Game 1 1979 Challenge Cup Soviet National Team vs. NHL All-Stars
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- The Islanders' "Trio Grande" Line dominates on the international stage as the line of Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier, and Mike Bossy propel the NHL All-Stars to an exciting victory in the opening game of the 1979 "Series of the Century" against the Soviet Union.
Madison Square Garden New York, New York
1979 Hockey Night in Canada / Hughes Television Network
Guy Lafleur was the best of the best back then. Wow what a spectacular player
His flowing hair when he rushed up ice was iconic.
😆
That deke - epic
i went to this series as it was offered to me as a ny rangers season ticket holder. i was in shock we got killed 6-0 in the 3rd game after beating them in game 1.
Dan Kelly here also did the play by play for the 1987 Canada Cup. Ron Reusch did the play by play in the 1976, 1981 and 1984 Canada Cups. Foster Hewitt did the play by play for the 1972 Summit Series.
cheevers was the nhl goalie in game 3 and he sucked. i was a bruins season ticket holder and saw him play most of his career and he was consistent. he was flashy and flamboyant, and he might make some great saves. but he was always beatable and he really never stole games for you. he was an ordinary goaltender if you look at his numbers, who was fortunate to play behind some powerful teams. he didn't enhance their game by any means.
This brings me back to childhood! The Soviets won the Challenge Cup and I was in my early teens and got so pissed emotionally it was like end of the world! I didn't want to show my face again! Just a game right ? Great memories looka at this series again years later! Thanks
This Soviet Team was so far advanced and so good blowing out the NHL 6-0 in the 3rd Game they made the NHL Team look like Amateurs against Real Pros after this Series concluded.
Clark Gilles is a lousy skater who wouldn't even bee drafted in todays NHL, 90 percent of the NHL players in 1979 would not be qualified to play in todays NHL, they are losers and garbage skaters in 1979
@@ganatra88 def some truth to that. Players then didn't train year around and the skates were nothing like today
@Jim Dandy unlike the NHL players, the Soviet players trained 11 months out of the year. In 1979 most NHL players played 8 months out of the year and worked off season jobs. The Soviets were in better condition.
Coaching was very bad. Very poor usage of Dionne and Perreault. And why they didn't play with their teamates?? Martin-Perrault-Gare and Simmer-Dionne-Taylor deserve to be there. Denis Potvin must be there with his teamates too. Nilson center of the power play come on !! That's why it will be another mess in Montreal in 81 8-1 ...
20 Hall of Famers on the NHL roster for this series
What a walk down memory lane .... It is amazing how far the game has progressed and how much has stayed the same. 🥰
I cut class to attend. Bought a ticket minutes before the start. Bumped into Bobby Orr on the way into the arena. Sat next to a guy who claimed to play for the West German Hockey team. First game at MSG with Advertising on the boards.That was the buzz around the rink. Additional goal lights were not used that night.
cannon-ating shot. The best hockey announcer ever, maybe the best in all sports - Danny Gallivan
Agreed!
Meh
I'm a fan of Danny Gallivan, but don't forget Dan Kelly also called this game.
unfortunately the Soviet school of hockey has gone down in history
Correct.Once the USSR broke up it was over.
Amazing series. The Russians were truly awesome. Their skating and passing. This NHL team had more hall of famers on it than any team IN ANY SPORT and in HISTORY and still stands to this day. 20 hall of famers. But they got blitzed 6-0 in the finale. Testament to how good the USSR was.
but the kids from the usa upset them in 1980 lol
I know. I was at the '80 olympics.
the commies were playing together year round every day, take the best of the NHL and put them together for a year and you have a way different outcome. Why did the team usa win in 80? cuz they played together for over a year and were a team. As soon as you put similar talent against the commiecunts who spent as much time together, hmmm, what a shock, the non commies won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fuck you commiecunts!!!!
Bohoo! If this was the case, then the NHL club teams should have always beaten the touring Soviet club teams. But it didn't quite happen, did it. Even the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens got their butts kicked by CSKA Moscow (who even weren't as strong as the full Soviet national team) in the 1985-86 Super Series. And why couldn't USA (or Canada) repeat their feat at the 1984 Olympics, if 'playing together for a year' was all that was needed to beat the 'commiecunts'?
Tony Gambino The Soviets were clearly the more dominant team, the biased officiating in many of these games was laughable .
Guy Lafleur was a magician on the ice. I miss him and his talent!
+chais jo Agree totally. He was one of the best. I used to love it when he played. He had so many skills.
+chais jo - Hey, I love Guy too, but I'll always remember the one where the NHL was on a power play(1979 NYC), & Guy was on the point. The Russians came in shorthanded faked a slapshot, Guy jumped out of the way & the Russians scored. But still think he was one of the best(if not the best), the NHL had, I will always respect him. He was one of the few North American hockey players, you could call a gentleman!
He "bloomed" late and quite fortunately, Montreal were patient. Mind you, during those days, they could afford to. What a hockey player!!
Lafleur was God.
@@hanksnow2тот гол забил Крутов
It was a great series with best players of the world.
This footage is absolutely awesome.
That's the understatement of the year.
I agree, when I posted that I was too quick. Truly legendary, in terms of the history of Hockey tho, for sure. Thanks so much for posting I have way more of it to watch. The Bobby Orr footage is great.
Thanks again.
aran125 Go Rangers....
Haven Tierra i'm neither a rangers or a bruins fan. While I love the game, and always will, i'm not a hardcore sports fan in general. Just how I roll, at least for the time being.
aran125 What about NHL All Stars vs. KHL All Stars for the All Star game. That would be awesome if they did that for one year. What I really think the NHL should do is rotate the All Star game format. For example, one year Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference. One year, Fantasy Draft (which is the current format). One year, North America vs. The World. And one year, have NHL All Stars vs. KHL All Stars. People always complain about the format becoming dull, so rotate them. That would be a great way to keep the All Star game fresh and interesting, without getting rid of it completely. Well, I'm done with my rant about the All Star game. Thanks for listening.
Imagine how much history changes if the NHL All-Stars had held on to win game 2. The Challenge Cup would have been an embarrassing sweep for the Soviets, Tretiak develops a reputation of not delivering against the "big boys", the Soviets probably go into the Olympics with a giant chip on their shoulder and probably blow out everyone in the Lake Placid games and the "Miracle On Ice" might never happen.
Life in the 413, interesting counterfactual scenario!
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The disco Star Wars intro 💋🤌
Its awesome that they MSG crowd booed Bobby Clarke
@Jim Dandy Meritless and senseless one-line comment. You're mistaken if you think the mid-70s Flyers could have beaten the 80s Oilers. The Oilers were the best offensive team in the history of hockey , and likely North American organized sports. The Oilers averaged 5.5 goals/game at that time. Philly would have certainly made the games choppy with their notorious dirty play. However, the Oilers PP was lethal, as was their 4-on-4 play in the open ice (so good that the NHL changed the 4-on-4 rule because of the Oilers). The young Oilers would have skated around the bullies bs hockey. Glen Sather was a goon as a player in the mid-70s and knew how the bullies worked. He kept really good fighters on the roster like Dave Smenko (won a fight with the all time bruising legend Bob Probert) and Dave Lumley. That is besides a young Messier-a beast, as well as young Marty McSorely . Glen Anderson was also a really good fighter when needed. Smenko, Messier, and McSorely were all better fighters than Schultz. In summary, the mid-70s flyers would be a Stanley cup-less, dirty after-thought if they had to face the mid-80s Oilers. The Oilers were a true dynasty.
Imagine if Denis Potvin played that night as he was injured and replaced by Salming.
Thanks for posting this.Back when we didn't have pansy rules in place.Old time hockey!
Lafleur, Dionne, Clarke, Barber, Shutt, Bossy, Perrault, Gainey, Gillies, Savard, McDonald, Robinson, Dryden
Roger Doucet , in a class by himself !!🎤🎤🎤
Roger Doucet?
Who's that?
@@austonboston4361he sang oh Canada
@@stephendacey8761 Doucet and Robert Merrill together were the best choices possible (and Doucet I have to admit did the best version of the Star Spangled Banner I've heard next to Merrill).
hilarious seeing orr try to be polite seeing eaglson at 1h 30m. salming is amazing
That's the 1st time that I heard Roger Doucet doing the Canadian National Anthem mostly in English until the end in French!!! I did watch that series as 12 year old!!! For some reason , I didn't remember that part of all national anthems until now seeing on CZcams!!!!
The Russian anthem was pretty good
We played a great first game.We lost a tighter, second game and were totally humiliated in the third one .But Canada did better in the Canada cups versus the Ruskies .
Yup. i think Canada only lost 3 times in the Canada Cups against the Soviets. Once in 1981, once in 1984 and once 1987. Canada beat the Soviets in the Group Matches 3-1 in 1976 and 7-3 in 1981 but lost the Final 8-1 in 1981.
That was the only Canada Cup that Canada lost in the Final although i don't know why there wasn't a Best of 2 out of 3 in the 1981 Final like there was in the 1976, 1984 and 1987 Canada Cups.
In 1976 the best Soviets did not play.
CANADA CUP: 2 Canada (1984, 1987) 1 USSR (1981)
GAMES: 1981 Soviets 1 Canada 1, 1984 Soviets 1 Canada 1, 1987 Soviets 1 Canada 2 tie 1
@@aitorgoniiradi6746 That is correct the best 4 Soviet Players at the time did not play in the 1976 Canada Cup.
except the 81 final...
@Travelingcam. Yeah..I noticed Perrault and Bossy were hardly trying on that goal.
Especially in the JRs over the years
Roger Ducet = Awesome!
Team Canada and Salming vs USSR ... at MSG.... total domination by Team Canada ..... and Salming
Is it wrong of me whenever I hear the Russian Anthem I visualize Nikolai Volkoff singing the anthem?
+DoctorWHO300 Hilarious. nice post.
Russia! Number 1!. Iran! Number 1! USA HAH Poot!!!
No. Ivan Drago
you lazy stupid american bums
Lol ... Hysterical post !!
This was the year ken dryden retired.I wish he would of played a few more seasons.What a awesome goalie he was the best I miss him playing goal !!
From 1979 to 1984 the soviets were the best.
Howie Meeker was right after this series in stating that the Soviets, and Europeans were ahead of their time in hockey culture system, skill, style and play making compared to the North Americans. This hockey culture system, skill, style and play making was still unheard of before the 1980's in North America.
does anyone know who many of the 1980 soviet Olympic team would go on to play in the nhl
2 players I believe. Summeroff & Teeoff. Played for the habs.
С заключительной, третьей игры сохранилась каким то чудом оригинальная запись с комментарием Николая Озерова
Озеров не спортивный комментатор, а советский пропагандист. Он стал N.1 потому что хорошо обслуживал советский режим, а не потому что был хорошим комментатором.
Слыша его голос народ вспоминает свою молодость - это просто ностальгия
What a powerplay rush by gilbert perreault on the 2nd goal by team NHL , no player in 2022 can do that , not even close .
the french connection
3 / 5 (60%) of starting line up were from Habs. dominant team for sure
greatest hockey coach in history at a dinner party in 1979, I'm gonna take half my mn gopher hockey squad ,half of the remaining best college players in the country and beat the fucking russians in 80 in lake placid. And I"m not making that shit up. A buddy was at that dinner party when he said it!!!! RIP HERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Played near the Height of the Cold War fear, with paranoia, patriotic fervor and hate looming both teams come out to Disco Star Wars. Soo then Tertiak was like Darth Vader, and the Russians were then the Empire. The NHL Rebels were Bobby Clark as Chewbacca-Chewing Tobacco and Guy LaFleure As Han Solo.
No Billy Smith? no Rick Middleton? were they injured?
This was before the New York Islanders Dynasty 1980 to 1983 and before the WHA merged with the NHL. Billy Smith and Wayne Gretzky were not known as NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Superstars yet in 1979. Chico Resch was still the New York Islanders top goalie at this time.
@@BBQFanNo1 This is the 1978-79 Season, so Gretzky wasn't in the NHL yet.
@@pastorfergus That's correct
1 Матч.
СССР: 20.Третьяк; 7.Цыганков - 12.Стариков, 6.Васильев - 2.Федоров, 14.Билялетдинов - 5.Первухин; 13.Михайлов - 16.Петров - 17.Харламов, 19.Балдерис - 22.Жлуктов - 8.Капустин, 24.Макаров - 25.В.Голиков - 23.А.Голиков, 11.Скворцов - 9.Ковин - 10.Варнаков.
НХЛ: Драйден; Робинсон - Сальминг, Савар - Бек; Макдоналд - Перро - Ситтлер, Барбер - Кларк - Гейни, Лефлер - Дионн - Шатт, Босси - Троттье - Жиль, Хедберг, Нильссон.
Помню занимался в детстве с внуком третьяка в клубе "серебряные акулы" , удивительно насколько великие предки давят на своих потомков, так как каждая неудача в глазах родителей игроков виделась чуть ли не плевком в сторону великого деда
Petrov, Kharlamov, and Mikhailov were, maybe, the best line ever and Kharlamov is still my favorite player ever. I swear the Soviet teams communicated via mental telepathy, each one knew where the others were and their passing was a thing of beauty. But, the Soviet teams, IMO, also transformed the game to help make the NHL what it is today. I'm only sorry that these three never got the chance to come to North America and make some decent money.
And, consider this: their loss at the 1980 Olympics stimulated the growth of hockey in the USA where a kid from Phoenix, AZ, like Auston Matthews started playing the game and became a star.
The 1980 Soviet Olympic team was the best team I ever saw, BTW.
In 1980 olympics Soviet League 7 top goals scores did not played In 1980 olympics!
What I remember most about this cluster F as a pissed off Blackhawk's fan was Tony 0 being chosen by the fans as the starting goaltender and somehow, someway, someone ruled by decree and Dryden was installed while Espo sat on the bench that first game.
Dryden, who played poorly against the Soviets for the most part during his career, was awful in game 2 and somehow, someway, someone, once again, ruled by decree for game 3 and Cheevers was installed and promptly bombed for 6 goals.
COMMENTATORS:
DAN KELLY
DANNY GALLIVAN
BOBBY ORR
DICK IRVIN, JR.
TV NETWORK:
CBC / NHL NETWORK
DATE:
8 FEBRUARY 1979
Nonsensical Comment:
Dina Bonnevie
Jet lag was new at the time. But the NHL big shots knew of this condition, why did the NHL always win the first game?
+Joe M Well, in 1972, Canada won 3 out of 4 in the USSR, so maybe they should have arranged for the majority of games to be played there! ;-)
+tdshaker What's this "Jet lag was new at the time" claim?! No, it most certainly was NOT "new" when the Challenge Cup was played! For decades, EVERYBODY had known about jet lag from their own experience of air travel. This was 1979, not 1949!
when i think of lady gaga singing at the superbowl this year compared to Roger Doucet and the man who sang the star spangled in this game, i got to shake my head in wonder. Her singing was overdone and souless whereas their singing was effortless and soulful. That's all.
Lady who?
She is a travesty
@@markdemell3717bells and whistles for gaga
LETS FACE IT. THE SOVIETS WE'RE GREAT BUT WHEN YOU PLAY A TEAM THAT WAS JUST PUT TOGETHER (NHL) VERSUS A TEAM THAT'S BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER AWHILE, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. PLUS THE NHL DIDN'T HAVE THEIR BEST PLAYERS EITHER.
Exactly correct!
Tikhonov said after the Series that if he had the NHL team's players, he would never lose.
@@pastorfergus AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON ROIDS, YOU CAN NEVER LOSE.
Unfortunately, The Soviets never faced Bobby Orr at his best. He missed 72 due to injury, and he played on one leg in 76. He was done by 79. The NHL stars gave up after the game 2 loss.
You throw a bunch of guys together that don't play with each other and expect them to gel in a couple of games it just doesn't happen , the other bullshit is the Soviets played together all the time and were the best they had . That's why most Canadian's didn't give a shit about these games.
they didn't give a shit when they lost. When they won they gave a shit.
@@renocool1558 you notice how the Russians have made out since they have to do the same thing right? lol its makes a big difference playing together for 11 months and putting a bunch of guys together in 3 days .
@@alangris365 soviet hockey and colonial Russian hockey are two very different things pal
Dryden was good here
$25 for a ticket expensive? You can't get into the Winter Classic at Nationals Park for less than $201 and that's for standing room on the concourse.
25.00 in 1979 when my regular season ticket as a rangers season ticket holder in the same seat was only 6.00 YES THAT WAS EXPENSIVE AT THE TIME!
in fact in 1979 my rangers playoff tickets cost 7.00, 8.00, 9.00 and YES ONLY 10.00 FOR THE CUP FINALS vs the canadiens. times have changed for sure lol
@@BG-zy3vx That $25 dollars in '79 is worth $88.29 in 2020.
Too offensive tactic against the Soviets without really good defense, without destructing of Soviet passing. Something was wrong with NHL scouts by monitoring Soviet team. Same as the first game Superseries 1972.
Dryden and Cheevers worst choices as goaltenders against this Soviet team to begin with. Might as well have Liut in goal for the NHL. The NHL didn't have a good variety choice for goalies and defenses at this time with Parent, Orr and Others retired or way past their prime.
@@BBQFanNo1 "Worst choices"? What was wrong with Dryden's play in this Series? He made many big saves, and didn't let in any soft goals. He didn't get blown out 8-1 like Liut did, or 6-0, either, for that matter. His GAA was 3.50. Tretiak's was 4.00. Also, to say that there wasn't "a good variety choice" for defence, when the "big 3" for Montreal played, plus Denis Potvin and Borje Salming, shows ignorance of the great talent that was there.
There are NO excuses. The Russian team was the best team in this series. I have to say, I was very impressed by how the Soviet team used the body to play a clean physical game. They were most impressive. I don't know why they didn't use this same tactic against the USA at he Olympics. There must have been something else going on. Not taking anything away from the Americans, but the Soviet team looked disjoined against the Americans.
Team USA coach Herb Brooks came up with a game that threw their game right back at them. It seems like nobody thought of doing that to them until Brooks did.
Also the Soviet players said they didn't respect their Team USA opponent and you can't do that in hockey. They also forgot about the thrill of victory. They won so much they didn't feel it anymore. You can see them in awe after the loss to Team USA at Lake Placid.
@@kevaninthe4135 B HM in game one looked very well disciplined, dominating the game,, but in game 2 they seemed to lose that energy. Hard to explain. Just like it's hard to explain how USSR lost to college kids. Some games just defy logic. By the way Dryden is the most overrated goalie. He was selected here purely on politics by Bowman. Vachon & Hanlon were superior goalies then
@@jimturner4937 I consider your take on Dryden to be 100% wrong.
@@jimturner4937 Actually his own Montreal Canadiens Team Mate Serge Savard said Dryden just always had trouble handling the Russians
@@pastorfergus Certain styles certain goalies or boxers in Ali's case always had the biggest trouble against. Dryden could not as successfully handle the Russian forwards passing and lineup style cutting their angles shooting as well as some other goalies. Ali beats Foreman but always had trouble against Norton whom Foreman knocked to the floor no problem without breaking a sweat.
Кто из 2020?
Ну я а чё?
25 $ for a hockey ticket was a lot of money at the time
Yes it was compared to $100 today for the average working family with a couple of kids
Americans were learning that PRO doesn't mean the best. These soviet guys were from a much different system of life. Oppressed system. Better focused, because this was all that they had. Hockey was a way these kids could escape from hell.
At he time the NHL was made up of mostly Canadian Players. The American Players got much better in the following decades. At this time and in this decade period before 1980 the best Hockey Players in the World were from the Soviet Union and Canada.
Free healthcare and education and a right to decent living standards? Literally hell...
The living standards have decreased since the end of the USSR.
Nothing is free. Just ask the FORMER Soviet Union.
угнетенная система это видимо когда сын рабочего с завода бесплатно получает спортивное образование высочайшего класса, форму, медицинское обеспечение, с детской школы , а потом выигрывает тех кто за аналогичное спортивное образование отдают просто сумасшедшие суммы
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Where the heck was Jean Ratelle and Brad Park? I mean they were better than most of the guys on the Team, I mean Barry Beck over Brad Park?????? Really who selected this someone anti-Bruin, out of all the players only two were from the Bruins, I mean how can Ulf Nilsson over Jean Ratelle? Come on, I know I don't like Swedes, but I mean how can they put this Swede over Ratelle? Who is the idiot who made that mistake.
Park was hurt ,Ratelle was to old and slow in the 72 series ,this was 7 years later .
Captain Han Solo= Captain Bobby Clarke
The Soviets always had the advantage ,they kept the players training together for 11 months of the year ,they could do this because the players had no freedom, funny since the fall of the Soviet Union there has been 5 Olympics where the NHL players could play, Canada has won 3 Gold Czech 1 Sweden 1 ENOUGH SAID
Come on Alan! Canada have 650000 hockey players! Sweden have only 65000! Canada have Ten times More players than Sweden and you lose! CzechRepulic won in 1998! CzechRepulic only 100000 hockey players and Canada can not beat them! Russia have only about 80000 hockey players! In 1980s NHL 8 goals per game! Ovechkin ERA only 5,3-6 goals per game! If Ovechkin had played high scoring 1980s he would had scored over 1200 goals easily! Canada should have 7 guys today who have scored over 800 goals like Ovechkin! But no because Don Cherry brainwashed the people of Canada to hate other countries! Cherry said that NHL players from USA Finland Russia Slovakia CzechRepulic Sweden are Ilegal Aliens not Human only Aliens! Lunatic Cherry claiming that Auston Matthews missing the net so many times! The truth is that Matthews have higher shooting average than Connor McDavid! Auston Matthews have scored 54 in 63 games this season! If Matthews had played in 1982 he would had scored over 100 goals easily beating Gretzky's 92 goal record! And awful crazy Cherry said that do not draft USA born Auston Matthews! Cherry said that the MVP today NHL is Ryan Reaves!
Could you imagine if the MLB or the NFL or the NBA played the Russian Federation….. they’d probably want the Russians to win.
Scotty Bowman is a very overrating coach. Nilson center on power play when you have Dionne and Perreault WTF!! A very poor usage of Perreault and Dionne all along the match.
My lines in 1979 Shutt-Sittler-Lafleur, Gillies-Trottier-Bossy, Martin-Perreault-Gare, Gayney-Dionne-Taylor. Goal : Billy Smith Coach Al Arbour And where is Denis Potvin ?? If Bowman went to retirement early in 78, Pierre Larouche has to be there with Shutt and Lafleur.
Potvin was hurt for the first game but played in the series
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Ha-ha,nice hard trolling attempt by launching soundtrack from Star Wars.But in Soviet Union no one watched Star wars back then.I'm from Russia.
Какой же позор эти канадцы. Что в 1972 году, что в последнем матче 1979. Не умеют проигрывать, ведут себя, как сволочи. Мерзкий хоккей.
The Soviets definitely took money to lose at Lake Placid against that slow low talent USA team !
Soviet league the top 7 goals scores did not played in 1980 olympics! Olympics in 1980 there were good players like Jari Kurri Peter Stastny Glenn Anderson Neal Broten and so on! NHL points leaders after olympics were Gretzky Stastny Kurri Anderson Broten! In 1980 olympics had so many talent players! Canada have 650000 hockey players! USA have 500000 hockey players! Russia have only under 80000 hockey players! USA have 5 times More players than Russia so USA should be favourite against Russia! Ovechkin ERA only 5,3-6 goals per game NHL! If Ovechkin had played high scoring 1980s he would had scored over 1200 goals easily! Canada and USA should have 11 guys who have scored over 800 goals like Ovechkin today!
Weird statue to put up on the old garden ,how Masonic that is.
Cheevers was ultra horrible. He was washed up!!
not a serious or important competition at all,the nhl\ers couldn't of given a shit about this at all so its possible they lost,dunno
you'd know better than they would
AVERAGE
Boy, Andrew, "tough crowd"!
they where the best in the NHL, get over it the Russians back then where way better at hockey then Canada. I wasn't around to see this happen, but I bet way before this game took place everyone was talking about how the NHL all star will wipe the floor clean with the soviets. Now since NHL all star team lost, you see all these excuses. oh they didn't have chemistry, ooh they didn't give fuck about the game. why I don't hear this before the match or weeks before I dunno. Excuses are excuses face the facts, the NHL all star team lost period.... at the end of the day we look at wins and losses to see whos best and all these excuses doesn't help at all.
@@alangris365 oh I know and 5hats 2hat should happen nowadays, we bed. To soft to let them have a summer break. Nhl players should be trading year round and have a 11 month nhl season would be fun to watch
@@alangris365 if you havnt noticed, Russia got silver medal this year and Canada lost out. Couldn’t even blow out China out of the waters, granted nhl didn’t come
Russia hasn't defeated Canada in a final since 1981
@@alangris365 Europe has always had garbage refs.Maybe a little better now but back then they had no clue how to call the North American game
@@alangris365 No,you won it last year
Третьяк плохой вратарь , Мышкин лучше
Are you kidding we kicked ass for the most part and skill do look it up they had a red army team back then and won a few cuz that's all they did payed hockey 24-7 with them selves and had no life but hockey 🏒 LoL our boys were throwing together at the last minute look at the hrs now days and the iihl who wins US or Canada