provisionally , depending on their performance in the Sovietsky Sport tournament being held during August . Boris Kulagin , coach of Krylia Sovietov , was named the assistant coach . Among the forwards , the team did not name Anatoli Firsov , regarded as the " Bobby Hull " of the Soviets , who had reportedly spoken out against his new coach . Most of the players named were from the Soviet " Red Army " team HC CSKA Moscow , the team managed by former national coach Tarasov . 
