1974 canada russia hockey series roster

Typical of the russian sour grapes mind set, coach kulagin hoped that canadian. Prior to the beginning of the moscow part of the series, team canada played against the swedish and finnish national teams. Most stanley cups were won by montreal canadiens 23 times, last in 1993, toronto maple leafs, 1967, detroit red wings. Superseriya sssr canada, known at the time simply as the canada ussr series, was an eightgame series of ice hockey between the soviet union and canada, held in september 1972. It was the first competition between the soviet national team and a canadian team represented by professional players. Also played in the midst of the cold war, for the canadian federal government, the 1974 series represented another attempt at hockey diplomacy aimed at fostering improved diplomatic relations between canada and the ussr. Top 10 players from russia thn top 10 soviets at the olympics iihf top 10 best european players iihf hall of fame members russian hall of fame top 100 players of the 20th century. Team canada 1974 was stocked with players from the world hockey association. Player birth country and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 1974 tournament. After the series in russia, team canada 1974 concluded its european tour with an exhibition game in prague, czechoslovakia. Canadian hockey fans had not entirely warmed to the world hockey association during its first two seasons and the 1974 series was. Three players on nhl central scoutings players to watch list for the 2018 nhl draft are among the 28 who will play for the ontario hockey league at the 2017 canada russia series. Players from canada and russia throw down at the sochi hockey open.

Ussrcanada summit series 1972 game 1 part 1 duration. In russia, fond memories for a hockey series forgotten tsn. It was 1974, two years after canadas whiteknuckle hockey victory over the soviet union. Montreal the canadian hockey league chl recently announced its rosters for the 2019 cibc canada russia series, and a pair of canadiens. Player birth country and age distributions, draft rounds of players. Theres always potential for things to pop off when canada and russia. A special order item has limited availability and the seller may source this title from another supplier. Facts and stats team canada 74 roster view the team roster by jersey numbers by players position in alphabetical order. Team canada stats, scoring leaders and demographics breakdown at summit series in 1974. Vienna state opera orchestra, hans hagen conducting. The 1974 summit team ussr roster at digital memix team canada team ussr.

They became members of the nhl in 1974, as did the kansas city. On september 17, 1974, canadian primeminister pierre trudeau dropped the puck for the ceremonial face off between pat stapleton, team canada, and boris mikhailov, team ussr, marking the beginning of the 74 summit series. The 1974 summit series was the second of two competitions between soviet and canadian professional ice hockey players. We contend that there are at least four subplots that play out in the hockey series. Player birthdate, birthplace, height and weight information for team canada.

If anyone were entitled to write a bestselling book about the russian hockey history, it would definitely be vladimir yurzinov. Alltime top lists hockey hall of fame members top 100 nhl players of alltime. No one would be taking the russians lightly in 1974. Fonstad, mcshane to play in cibc canada russia series. The 2016 cibc canadarussia series rosters for the ohl were announced on tuesday as team canada prepares for the 2017 world junior hockey championships. Unfollow 1972 canada russia to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.