He was head of the research group for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team for 28 years, when the Soviets won seventeen Ice Hockey World Championships and seven Winter Olympic Games gold medals.
Korolev has been recognized with the Order of Friendship, induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Paul Loicq Award.
[5] During ice hockey at the 1990 Goodwill Games, Korolev spoke out against Sergei Fedorov leaving the Soviet national team and signing a five-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
Korolev insisted that his player was stolen by premeditated actions and, rather than defecting on his own "under normal circumstances".
[6] Korolev retired from coaching then served as vice-president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia from 1992 to 2001, and as its secretary general from 2001 to 2003.
[1][2] Korolev has served as a director of the hockey department at the International Scientific and Methodological Center since May 2003.