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"Twenty years ago, these guys brought a completely new style of hockey to the NHL," Bowman said. "Nowadays, a lot of teams play a similar type of a game. When the Russian Five were on the ice, you had to have your popcorn ready because you knew that you were in for a treat. They didn't just play hockey; they created masterpieces on the ice."

https://www.nhl.com/news/russian-five-changed-hockeys-fabric-forever/c-784942

https://johnnykerrigan.com/tag/viacheslav-fetisov/

In many respects, the loss to the Americans at the 1980 Olympics, where the Soviets captured silver, was the beginning of the most dominant stretch of hockey the world has ever seen. They perfected a balletic, teamwork-intensive style of hockey that left opponents dumbfounded and has never been replicated. They won the world championships three straight years from 1981 to 1983 and Olympic gold in 1984 and 1988.  from http://www.wsj.com/articles/slava-fetisov-and-russian-hockey-after-the-miracle-1421866785

Vyacheslav Fetisov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Social Policy (external advisor);  http://archive.government.ru/eng/gov/agencies/155/

http://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/2008/02/26/179116.html

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-adv/specialsale/spotlight2006/articles/fetisov.html



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