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CHALLENGE CUP 1979

 Team USSR vs. NHL All Stars
  February 1979

In a way, it was the game between the Soviet national team and the team of the world. Unlike previous the Summit Series in 1972 and 1974 and Canada Cup 1976, the Challenge Cup was held in the mid season when both teams had no excuses for poor pre-season conditioning. Unlike the Super Series '75-76, it was a face-off between the national team USSR and the best pro players of the world.

Like most of the series of the 1970s, the Challenge Cup was a one-timer. This time it was a replacement of the regular NHL all-star game between the Wales Conference and the Campbell Conference. The majority of the NHL All Stars were Canadian born. However with Borje Salming, Ulf Nilsson, and Anders Hedberg from Sweden on its roster, it couldn't be called "Team Canada". The Soviets were represented by their top players of the time with the exception of forward Alexander Maltsev (injury) and defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov (flu).

 GAME SUMMARIES

 GAME 1 
February 8, 1979
 Team USSR 2 at NHL ALL STARS 4 
Madison Square Garden, New York
Attendance: 17.438

Team USSR: Tretiak; Tsygankov - Starikov, Vasiliev - Fedorov, Bilyaletdinov - Pervukhin; Mikhailov - Petrov - Kharlamov, Balderis - Zhluktov - Kapustin, A.Golikov - V.Golikov - Makarov, Skvortsov - Kovin - Varnakov.

NHL All Stars: Dryden; Robinson - Salming, Savard - Beck; McDonald - Perreault - Sittler, Barber - Clarke - Gainey, Lafleur - Dionn - Shutt, Bossi - Trottier - Gillies, Hedberg, Nilsson.

FIRST PERIOD
1. NHL - Lafleur (Shutt, Clarke) 0:16
2. NHL - Bossi (Perrault, Lafleur) 6:22 PPG
3. USSR - Mikhailov (Vasiliev, Kharlamov) 11:25 PPG
4. NHL - Gainey (Barber, Beck) 15:48

Penalties: Zhluktov, USSR (0:59); Petrov, USSR (5:13); McDonald, NHL (8:31); Gillies, NHL (10:59); Zhluktov, USSR (12:21).

SECOND PERIOD
5. NHL - Gillies (Bossi) 8:14

Penalties: Tsygankov, USSR (10:48).

THIRD PERIOD
6. USSR - V.Golikov (A.Golikov, Makarov) 3:02

Penalties: None.

Shots:
Tretiak (USSR) 10 9 5 - 24
Dryden (NHL)     6 5 9 - 20

 GAME 2 
February 10, 1979
 Team USSR 5 at NHL ALL STARS 4 
Madison Square Garden, New Yoork
Attendance: 17.438

Team USSR: Tretiak; Vasiliev - Starikov, Babinov - Fedorov, Bilyaletdinov - Pervukhin; Mikhailov - Petrov - Tyumenev, Balderis - Zhluktov - Kapustin, A.Golikov - V.Golikov - Makarov, Skvortsov - Kovin - Varnakov.

NHL All Stars: Dryden, Robinson - Potvin, Savard - Beck, Salming; McDonald - Perreault - Sittler, Barber - Clarke - Gainey, Lafleur - Dionne - Shutt, Bossi - Trottier - Gillies.

FIRST PERIOD
1. USSR, Kapustin (Starikov), 8:10
2. NHL - Bossi (Trottier, Gillies) 13:35 PPG
3. NHL - Trottier (Gillies, Bossi) 18:21

Penalties: Kovin, USSR (12:32), Perreault, NHL (15:13).

SECOND PERIOD
4. NHL - Perraut (Sittler) 0:27
5. USSR - Varnakov (Skvortsov) 2:05
6. NHL - Robinson (Lafleur, Dionne) 5:06
7. USSR - Mikhailov (Petrov, Vasiliev) 17:02 PPG
8. USSR - Kapustin (Zhluktov) 17:47

Penalties: Salming, NHL (8:04), Beck, NHL (15:07).

THIRD PERIOD

9. USSR - V.Golikov (Makarov) 1:31

Penalties: None.

Shots:
Tretiak (USSR)   5  5  6 - 16
Dryden (NHL)     7 14 10 - 31

 GAME 3 
February 11, 1979
 Team USSR 6 at NHL ALL STARS 0 
Madison Square Garden, New Yoork
Attendance: 17.545

Team USSR: Myshkin; Vasiliev - Starikov, Babinov - Fedorov, Bilyaletdinov - Pervukhin; Mikhailov - Petrov - A.Golikov, Balderis - Zhluktov - Kapustin, Makarov - I.Gimaev - Tyumenev, Skvortsov - Kovin - Varnakov.

NHL All Stars: Cheevers, Robinson - Salming, Savard - Beck, Potvin; McDonald - Clarke - Sittler, Lafleur - Perreault - Gainey, Hedberg - Nilsson - Marcotte, Bossi - Trottier - Gillies.

FIRST PERIOD
None.

Penalties: None.

SECOND PERIOD
1. USSR - Mikhailov (A.Golikov) 5:47
2. USSR - Zhluktov (Balderis, Vasiliev) 7:44 PPG

Penalties: Marcotte, NHL (6:27), Vasiliev, USSR (10:48), Myshkin, USSR (12:27 - served by I.Gimaev), Trottier, NHL (12:27).

THIRD PERIOD

3. USSR - Balderis (Gimaev) 8:44
4. USSR - Kovin (Skvortsov, Varnakov) 10:21
5. USSR - Makarov 1 (Kapustin) 12:44
6. USSR - A.Golikov, 14:46.

Shots:
Myshkin (USSR)  7 7 10 - 24
Cheevers (NHL)  6 6  7 - 19

 

 

 

 

 

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