Legendary goalkeeper and President of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Vladislav Tretiak in an interview with , he said Super Serie 72 against the Canadiens made him think about the service problem in national hockey.
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 4, the USSR – 3, one meeting ended in a draw. The Soviet team scored 32 goals, the Canadian team scored 31.
– Then we realized that hockey has its own Bolshoi Theater and provincial theaters. And they are very different. We always had on us hockey bags, a trunk, three clubs. Tarasov banned the hiring of porters.
It happened that the water was turned off during the summer we trained. You can’t take a shower – everyone got boils. The shape hasn’t been erased – you put the sweater on, it stands up, it’s so saturated with salt. And in Canada they gave us nets – you throw your clothes in them after the game, the next day they were already washed.
All hockey life in Canada was at its best, all for the game! And in our national team, sometimes there was no stick to wrap the tape. The Finns traded for vodka. We then felt that our hockey lacked service. Therefore, now our national team guys have everything down to the smallest detail,” Tretyak told .
Two years later, in 1974, the USSR national team won the Super Series, winning four out of eight matches, drawing three and losing once.
At 1 p.m., watch a special broadcast on the 1972 USSR-Canada Super Series on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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