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PRESS ROOM 1974: Game 2
SOVETSKY SPORT DAILY
by Vladimir Dvortsov
September 1974
Toronto
Team Canada won Game 2.
The score was 4-1.
At the press conferense, Boris Kulagin said:
"Canada won because they played better. Tonight,
they were outstanding. They made almost no mistakes."
The biggest upset was our play in defense zone.
The Gazette article was titled "Where is Ragulin?"
I just remembered that right before the Series
started, Bobby Hull asked me about Vasiliev and
Gusev. It was assumed that he would have to play
mostly against these two defensemen. Apparantely,
I got over excited praising the players.
"Well, I guess Bobby Orr has a long way to
go then," replied Hull with a smile.
In the Toronto game, Hull showed that he was right
about the Soviet pair of defensemen. He didn’t
leave the ice without a goal.
There was a game moment when the referee Tom Brown
didn’t allow the goal scored by Team USSR.
The score was 3:1 at that time. It could have been
3:2. It would have given an extra boost to our players
for a come back. But the official didn’t see
the puck that went into the net and then bounced
out.
The next day the referee was critisized for this
in all Canadian newspapers.
I got lucky in Toronto. Before the game started,
I went to see the Maple Leafs Garden.
This place was the first to introduce the plexiglass
on top of the boards behind the net and in front
of the officials section, game and pentalty minutes
count-down on the electronic display, Zamboni machines
to resurface the ice and many other hockey inventions
that later on were copied all over Canada and abroad.
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