Game 4  September 23, 1974 Game 5  October 1, 1974 Game 6  October 3, 1974 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver Luzhniki Arena, Luzhniki Arena, Moscow

The Canadians scored four goals in five The Soviets played a hard-hitting game The Soviets took advantage of a blown minutes, including three by Bobby Hull, which kept the Canadians effectively call that should have given late in the 1st period to take a 5-2 lead. bottled up in their own end, producing Canada a man-advantage midway The Soviets then pecked away at the just 16 shots against Tretiak. Ralph through the 2nd period. Instead, the lead, tying with two late goals in the 3rd Backstrom received a rare misconduct Soviets put the game out of reach against period. The Canadians then had a late for arguing a call, and while he was an angered Canadian squad. power play, but could not convert. cooling his heels, Alexander Gusev USSR 5, Canada 2 scored what would be the game winner Canada 1 1 0 - 2 USSR 5, Canada 5 for the Soviets. USSR 2 2 1 - 5 USSR 2 1 2 - 5 1st period: 1. USSR: Mikhailov (Kharlamov) 0:34. Canada 5 0 0 - 5 USSR 3, Canada 2 2. USSR: Vasilyev (Kharlamov) 2:43. 3. Can: Houle 1st period: 1. USSR: Vasilyev (Kharlamov) 3:34. 2. Canada 0 1 1 - 2 (Shmyr) 15:56. Can: G. Howe (Stapleton, Backstrom) 4:20. 3. USSR 1 1 1 - 3 2nd period: 4. Can: G. Howe () 2:55. 5. USSR: Mikhailov (Petrov) 5:59. 4. Can: Hull 1st period. 1. USSR: Maltsev (Vikulov, Anisin) USSR: Anisin (Vikulov) 8:22. 6. USSR: Shatalov (Mahovlich) 12:45. 5. Can: Hull (Stapleton) 15:11. 5:34. (Tsygankov) 13:57. 6. Can: Mahovlich (Bernier, Houle) 17:10. 7. Can: 2nd period: 2. Can: G. Howe (Backstrom, Mark 3rd period: 7. USSR: Kharlamov (Vikulov) 13:00 Hull (Lacroix) 17:45. Howe) 0:15. 3. USSR: Maltsev (Shadrin, Vikulov) Shots on 2nd period: 8. USSR: Yakushev (Lebedev) 11:04. 15:04. Canada on Tretiak 13 9 6 - 28 3rd period: 9. USSR: Maltsev 16:08. 10. USSR: 3rd period: 4. USSR: Gusev 11:48. 5. Can: Mark USSR on Cheevers 14 8 7 - 29 Gusev (Mikhailov, Petrov) 16:59. Howe (Shmyr) 18:10. Shots on goal Shots on goal Scoring revisions: Serge Bernier should be awarded USSR on Cheevers 12 8 6 - 26 Canada on Tretiak 4 4 8 - 16 an assist on Rejean Houle’s 1st period goal. Canada on Tretiak 11 8 8 - 27 USSR on Cheevers 9 10 8 - 27 Vladimir Petrov and Alexander Gusev should be awarded assists on Vladimir Vasiliev’s 1st period Scoring revisions: Mark Howe should be awarded Scoring revisions: Mark Howe should be awarded goal, in place of . Sergei Kapustin an assist on ’s 1st period goal, in place an assist on Gordie Howe’s 2nd period goal, in place should be awarded an assist on Viacheslav Anisin’s of Ralph Backstrom. Assists on Bobby Hull’s 1st of Marty Howe. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe 2nd period goal. period goal at 12:45 should be awarded to Rejean should be awarded assists on Mark Howe’s 3rd Houle and Paul Shmyr, in place of Frank Mahovlich. period goal, in place of Paul Shmyr. Valeri John McKenzie should be awarded an assist on Kharlamov and Boris Mikhailov should be awarded Hull’s 1st period goal at 15:11. Alexander Gusev assists on Alexander Gusev’s 3rd period goal. should be awarded an assist on Boris Mikhailov’s 1st period goal. Vladimir Shadrin and Yuri Lyapkin should be awarded assists on ’s 2nd period goal in place of Yuri Lebedev. Shots on goal should be revised to 10 shots for USSR in the 2nd period for a total of 28 in the game, and 9 shots for Canada in the 3rd period, for a total of 28 in the game.

Game 7  October 5, 1974 Game 8  October 6, 1974 Standings Luzhniki Arena, Moscow Luzhniki Arena, Moscow w l t pts gf ga Bobby Hull scored an apparent game- Victor Shalimov scored two goals, his USSR 4 1 3 11 32 27 winning goal as time expired, but the first coming with a two-man advantage Canada 1 4 3 5 27 32 goal was disallowed. The timekeeper early in the third period, to lead the had allowed time to pass during other Soviets, who closed out the eight-game stoppages, adding to the Canadians’ ire. set with their fourth victory.

Canada 4, USSR 4 USSR 3, Canada 2 Canada 1 2 1 - 4 Canada 1 0 1 - 2 USSR 2 2 0 - 4 USSR 0 1 2 - 3 1st period: 1. USSR: Anisin (Lutchenko) 3:34. 2. 1st period: 1. Can: Hull (Backstrom, Tremblay) USSR: Tyurin (Lebedev, Yakushev) 6:47. 3. Can: 13:47. Webster (Lacroix) 17:42. 2nd period: 2. USSR: Yakushev (Shadrin) 6:27. 2nd period: 4. Can: Backstrom (G. Howe, Mark 3rd period: 3. USSR: Shalimov 0:53. 4. USSR: Howe) 2:55. 5. Can: Mark Howe (Tremblay, Shalimov (Yakushev) 6:59. 5. Can: Backstrom (G. Backstrom) 6:38. 6. USSR: Gusev (Petrov, Howe, Ley) 12:42. Kharlamov) 7:20. 7. USSR: Mikhailov (Petrov, Shots on goal Kharlamov) 7:59. Canada on Sidelnikov 10 8 6 - 24 3rd period: 8. Can: Backstrom (Tremblay) 6:38. USSR on Cheevers 10 12 8 - 30 Shots on goal Canada on Tretiak 10 13 7 - 30 Scoring revisions: Gordie Howe should be awarded USSR on Cheevers 11 7 3 - 21 an assist on Bobby Hull’s 1st period goal in place of Ralph Backstrom. Victor Shalimov should be Scoring revisions: Gordie Howe should be awarded awarded an assist on Alexander Yakushev’s 2nd an assist on Mark Howe’s 2nd period goal in place period goal. Vladimir Shadrin and Victor Kuznetsov of Ralph Backstrom. should be awarded assists on Victor Shalimov’s goal at 0:53 of the 3rd period.

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