Finally, the 1972 Summit Series was organized, pitting the Soviet team against a team of Canadian NHL stars. Canada won the eight-game series 4–3–1 as Paul Henderson scored the winning goal late in the deciding contest. [3] The Soviets handily won a second Summit Series against the World Hockey Association (WHA) all-stars in 1974. [4]

Feb 4, 2021 · Punch up in Piestany - the World Junior Hockey Championships between Canada and Russia ends up in a huge fight, where the organizers even turned off the aren...

Jan 4, 2019 · In the final game of the 1987 World Junior Hockey Championship in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, on Jan. 4 that year, punches were thrown between a Canadian and a Soviet player — not an unusual event...

Jan 4, 2017 · The game was played in a now-extinct nation then under the sphere of Soviet influence. The Canadians were playing against a team they knew nothing about, that they had never seen before.

It was an infamous bench-clearing brawl between Canada and the Soviet Union during the final game of the 1987 Worl...

Dec 24, 2006 · A fight breaks out during a World Junior Hockey game between Canada and Russia in Piestany, Czechoslovakia (1987). A Russian player comes off the bench to hel...

Jan 5, 1987 · The world junior hockey championship tournament was ended today after the final game between Canada and the Soviet Union erupted into a brawl that lasted almost 20 minutes. The Canadians and...

Dec 23, 2016 · Canada and the Soviets' 'Punch-Up in Piestany' at the world junior lives on in infamy 30 years after it got both teams banned, but don't expect the players to feel any shame.

Dec 23, 2017 · Players from Canada and the Soviet Union staged a bench-clearing brawl at the 1987 World Junior Hockey Championships in Czechoslovakia. He knows the ritual; how the country is primed to...

Dec 25, 2016 · Canada was up 4-2 before Russia tied it in the third period, sending the game to overtime. With Rick Nash in the box on a delay of game penalty, Ilya Kovalchuk scored the winner, giving Russia its first world title since 1993 and keeping Canada from a storybook ending.