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Did you happen to watch this? I DVR'd it and late last night got about halfway through but it was waaay too late and it was time to go to bed. I'll be watching later this week. Curious to hear your thoughts if you saw it.

Two quick things I found interesting (minor details):

I knew that Valeri Kharlamov died in August of 1981 and that he did not make the Canada Cup team that summer. I did not know that he was literally left at the airport as the plane was leaving the USSR and died in the car crash only a day or two later. Wow. Stunning that the Soviet team could even play in that tournament, let alone win it...not that they had a choice to fly home for Kharlamov's funeral I guess.*

*side note: #17 has been retired by the Soviet Union (and now Russia) in international competition in honor of Kharlamov. Ilya Kovalchuk has worn the reverse of that, #71, in his honor.

Did anyone else notice the changing spelling of Russian player names on their jerseys? What we commonly know today as "TRETIAK" was in fact spelled "TRETJAK" and "TRETYAK" on jerseys in different tournaments. The other player I noticed with different spellings was Boris Mikhailov, whose name was spelled both "MIKHAILOV" and "MICHAILOV."

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Wild giving Dubnyk the start tonight in the big matchup at Winnipeg. Big blow for the Wild Jason Zucker is out about 3 months with a broken collarbone and he needs surgery on it. Ryan Carter will also miss around a month with a shoulder injury suffered last night.

Zucker was 2nd on team in goals w 18. That's a big loss at this stage in the season.

Sutter and Fontaine in for those 2.

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& with well over a 1/2 million in Winnipeg I think they would love to come down here & see their prospects

UND Hockey has been a major reason for the love of Hockey here but it is not just the students and/or Alumni that make the Ralph as successful & as special as it is

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