Career
He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation"s (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries. Makarov was trained entirely in the Soviet Union. Makarov was also on the gold-winning Soviet national ice hockey team in the World Championships in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990 and in the Canada Cup in 1981.
In the famous 1980 Olympic hockey game against the United States, dubbed the "Miracle on Ice," Makarov scored the Soviet"s second of three goals which, at the time, enabled his team to take a 2-1 lead.
Together with Igor Larionov and Vladimir Krutov, they formed the KLM line, one of the most talented and feared lines ever to play hockey. He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984).
In 1989, Makarov was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames. At 25.9% his shooting percentage was the highest of all National Hockey League players, including Gretzky.
Makarov also played for the San Jose Sharks from 1993 to 1995.
Foreign the 1995-1996 season Makarov was dropped from the Sharks’ roster and did not play and became an assistant coach for the Russian national team during the World Cup. In the time Makarov was in the National Hockey League, nobody over the age of 31 scored more goals. In the 1996-1997 season, Sergei made two comeback attempts, first with the Dallas Stars, for whom he played four games, followed by playing for The Human Context Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland"s Nationalliga A with former teammates Viacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov.
Makarov is again divorced, and is living in Russia.
Makarov still works as a certified player agent who acts as a liaison for young Russians wanting to play in North America. In 2001 Makarov was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame during the Ice Hockey World Championship in Germany.