The book is dedicated to the famous Soviet hockey player, the legend of Russian hockey, Alexander Maltsev. In the late 60s and 70s of the last century, this name thundered all over the world, and the famous Maltsev feints aroused admiration among fans not only of our country, but also of America and Canada, Sweden and Czechoslovakia, that is, fans of those teams that were beats by the invincible “red machine,” as the USSR national team was called throughout the world. But this book is not only about hockey. The difficult fate of Alexander Maltsev, like a drop of water, reflected many features of our history - then and today. What happened to the legendary hockey player after he left Dynamo Moscow? How did his future life turn out? What is the so-called big sport, and in particular domestic hockey, going through today, in the era of big money and million-dollar contracts for existing players? The reader can find answers to these and many other questions in the book by writer and journalist Maxim Makarychev.