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game 8 of 1972 series on TSN tonight

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Honest question.

If Bobby Clarke hadn't broken the leg of quite possibly the best Russian hockey player to ever live would Canada have won the series?

no. Kharlamov was taking over games.
 

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Honest question.

If Bobby Clarke hadn't broken the leg of quite possibly the best Russian hockey player to ever live would Canada have won the series?

He was having a fantastic series for CCCP, but Canada was missing Bobby Orr (injured) and Bobby Hull (not selected because he jumped ship to the WHA). Those two guys (especially Orr) would have made a heck of a difference.
 

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He was having a fantastic series for CCCP, but Canada was missing Bobby Orr (injured) and Bobby Hull (not selected because he jumped ship to the WHA). Those two guys (especially Orr) would have made a heck of a difference.


Even without Orr & Hull Canada was still loaded with talent. They took the Russians lightly. It was an eye opener for the entire Hockey World.
 

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Even without Orr & Hull Canada was still loaded with talent. They took the Russians lightly. It was an eye opener for the entire Hockey World.

They did take the Russians lightly and they were also horribly out of shape (no year round training like the players today).
 

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They did take the Russians lightly and they were also horribly out of shape (no year round training like the players today).

With the loss of food & beer due to Soviet Customs I imagine some guys lost a few pounds while over their.

One thing I found interesting was the Canadian players talking about how every hotel room was bugged.
 

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John Ferguson. "I remember that Kharlamov's ankle was hurting pretty bad.[73] I called Clarke over to the bench, looked over at Kharlamov and said, 'I think he needs a tap on the ankle.' I didn't think twice about it. It was Us versus Them. And Kharlamov was killing us. I mean, somebody had to do it."[75] Canadian journalist Dick Beddoes asked Clarke about it later at a team reunion, calling it a "wicked two-hander", to which Clarke replied "Dick, if I hadn't learned how to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I'd never have left Flin Flon."

interesting thing about the slash... an apparent broken ankle, and Kharlamov never fell down, and he actually came back later in the game.
missed game 7, but was back out for the 8th game (though less effective)
 

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psych! 2 for flinching!


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I don't know what caused J.P. Parise to snap like that, but he reigned it in just in time...
 

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I don't know what caused J.P. Parise to snap like that, but he reigned it in just in time...

he got the original penalty (slash or crosscheck), and then they gave him a misconduct for hitting his stick on the ice. that's when he lost it.

they were damned suspicious of the refs anyways - with the other German refs calling PIMs 31-4 in a previous game. That same group was set to referee game 8, and Canada refused to take the ice with that group. These refs were the compromise.
By the time Parise did that (like 8 minutes into the game?), Russia had already had a pair of 2-man advantages. I think the feeling was "not this shit again".
 

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By the way, next Wednesday night TSN is showing the Canada - Russia WJHC game from Grand Forks (Crosby, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Patrice Bergeron, and Dion Phaneuf versus OV, Malkin etc.)

/I think Pierre McGuire coins the "Double Dion" phrase in that game...
 

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So, who won?

I enjoyed this thread more when dash was talking to himself. Thanks to the rest of you for ruining it for me. :pout:
 

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So, who won?

I enjoyed this thread more when dash was talking to himself. Thanks to the rest of you for ruining it for me. :pout:

:lol: - Hard work and clean living prevailed in the end, higgy.
 

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So, who won?

I enjoyed this thread more when dash was talking to himself. Thanks to the rest of you for ruining it for me. :pout:

I'm watching the game now (currently 5-4 RUS in the 3rd), but thought commentary would be redundant.
I am surprised to see how when Rod Gilbert was fighting some dude, none of the other Russians on this ice seemed to want to get involved. Maybe they didn't have fighting in their regular games, but it was odd to see the rest of Team Canada squaring up, and the Russians just sort of just watched.


my goodness Esposito was terrific in this game.
 

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watching 2010 Gold medal game (Canada / USA of course)


my goodness Heatley is out of his league against these all-stars.
just looks fucking awful.
 

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watching 2010 Gold medal game (Canada / USA of course)


my goodness Heatley is out of his league against these all-stars.
just looks fucking awful.

And on the flip side, Getzlaf looked great...

/what the hell happened?
 

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And on the flip side, Getzlaf looked great...

/what the hell happened?

I actually had deleted a note on how Getzlaf had better get his shit together or his career could follow Heatley's path.
they are dangerous when they are open, then just kind of stopped making the effort to get open.

Heatley's wheels rusted - not quite sure what happened to Getz.
still time to turn it back around for baldy, methinks
 

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I actually had deleted a note on how Getzlaf had better get his shit together or his career could follow Heatley's path.
they are dangerous when they are open, then just kind of stopped making the effort to get open.

Heatley's wheels rusted - not quite sure what happened to Getz.
still time to turn it back around for baldy, methinks

Need Getz to get it together for my keeper league!

During the (previous) lockout I bought the Summit Series DVD set and watched all the games. A lot of fun. Shocking how much space was out there. Those guys played dirty, violent, etc... but the hooking and waterskiing hadn't taken over.

Some of the antics from Canada were disgraceful. But to me, that's part of what makes it great drama. This wasn't some cheesy propaganda 'good' vs. 'bad'. These were real people, flawed people, put under a lot of pressure to win, and we got to watch their reactions. It was also a clash of cultures, before people fully understood and respected cultural differences.
 

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just finished watching the rest of the 2010 game this morning. I had forgotten so much about it. Hell, I forgot that OT was 4 on 4. I drank a bit harder in the 3rd intermission when it was live.

- Kesler interview with fire in his eyes "Lou is fighting the puck, and we can get to him"
- the two posts for canada early in the 3rd
- Sid with a breakaway with 3 minutes left. He'd gone pointless in 9 periods.
- uncalled USA too many men with 2:10 left
- Keser being right... Lou knocked down a shot instead of catching it clean 10 seconds before the 2-2 goal
- Neidermayer giving the puck away to Pavelski 20 seconds before the golden goal. big save Lou from the faceoff dot
- "IGGY!!"
 

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wow the france really got excited for that lol
 
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