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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