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posted over 12 years ago #1

The gold medal deciding match of the 1976 Olympic hockey tournament between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union and one of the greatest in international hockey history. These were two of the finest European hockey nations at the time; the winner to take gold. CSSR jumped out to a 2-0 lead, only to surrender it, the match heading into the second intermission was tied at 2-2. The third period was high drama and I’ve uploaded it with some minor edits in place. The Soviet-Czechoslovakian hockey rivalry was probably at its peak in the mid-to-late 70s, right up until the migration of much of Czechoslovak talent into the NHL in the early 80s. Matches such as this one strongly counter the claims of some that the Soviet Union did not have strong competition at events like the Olympics.
Some participants of interest and their jersey numbers .. CSSR: Novy / 6 – Pospisil / 7 – Martinec / 10 – Stastny / 12 – Hlinka / 21. USSR – Maltsev / 10 – Mikhailov / 13 – Yakushev / 15 – Kharlamov / 17. Goalies are Jiri Holecek and Vladislav Tretiak

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