Background
Sologubov, Nikolai was born on August 8, 1924 in Moscow.
Sologubov, Nikolai was born on August 8, 1924 in Moscow.
Sologubov took part in Serving in the naval infantry he was wounded in the foot in a battle near Shlisselburg in 1943 when he stepped on a German booby trap. After a month and a half rehabilitation at a hospital he returned to front into the infantry and served as a scout. Six months later he was wounded into his arm, but returned to the Leningrad front once again.
He was wounded for the third time during the Krasnoye Selo offensive, when a "jumping mine" exploded very close to him.
The wound was so serious, that doctors were going to amputate his leg, suspecting gangrene. Fortunately, this diagnosis had not been confirmed, but he was operated four times on the right leg and four times on the left one.
Sologubov took up skating to heal his foot injury and played ice hockey for several Moscow-based teams from 1949 to 1964, finishing with SKA Kalinin in 1964-1965. He played for the national team in all major tournaments from 1955 to 1963 (except for the boycotted 1962 World Ice Hockey Championships), including Winter Olympics, world and European championships.
He was the team captain in 1957-1961 and served as the Soviet Olympic flag bearer at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004. Sologubov is known for trying to help the United States. team at the 1960 Winter Olympics. When the United States. was losing to Czechoslovakia, Sologubov went to their dressing room and informed them (using gestures, because he did not speak English) that they should use oxygen cans for better recovery during the breaks.
However, the Soviets would lose their last game of the tournament, ending in a third place.