Rendez-vous '87
The Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey series of two friendly games in 1987 between an all-star team of the North American professional league National Hockey League and the national ice hockey team of the USSR . The two games took place in Québec on February 11 and 13, 1987 . The series replaced the NHL All-Star Game that year . The games were hosted by the NHL Québec Nordiques franchise .
The two games were played in the Colisée de Québec . The first game saw 15,398 spectators, the second game saw 15,395 visitors. The USSR team was paid $ 80,000, and the NHL team raised $ 350,000 for the league's pension fund. It was the first major meeting between the two teams since the Challenge Cup in 1979 . This comparison was first made at the Summit Series in 1972 .
In the NHL squad were Rod Langway and Doug Wilson, two players who still played without a helmet.
Teams
G = goalkeeper; D = defender; C = center; LW / RW = left / right winger
In the roster were Ron Hextall and Tim Kerr on the part of the NHL, and Vitālijs Samoilovs and Sergei Mylnikow on the Soviet team . However, these players were not used.
Course of the game
NHL All-Stars 4-3 USSR
| team | time | was standing | scorer | Submitter | Submitter |
| 1st third | |||||
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5:23 | 1–0 | Jari Kurri | Wayne Gretzky | Esa Tikkanen |
| 2nd third | |||||
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37:00 | 2–0 | Glenn Anderson | Mario Lemieux | |
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38:42 | 2–1 | Alexei Kassatonov | Sergei Makarov | |
| 3rd third | |||||
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42:03 | 2–2 | Vyacheslav Bykov | Andrei Khomutov | Sergei Starikov |
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47:03 | 3–2 | Kevin Dineen | Dave Poulin | Dale Hawerchuk |
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48:04 | 3–3 | Anatoly Semenov | Mikhail Tatarinov | Mikhail Warnakov |
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58:45 | 4-3 | Dave Poulin | Mario Lemieux | Doug Wilson |
NHL All-Stars 3 - 5 USSR
| team | time | was standing | scorer | Submitter | Submitter |
| 1st third | |||||
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3:32 | 1–0 | Mark Messier | Jari Kurri | Wayne Gretzky |
| 2nd third | |||||
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23:13 | 1-1 | Valery Kamensky | Andrei Khomutov | Vyacheslav Bykov |
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25:41 | 1-2 | Vladimir Krutov | Vyacheslav Fetisov | Igor Larionov |
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39:41 | 1-3 | Valery Kamensky | ||
| 3rd third | |||||
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47:33 | 2-3 | Doug Wilson | Wayne Gretzky | Michel Goulet |
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49:19 | 2-4 | Anatoly Semenov * | Igor Larionov | |
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52:59 | 2-5 | Andrei Khomutov | Valery Kamensky | |
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59:23 | 3-5 | Ray Bourque | Mario Lemieux | Wayne Gretzky |
* according to NHL Official Guide and Record Book 1987-88 Anatoly Semenov scored the fourth goal for the Soviet team, but was not in the squad.
Web links
- Rendez-vous '87 at legendsofhockey.net