Igor Larionov was an international hockey superstar before ever playing an NHL game, having been a mainstay on the Soviet Red Army, National and Olympic teams going back to 1977.

     He reached the pinnacle of success in the NHL in a Red Wing uniform, making major contributions to the '97, '98 and '02 Stanley Cup championship teams, adding to his Olympic Gold Medals from 1984 and 1988, multiple World Championships and a 1981 Canada Cup victory.

     During that time, he became good friends with Mike Davis, and even before announcing his retirement from hockey as a member of the New Jersey Devils, he and Davis had already formed a business partnership with the primary intent of exporting Australian and Californian wines to Switzerland and Russia, with limited distribution in Michigan as well.

     They call their operation the Triple Overtime Wine Company, an obvious reference to Larionov's game winning goal in the 3rd overtime period of Game 3 of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, an amazing goal to culminate an amazing game.