- Rendez-vous '87
Infobox ice hockey game
game_name = Game 1 of Rendez-vous '87
visitor = U.S.S.R.
home = NHL All-Stars
visitor_per1 = 0
visitor_per2 = 1
visitor_per3 = 2
visitor_total = 3
home_per1 = 1
home_per2 = 1
home_per3 = 2
home_total = 4
date =February 11 ,1987
arena =Le Colisee
city =Quebec City, Quebec
attendance = 15,398Infobox ice hockey game
game_name = Game 2 of Rendez-vous '87
visitor = U.S.S.R.
home = NHL All-Stars
visitor_per1 = 0
visitor_per2 = 3
visitor_per3 = 2
visitor_total = 5
home_per1 = 1
home_per2 = 0
home_per3 = 2
home_total = 3
date =February 13 ,1987
arena =Le Colisee
city =Quebec City, Quebec
attendance = 15,395Rendez-vous '87 was an
ice hockey exhibition series between theSoviet national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from theNational Hockey League , held inQuebec City . It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the1986–87 NHL season . The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87, while the NHLers raised $350,000 for the players' pension fund.Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL All-Stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on
February 9 ,1987 and finishing onFebruary 13 . The series was very successful, with some, includingWayne Gretzky , calling for more international hockey, especially betweenCanada andRussia , the two top powers of hockey at the time.Television coverage
While the telecast in Canada was on CBC as usual, it was not a "
Hockey Night in Canada " production. The game was done as aCBC Sports production becauseMolson , who owned "Hockey Night in Canada"'s rights at the time, was not allowed access toLe Colisee inQuebec City .Carling O'Keefe Breweries assumed advertising rights for the telecast and the normal host(s) for "Hockey Night in Canada" in 1987, rookieRon MacLean andDave Hodge (before his late season firing) were replaced by Brian Williams. Even the ice blue blazers normally worn by "Hockey Night in Canada" commentators were replaced by the orange CBC sportcoats.Don Wittman and John Davidson called the action for CBC. The games were shown in the United States onESPN , withMike Emrick andBill Clement in the booth.
Game One -
Among one of the few things that did not change over the years was the biased officiating that showed its ugly head in the first game. The Soviet referee, Sergei Morozov, had called one penalty on the Soviet team the entire game, despite numerous violations on the Soviet part.Fact|date=May 2007 Despite this, the NHL All-Stars managed to squeak out a 4–3 victory, thanks to the line of
* Referee: Sergei Morozov
* Linesmen:
Game Two -
Perhaps complacent about the game one victory, the NHL squad allowed the Soviet team to match them shot for shot and hit for hit, and, like the NHLers did in game one, to win the contest 5–3 despite the referee being from "the other team". This game featured the emergence of the young Soviet forward line consisting of
* Referee :
* Linesmen :
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/canadavsrussia Canada Versus the Soviet Union] The heyday of the battle for world hockey supremacy (1972–1987)
* http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/search/label/Rendez%20Vous%20'87 Rendez Vous '87
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