Friday, October 15, 2010

Sovietsky Sports Says

I came across an interesting item published just after the 72 Summit Series.
Its a newspaper rewrite from a Reuters piece, taken from a translation of an interview published in Sovietsky Sport.

In other words, what I'm about to type isn't first hand info.

Sovietsky Sport had sat down with CCCP coaches Bobrov and Kulagin after the Summit Series.

One paragraph in particular may give us some insight to how the Comrades down at Hockey Centralsky looked at the game:
"The paper [Sovietsky Sport] quoted figures showing the technical superiority of the Soviet team.  The Russians carried out 341 attacks, 172 on the move during the Moscow matches to Canada's 230, 134 on the move, and the Soviet players had 249 shots on goal to Canada's 192."

The official Shots on Goal were Canada 267, Soviets 217.

What does "on the move" mean in this context?   Its it just a translation thing, or does it point to a different way of looking at the game? Of measuring good things?

If it is a good thing, only half the Soviet attacks were on the move, while over 58% of Team Canada's were - so I'm encouraged by that.

The two Soviet coaches also accused the Canadians of "trying several methods to intimidate the Soviet players"
True.
And the intimidation "did not bring them success."
Also true.
"Coach John Ferguson was singled out for his 'pugnacity' during play"
Three for three.

The bit about Eagleson being a complete dink must have been blue-penciled.

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