The History of Soviet Union Hockey
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- čas přidán 27. 05. 2021
- In the late 1940s, the Soviets were only learning to play hockey. But within eight years, they built one of the most feared hockey teams in the world. The Red Machine went on to dominate hockey for four decades, until it came crashing down with the demise of the USSR. Here’s its history in videos.
Before 1946, Russians didn’t know a thing about ice hockey. While bandy was the most popular winter sport in the country, ice hockey was gaining international popularity thanks to its inclusion at the Olympics. So, Soviet sports officials tasked bureaucrat Sergey Savin with a surprising mission: to study the unknown game and see if it has any potential. Savin went to Latvia where he obtained Canadian-made ice skates, a stick, a puck, and a set of hockey rules published in Latvian.
Hockey needed to be tested in public to see if the Russian people had any interest in the new game. After the end of a bandy match in November 1946 in Moscow’s Petrovsky Park, the spectators remained in their seats. Organizers promised a curious new show: an ice hockey match. The two teams fielded university students who could hardly handle their sticks.
The first official ice hockey match was played on Dec. 22, 1946.
In 1947, Moscow’s Dynamo ice hockey club was the USSR’s first-ever ice hockey champion.
This is the first-ever Soviet ice hockey national team. In 1954, only eight years after the first match between two amateur student teams took place, Soviet athletes debuted at the 1954 World Championships in Stockholm and won gold, beating Canada to everyone’s surprise. The unknown team of ice hockey novices beat the uncontested champions by the shocking score of 7-2.
The victory on March 7, 1954, marked the beginning of the legendary hockey rivalry between Canada and USSR.
The rivalry reached its peak in September 1972, during the famous Summit Series, aka the Super Series, which consisted of eight games organized in the midst of the Cold War.
Canadians got the upper hand winning the series 4 to 3, with one tie. Paul Henderson scored with only 34 seconds left in the match. The unprecedented rivalry and tension pushed every player on both sides to his limits.
Despite the narrow defeat, the Soviets fought for dominance in the sport in many more championships following the Summit Series. Here are players Valery Kharlamov, Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov.
Tarasov was a player-coach for HC CSKA Moscow in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and coached notable players which included, Boris Afanasiev, Aleksandr Komarov, Grigory Mkrtychan, Nikolai Sologubov, Andrey Starovoytov, and Dmitry Ukolov.[4] Many great players developed under his system in the 1960s. Among these were heroes like: Vitaly Davydov, Anatoli Firsov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Ragulin, Alexander Yakushev, Konstantin Loktev, and goalie, Viktor Konovalenko. Then these were followed by other greats who would represent the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summit Series against Canada. These included: Boris Mikhailov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Vasiliev, Alexander Maltsev, Valeri Kharlamov, Viacheslav Fetisov, and a brilliant young goaltender named Vladislav Tretiak.
The fierce competition between the Canadian and Soviet national teams made superstars of its players. Vladislav Tretiak, the team’s goalie became a world-famous star. The Soviet government blocked a move by the NHL’s Montreal to draft Tretiak in 1983. He now serves as an MP in Russia’s State Duma. - Sport
From 1975 to 1991, the clubs of the USSR played 108 matches with the teams of the National Hockey League. During this time, the Clubs of the USSR won 58 victories, 10 matches ended in a draw and lost 40 times to the representatives of the NHL.
The most successful team in NHL history is the Montreal Canadiens, with 24 Stanley Cups and 35 Finals appearances. The greatest number of times the winner of the USSR championship was CSKA Moscow - 32. Their meetings with each other:
12/31/1976 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 3: 3
12/31/1979 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 4: 2
12/31/1985 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 1:6
09/18/1990 CSKA - Montreal Canadiens - 3: 2
CSKA won here!
Also, CSKA is the record holder of the European Ice Hockey Cup, which won 20 titles, and from 1978 to 1990 did it 13 times in a row. Champions of European countries participated in the draws of this tournament.
Therefore, CSKA can be called the strongest team of all time!
Meetings of the owner of the Stanley Cup with the champion of the USSR, who became in the season in which the match took place:
12/29/1979 New York Islanders - CSKA - 2: 3
12/31/1985 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 1:6
01/12/1991 Pittsburgh Penguins - Dynamo (Moscow) - 3: 4
Meetings of the owner or finalist of the Stanley Cup with the champion or silver medalist of the USSR Championship, who became in the season in which the matches between them took place:
12/31/1976 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 3: 3
01/11/1976 Philadelphia Flyers - CSKA - 4: 1
12/29/1979 New York Islanders - CSKA - 2: 3
12/29/1985 Calgary Flames - Dynamo (Moscow) - 4: 3
12/31/1985 Montreal Canadiens - CSKA - 1:6
01/09/1990 Boston Bruins - Dynamo (Moscow) - 1: 3
09/13/1990 Spartak (Moscow) - Minnesota North Stars - 8: 3
01/12/1991 Pittsburgh Penguins - Dynamo (Moscow) - 3: 4
As can be seen from the results, the USSR clubs on the field turned out to be stronger than the NHL clubs.
Also, the symbolic team of the century included 4 players who played in the USSR championships and 2 players who played in the NHL. The six members of the symbolic team were chosen by voting organized by the IIHF. The selection committee included 56 hockey experts from 16 countries in Europe and North America.
Symbolic team of the century:
Goalkeeper: Vladislav Tretiak (USSR) - 30 votes.
Defender: Vyacheslav Fetisov (USSR) - 54 votes.
Defender: Börje Salming (Sweden) - 17 votes.
Wing: Valery Kharlamov (USSR) - 21 votes.
Wing: Sergei Makarov (USSR) - 18 votes.
Center forward: Wayne Gretzky (Canada) - 38 votes
In connection with the above, the USSR championship can be considered the strongest league in the world!
That was neat! I love history - put more documentaries up!
Σας ευχαριστούμε για αυτό το βίντεο. Η μόνη μου επιθυμία είναι να είναι περισσότερο. Υπήρξα μεγάλος υποστηρικτής και μαθητής του Προπονητής Ταράσοφ.
This must be an American video. It makes it sound like Canada lost the Summit Series and nobody beat the Russians until the US in 1980.
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I RESPECTED GUYS LIKE VIKULOV. STARSHINOV. MAKAROV. FETISOV.
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Тарасов это о новоположник под название"чудо". Я про советский хоккей
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