Background
Zhluktov, Viktor was born on January 29, 1954 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast'.
Zhluktov, Viktor was born on January 29, 1954 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast'.
In the 1976 Canada Cup, Zhluktov scored 5 goals and 4 assists in 5 games, tying him for both the most points (with Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin) and goals (with Milan Novy and Bobby Hull) in the tournament, despite playing two fewer games than the players he tied with. For a while he played in the same line-up as Vladimir Krutov, Sergei Makarov, Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov before Igor Larionov replaced him.