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September 24, 2022, Saint Petersburg, Russia – Brilliant heavyweight of the 1970s, World champion and author of numerous world records, weightlifting legend, Pavel Pervushin died at 75. Pavel Pervushin was one of the most...
On September 28 1972, with 34 second left in the game, Paul Henderson scored a game and a tournament winning goal for Canada at the 1972 Summit Series. On September 29, 2016, with 44...
Bobby Orr is one of the best hockey players ever to step on the ice rink. OK. There are top three players that are on the top of any all-time top lists out there....
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)...
During the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, there were several mishaps with the Team Canada luggage arrival to Moscow. History records show that the team never got several items assumed to be...
The whole world was watching when they introduced me. I stepped on the stem and fell flat on my ass. I’ll tell you, that broke some of the tension. But the ironic thing was,...
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...
Karl Swoboda (Austria): Strong in the 1900s
November 30, 2022
October 13, 2022
William “Bill” March (1937-2022)
October 11, 2022
May 2, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
May 12, 2015
September 28, 2015
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2017
