Valeri Belousov

Valery Konsantinovich Belousov (; December 17, 1948 – April 16, 2015) was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.
==Playing career==
Belousov began playing hockey on a local Novouralsk team Kedr in 1964. In 1967 he was transferred to Sputnik Nizhny Tagil ultimately making his way to Traktor Chelyabinsk, Ural's premier hockey team, in 1971. During his 418-game stint in Chelyabinsk Belousov advanced with his team to the 1973 USSR Cup finals and was a bronze medalist in 1977 as part of the squad. Despite being one of the top snipers of the Soviet Championship he had a modest career on the Soviet national team where he spent only 8 games scoring a single goal.
He spent 1982—1984 seasons in Oji Seishi Tomakomai of the Japan Ice Hockey League winning the Japanese championship twice. Belousov finished his career playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, then a de facto farm team of Traktor, retiring as a player in 1988.
==Playing Statistics==
 --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
 Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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 1978-79 Chelyabinsk Traktor Russi 44 22 20 42 24
 1979-80 Chelyabinsk Traktor Russi 44 17 21 38 17
 1980-81 Chelyabinsk Traktor Russi 0 22 34 56 12
 1981-82 Saratov Kristall Russi 0 8 5 13 4
 1983-84 Saratov Kristall Rus-1 0 0 0 0 0
 1984-85 Saratov Kristall Rus-1 51 22 12 34 16
 1985-86 Saratov Kristall Rus-1 16 4 3 7 0
 1986-87 Saratov Kristall Rus-1 36 15 8 23 6
 1987-88 Saratov Kristall Rus-1 70 12 19 31 22
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==Coaching career==
Belousov returned to Chelyabinsk in 1987 as an assistant coach. He replaced Gennadi Tsygurov as the head coach in 1990 and eventually led the team to its first bronze medals since the late 70s. In 1995 he was invited back to Magnitogorsk as an assist coach to Valery Postnikov and then replaced him as the head coach in 1996. Helmed by Belousov Metallurg Magnitogorsk achieved its biggest success with two Russian Superleague championships and the 2000 IIHF Super Cup.
In the 2003-04 season he took over Avangard Omsk and headed the team to its first ever champion title winning in the finals over his former team Metallurg. A year later Belousov's Avangard also won the 2005 IIHF European Champions Cup. But after several not so stellar seasons Belousov was fired of his job along with his entire coaching stuff.
During the 2008—2010 seasons Belousov tried to recapture his success with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. But despite advancing to the 2008 Victoria Cup with New York Rangers and 2009 Champions Hockey League Finals with ZSC Lions Belousov's team lost both games.
In October 2010 he returned to Traktor Chelyabinsk for the first time in 15 years leading the team from the bottom of the season table to the 2013 Gagarin Cup Final.
He died on 16 April 2015.RIP Valery Belousov
==Career statistics==
===Coaching record===
Team	League	Year 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season 	Post season
Team	League	Year 	G 	W 	OTW 	T 	OTL 	L 	Pts 	Finish 	Result
TRK 	USSR 	1990–91	56 	27 	– 	9 	– 	20 	63 	2nd in relegation round	No playoffs held
TRK 	CIS 	1991–92	36 	16 	– 	6 	– 	14 	38 	3rd in Group B 	Won 5th place game (TOR)
TRK 	IIHL 	1992–93	42 	28 	– 	5 	– 	9 	61 	2nd in East 	Lost in Semifinals (DYN)
TRK 	IIHL 	1993–94	46 	32 	– 	3 	– 	11 	67 	3rd overall 	No playoffs held
TRK 	IIHL 	1994–95	52 	26 	– 	5 	– 	21 	57 	5th in East 	Lost in First Round (TOR)
MMG 	RSL 	1996–97	24 	14 	– 	3 	– 	7 	31 	4th overall 	Lost in Semifinals (LAD)
MMG 	RSL 	1997–98	46 	31 	– 	10 	– 	5 	72 	2nd overall 	No playoffs held
MMG 	RSL 	1998–99	42 	34 	– 	6 	– 	2 	74 	1st overall 	Won Russian Championship (DYN)
MMG 	RSL 	1999–00	38 	24 	1 	3 	1 	9 	78 	3rd overall 	Lost in Semifinals (AKB)
MMG 	RSL 	2000–01	44 	24 	3 	8 	1 	8 	87 	1st overall 	Won Russian Championship (AVG)
MMG 	RSL 	2001–02	51 	28 	3 	2 	3 	15 	95 	5th overall 	Lost in Semifinals (LOK)
MMG 	RSL 	2002–03	51 	23 	2 	8 	4 	14 	85 	6th overall 	Lost in Quarterfinals (SEV)
AVG 	RSL 	2003–04	44 	24 	2 	9 	2 	7 	87 	3rd overall 	Won Russian Championship (MMG)
AVG 	RSL 	2004–05	60 	29 	3 	10 	1 	17 	104 	6th overall 	Lost in Semifinals (DYN)
AVG 	RSL 	2005–06	51 	26 	3 	6 	3 	13 	93 	4th overall 	Lost in Finals (AKB)
AVG 	RSL 	2006–07	54 	32 	3 	6 	2 	11 	110 	2nd overall 	Lost in Semifinals (MMG)
AVG 	RSL 	2007–08	38 	14 	6 	– 	1 	17 	55 	Fired 	–
MMG 	KHL 	2008–09	56 	25 	13 	– 	3 	15 	104 	2nd in Tarasov 	Lost in Semifinals (LOK)
MMG 	KHL 	2009–10	56 	34 	6 	– 	1 	15 	115 	1st in Kharlamov 	Lost in Conference Semifinals (AKB)
TRK 	KHL 	2010–11	44 	12 	7 	– 	6 	19 	56 	5th in Kharlamov 	Missed playoffs
TRK 	KHL 	2011–12	54 	32 	7 	– 	4 	11 	114 	Won Continental Cup 	Lost in Conference Finals (AVG)
TRK 	KHL 	2012–13	52 	28 	3 	– 	8 	13 	98 	2nd in Kharlamov 	Lost in Finals (DYN)
==References==
==External links==
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* Valery Belousov's bio at sports.ru
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Category:Oji Eagles players
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