- Traveled once a month to Chicago where he was the goalie consultant for the Blackhawks.
- First Soviet player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
- Registered 1.78 GAA in 1978 World Championships.
- Won 10 world titles and three Olympic gold medals from 1970-1985.
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
- Always had a dream to be a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, but due to the "Cold War", he never could.
- Runs the Vladislav Tretiak Sports Academy in Moscow. (April 2002)
- 13-time champion of the USSR: (1970-1973, 1975, 1977-1984).
- In 1972, he became the Olympic champion for the first time, having played four matches out of five. At that time, he was the youngest Olympic champion hockey player.
- Considered the best hockey player of the XX century according to the International Ice Hockey Federation.
- On December 22, 1984, Tretiak took to the ice for the last time.
- Together with Irina Rodnina, he lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi on February 7, 2014.
- He played his first game as part of the Soviet Union national team on December 3, 1969 at the tournament for the prize of the Izvestia newspaper with the Finnish national team (5:1).
- 5 times recognized as the best hockey player of the USSR, three times the best hockey player in Europe, four times the best goalkeeper of the world championships.
- The only three-time European champion among juniors in history.
- In 1976, Tretiak was entrusted with carrying the flag of the Soviet Union at the opening of the Olympic Games in Innsbruck.
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