Legendary goalkeeper, President of the FHR Vladislav Tretyak in an interview with , he told about the sums paid to Soviet hockey players following the results of the Super Series 72 against the Canadians.
The USSR-Canada Super Series in 1972 was the first attempt to arrange meetings between Canada’s top professionals and the Soviet Union team. The series consisted of eight games. The first four matches were held in Canada, the next four – in Moscow. As a result, the Canadian team won four, the USSR – three, one meeting ended in a draw. The Soviet team scored 32 goals, the Canadian team scored 31.
Was there a Super Series Award?
– In Canada, they gave us dollars, but different amounts. Someone 400 was the maximum. And who gets 250. I won’t name names, but two well-known players were cut from the bonus because they caved to the Canadians. In Moscow, they then gave another one and a half thousand rubles.
Did you manage to spend any dollars?
I had a huge list of what to buy.
I remember we toured North America with CSKA, four matches. We are announced in advance: for a win, everyone will receive $200, for a draw – $100. But at the same time, a maximum of $600 per person for the entire tournament. Here is the arithmetic. This despite the fact that the sports committee received $45,000 for each game, regardless of the outcome.
They didn’t give us cars for the win back then. It was only after the Olympics that the team was allowed two cars. And then the players, whose turn fell, they were redeemed for their money.
At 1 p.m., watch a special broadcast on the 1972 USSR-Canada Super Series on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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