TOP RUSSIAN HOCKEY EVENTS
In the History Of the 20th Century
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1-2. Birth of Hockey in USSR
in 1947
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The
1st national championship started on
Dec 22, 1946. The 1st goal was scored
by Arkady Chernyshev and his Dynamo
Moscow won the first USSR gold medals.
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1-2. Triumphant Debut at the WC'54
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The
Soviet team won their first gold medals
at their WC debut in Stockholm'54. Team
captain, Seva Bobrov won the IIHF Best
Forward Award of the tournament.
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3. 1972 USSR vs. Canada Summit
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The
first series between Canadian NHL pros
and Soviet team ever. Team USSR played
8 games against Team Canada at the 1972
Summit.
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4. 1963-1972 Consecutive World Titles
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Led
by legendary Tarasov and Chernyshev,
the Soviet team won ALL major international
tournaments including 9 WCs and 3 Olympics
in a row.
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5. Challenge Cup'79 and Canada
Cup'81
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Team
USSR (coaches Tikhonov and Yurzinov)
won the 1979 Challenge Cup against the
NHL All Stars Team from Canada, USA
and Sweden; and the 1981 Canada Cup.
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6-7. Iron Curtain Downfall and Massive
Migration of Players to the NHL
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Triggered
by dramatic changes in Russia, mass
escape of the Soviet players to the
NHL began. Mogilny's defection in 1989
and departure of Fetisov, Larionov,
Krutov, Makarov started the Russian
invasion in the NHL.
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6-7. Gold Medals at the WC'93
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The
1st (and the only one) WC set of gold
medals was won by Russian national team
(coaches Mikhailov and Vorobyov) in
Germany in 1993.
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8. Olympics'98 in Nagano
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For
the first time the best NHL talent played
at the Olympics. Russian team won silver
medals and P.Bure won the Best Forward
and Scoring Leader Awards.
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9. 1975-76 Super Series
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CSKA
and Krylya Sovetov played in the 1st
series against the best NHL teams on
the club level. Overall, the Soviet
teams won 5, tied 1 and lost 2 games.
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10. Downfall of CSKA
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The
Soviet hockey powerhouse (32 national
champs, 20 European Champions Cups)
lost its leadership in Russia and split
into 2 teams (CSKA and HK CSKA) in 1996.
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11. End of Moscow Hockey Supremacy
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Fir
the 1st time, Moscow hockey was left
without gold medals when Lada won championship
in 1994. In 1997, Moscow teams were
unable to capture any medal of the national
championship.
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12. Bobrov's Record
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Legendary
Bobrov scored 10 goals against Dynamo
Leningrad in the Season 1950-51. This
outstanding national record remains
unbeaten.
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13. Tragic Death of the VVS
Team
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In
Jan 1950, Team VVS died in a plane crash.
The VVS players constituted the backbone
of the Moscow and national USSR hockey
teams.
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14. Team Moscow vs LTC Czechoslovakia
games in 1948
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In
Feb 1948, Team Moscow played their first
international games against the LTC
Prague at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.
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15. Last Russian Victory in
the 20th Century
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The
Russian national team won their last
20th century hockey tournament at the
Baltika Cup in December 2000.
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