>I think Vladimir Tretiak was one of them. I don't remember the other without looking it up.
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>Close on the name...Vadislav Tretiak. He was the #1 goalie, but head coach Tikhonov pulled Tretiak after the first period after surrendering two goals, and told everyone, "Tretiak is playing poorly". Tretiak was relieved by the #2 goalie, Vladimir Alexander Myshkin, a blond-haired sensation who made some key saves in the 2nd period, but then gave up goals to Mark Johnson and Mike Eruzione in the third.
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>Of all the upsets in sports we've seen in our lifetimes ('69 Mets, '69 Jets, '90 Reds), that one was the greatest of all. Just two weeks prior the Soviets kicked the living crap out of our team in the exhibition round. There wasn't a single soul with any hockey knowledge outside that locker room that gave our guys the slightest chance of winning that night. What a game....I still get shivers thinking about what happened.

Agreed. The Soviets were essentially a professional team playing against college kids.

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