Archive for the ‘1972 Canada-Russia hockey’ Category
This has absolutely nothing to do with the Stanley Cup finals taking place right now, but I decided to post this because, well….. I decided to, dammit.
In 1974, when the best from the renegade World Hockey Association played the Russian National team in the series that followed the original ‘72 Series, the Russian program distributed at Luzhniki Ice [...]
June 5, 2009 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe, International Hockey
Tags: 1974 Canada-Russia Summit Series, Bobby Hull, Frank Mahovlich, Gordie Howe, JC Tremblay, Luzhniki Ice Palace, WHA, World Hockey Association | No Comments »
Years ago, before the National Hockey League became the Wall Street-watching, unionized, big ticket machine it is today, teams of the original six would often spend part of their pre-season playing various senior teams that usually belonged to the big club, in smaller towns in smaller rinks throughout the country. The Montreal Canadiens, for example, would take their [...]
May 21, 2009 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks
Tags: 1972 Summit Series, Aggie Kukulowicz, Gump Worsley, Habs, Jacques Plante, Powell River Regals, Rocket Richard, Sault Ste. Marie, Trois Rivieres | 1 Comment »
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Jean Beliveau, Trevor Linden, Eric Duhatschek, Habs fans, Habs fans who don’t torch cars, Chris Cuthbert, readers of this blog, hard workers like Tom Kostopoulos and Maxim Lapierre, Canada-Russia games, Henri Richard, Jim Hughson, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, players who visit sick kids, Josh Gorges, Dick Irvin, Ken Dryden’s books, Dickie Moore, Ralph [...]
February 8, 2009 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Bobby Orr, Brief Beehive Moment, Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens, Wayne Gretzky
Tags: Beehive photos, Bobby Orr, Canada-Russia hockey, Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, Ken Dryden, Trevor Linden, Wayne Gretzky | 7 Comments »
Those dastardy Russians. We knew they were good before they played their first game of the 1972 Summit Series. But we didn’t know they were THAT good. And they brought a ringer with them.
His name was Valeri Kharlamov, and he was an unbelievable player. So good, in fact, that Bobby Clarke broke the guy’s ankle [...]
January 25, 2009 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, International Hockey, Jean Beliveau, John Ferguson Sr., Montreal Canadiens, Uncategorized
Tags: Bobby Clarke, Habs, Jean Beliveau, John Ferguson, Montreal Canadiens, Russian National hockey team, Summit Series, Team Canada '72, Valeri Kharlamov | 2 Comments »
I could hardly wait for that New Year’s Eve of 1975 when the Russian Red Army team would show up at the Forum to play my team. I had been mesmorized by the events of the 1972 Summit Series, and we had seen what this far-away power could do. But this was going to be different. This time the foreigners would [...]
December 31, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Boston Bruins, Guy Lafleur, International Hockey, Ken Dryden, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sam Pollock
Tags: Boston Bruins, Frank Mahovlich, Guy Lafleur, Guy Lapointe, John Robertson, Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Forum, Montreal Gazette, New Year's Eve game 1975, New York Rangers, Peter Mahovlich, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Russia, Russian Central Red Army. Team Canada '72, Serge Savard, Soviets, Vladislav Tretiak, WHA, World Hockey Association, World Hockey Championship, Yvon Cournoyer | 3 Comments »
At least they got a point out of it.
Goerges Laraque said before the game that it would be a low-scoring affair, just by the nature of the Devils’ game - tight, neutral zone trapping, few goals - and Georges was absolutely right.
The problem was, snakebitten Alex Kovalev, instead of breaking out of his 15 game scoreless streak, took [...]
December 6, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils
Tags: 1972 Canada-Russia series, Andrei Markov, Carey Price, Georges Laraque, Guillaume Latendresse, Habs, hockey, Josef Kompalla, JP Parise, Mathieu Dandenault, Matt D'Agostini, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, NHL, Patrice Brisebois, Rudy Batja, Ryan O'Byrne, Saku Koivu, Sergei Kostitsyn, Summit Series, Tomas Plekanec, Zach Parise | 4 Comments »
Vladislav Tretiak, the great Russian goalie who gave fits to Team Canada in 1972 and the Montreal Canadiens on New Year’s Eve, 1975, is a proud Russian, and as President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, desparately wants his country to be a real hockey country.
In fact, he’s predicting the new Russian league, the Continental [...]
October 16, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Alex Ovechkin, International Hockey
Tags: 1972 Summit Series, Alex Ovechkin, Alexei Cherepanov, Canada-Russia Summit Series, Continental Hockey League, defibrillator, Jaromir Jagr, KHL, National Hockey League, NHL, Pavel Bure, Red Army, Russian Ice Hockey Federation, Russian Super League, Vladislav Tretiak | 7 Comments »
On this day, September 28th, exactly 36 years ago, Team Canada and Team Russia played their eighth and final game of the historic 1972 Summit Series. Paul Henderson pulled it out with 34 seconds to play on kind of a broken play, and the Canadian players, coaches, and most of the entire country of Canada breathed [...]
September 28, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, International Hockey
Tags: 1972 Canada-Russia Summit Series, Alexander Maltsev, Alexander Ragulin, Alexander Yakushev, Boris Mikhailov, Canada-Russia ticket stub, Evgeny Mishakov, hockey, Luczniki Sports Palace, Moscow, NHL, Paul Henderson, Russian mafia, Sudbury, Valentine Sytch, Valeri Kharlamov, Vladialv Tretiack, Vladimir Vikulov, Vsevolod Bobrov, Vyacheslav Anisin, Vyacheslav Solodukhin | 5 Comments »
The Canadiens played the Ottawa Senators last night and will play them again tonight and I noticed that nowhere in the Ottawa lineup did I see Frank Mahovlich.
What’s that? Frank Mahovlich is a senator in Ottawa, not an Ottawa Senator? Ohhhhhh.
Never mind.
But speaking of Frank Mahovlich…..
In the late 1990’s, I owned a sports bar in [...]
September 27, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Detroit Red Wings, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Frank Mahovlich, Habs, hockey, Kane's Sports Bistro, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, NHL Oldtimers, Ottawa Senators, Punch Imlach, Red Storey, The Rocket, Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 Comments »
September 23, 2008 in 1972 Canada-Russia hockey, Boston Bruins, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: 1975 New Years game Red Army against Montreal, Boston Bruins, Don Cherry, Habs, hockey, hockey blogs, hockey books, hockey legends, Joe Pelletier, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens boks, Montreal Canadiens DVD, The Rocket | 2 Comments »