i have those Canada Cups games from 1984 and 1987 on DVD...Team Canada vs the Soviets...Gretzky and Mario on the the same line..man,astonishing hockey games.
One of the greatest moments happened when the USSR’s Red Army team came to North America for the first time in 1976 and was blowing through the NHL until they faced the Stanley Cup Flyers. When Ed Van Imp leveled that Russian dude with a hip check and the Red Army team left the ice in protest, I just howled! It was “the check felt ‘round the world”. The Flyers kicked their asses. THOSE were the days.
Here’s aclip of the Flyers destroying the Red Army team. The calls are made by the great Gene Hart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOxF_LFfq5g