Jacques Plante and Vladislav Tretyak in 1972
Jacques Plante came into our room with an interpreter and amazed us by sitting with me and explaining in detail how I should play against the likes of Mahovlich, Esposito, Cournoyer and Henderson. I...
Jacques Plante came into our room with an interpreter and amazed us by sitting with me and explaining in detail how I should play against the likes of Mahovlich, Esposito, Cournoyer and Henderson. I...
How many of the players from the Soviet team in 1972 also played for them in the 1980 Olympics? Question by David to “The Summit in 1972“ There were seven Soviet players that...
What are they? What are these “personal reasons” behind Alex Ovechkin’s absence in the Washington vs. Sharks game last night? No answer here… Update: Case resolved (see below from Washington Post). Rules are rules...
– Are you a Bruins fan? – the guy next to me on the bus points to my backpack with the Boston Bruins logo. – Yes. – My father played for the Bruins. –...
Mr. and Mrs. Viacheslav Fetisov and Mr. and Mrs. Sergei Starikov have joined their new “family”, the New Jersey Devils team in the NHL. The Red Army blueliners has just signed a contract and...
MONTREAL, Canada September 2, 1972 USSR 7 CANADA 3 PLAYERS ON ICE: Canada: Bergman, Park, Ellis, P. Esposito, Gilbert, Hadfield, Cournoyer,Berenson, Seiling, Ratelle, Henderson, P. Mahovlich, Redmond, Lapointe, Awrey, F. Mahovlich, Clarke USSR:...
Actually, I am not sure about the answer… The first game of the Moscow part of the 1972 Summit Series was played on September 22, 1972. It was Game 5 of the Series and,...
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...
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...
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,...