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Everybody Loves Balderis Launching a new web site about Helmut Balderis, legendary hockey wizard of the 1970s-1980s. It’s a soft launch of a beta version available for desktops and laptops. Smaller resolution (modile devices)...
To be honest with you, I found this quote by Helmut Balderis interesting and rather surprising. In my hockey book, Balderis was the best hockey player of all times and nations. In my view,...
When Team Canada arrived to Moscow for the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, things didn’t look good for Canada at all. They were losing the Series by 1-1-2 and they had to...
Back in 1972, Soviet hockey players trained and played hockey all year around. They were getting one month of vacation and that was about it. For the beginning of a season, they were conditioned...
When I look back on the highs and lows of the Team Canada experience, I think the low for me was when the man who was supposed to be our leader was picked up...
Ferguson by Arthur Chidlovski (2002) PROFILE: John Bowie “Fergy” Ferguson Sr. (9.5.1938 – 7.14.2007), Served as Team Canada 1972 Assistant Coach and Assistant GM. Player’s Career: – Played as a RW with the Montreal...
WINNIPEG, Canada September 6, 1972 USSR 4 CANADA PLAYERS ON ICE: Canada: Bergman, Stapleton, Park, Ellis, P. Esposito, Cournoyer, Cashman, White, Ratelle, Henderson, P. Mahovlich, Mikita, Parise, Savard, Lapointe, F. Mahovlich, Clarke USSR: Gusev, Lutchenko, Kuzkin, Vasiliev, Tsygankov, Maltsev, Mishakov, Mikhailov, Shatalov, Yakushev, Petrov, Kharlamov, Shadrin, Solodukhin, Anisin, Lebedev, Bodunov GOALIES: Canada: T. Esposito USSR: Tretiak FIRST PERIOD 1. Canada – Parise (White, P. Esposito) 1:54....
Ozerov by Arthur Chidlovski (2002) PROFILE: Nikolay Ozerov (1922-1997), USSR Merited Sports Master in tennis, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Award. Sports Career: – One of the top Soviet tennis players in 1939-1958 –...
The guys that played in 1972 were tough dudes. No helmets. Players today wear helmets and masks and pay more attention to protection. On the other hand, modern players are more complete athletes –...
‘ TORONTO, Canada September 4, 1972 USSR 1 CANADA 4 PLAYERS ON ICE: Canada: Bergman, Stapleton, Park, Ellis, P. Esposito, Goldsworthy, Cournoyer, Cashman, White, Henderson, P. Mahovlich, Mikita, Parise, Savard, Lapointe, F. Mahovlich,...
Paul Anderson: Circus Act in Leningrad (1955)
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John Grimek at York Barbell Club
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World Record by Vartan Militosyan (Armenia, USSR)
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Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
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