1979 Challenge Cup

1979 Challenge Cup was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of all-stars from the National Hockey League, held in New York City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1978–79 NHL season.

The Challenge Cup, unlike its predecessor, the Summit Series, included non-Canadian born players in the NHL rosters. The games were played on February 8, February 10, and February 11 at Madison Square Garden.

NHL All-Stars roster

*Guy Lafleur
*Larry Robinson
*Bob Gainey
*Steve Shutt
*Gilbert Perreault
*Marcel Dionne
*Darryl Sittler
*Lanny McDonald
*Bobby Clarke
*Bryan Trottier
*Mike Bossy
*Clark Gillies
*Barry Beck
*Serge Savard
*Guy Lapointe
*Robert Picard
*Denis Potvin
*Bill Barber
*Don Marcotte
*Tony Esposito
*Ken Dryden
*Gerry Cheevers
*Ron Greschner
*Borje Salming
*Ulf Nilsson
*Anders Hedberg

Soviet Union roster

*Sergei Starikov
*Viktor Zhluktov
*Vasily Pervukhin
*Vladimir Kovin
*Sergei Makarov
*Mikhail Varnakov
*Alexander Skvortsov
*Vladimir Golikov
*Aleksandr Golikov
*Boris Mikhailov
*Vladimir Petrov
*Valery Kharlamov
*Gennadiy Tsygankov
*Valery Vasiliev
*Sergei Kapustin
*Yuri Federov
*Zinetul Bilyaletdinov
*Helmut Balderis
*Irek Gimayev
*Viktor Tyumenev
*Sergei Babinov
*Vladislav Tretiak
*Vladimir Myshkin

Game log

Game 1

*NHL All-Stars 4 - Soviet Union 2
*Goals:
*Guy Lafleur 0:16 1st period
*Mike Bossy 6:22 1st period (pp)
*Boris Mikhailov 11:25 1st period (pp)
*Clark Gillies 8:14 2nd period
*Bob Gainey 15:48 2nd period
*Vladimir Golikov 3:02 3rd period
*Attendance: 17,438

Game 2

*Soviet Union 5 - NHL All-Stars 4
*Goals:
*Sergei Kapustin 8:10 1st period
*Mike Bossy 13:35 1st period (pp)
*Bryan Trottier 18:21 1st period
*Gilbert Perrault 0:27 2nd period
*Mikhail Varnakov 2:05 2nd period
*Larry Robinson 5:06 2nd period
*Boris Mikhailov 17:02 2nd period (pp)
*Sergei Kapustin 17:47 2nd period
*Vladimir Golikov 1:31 3rd period
*Attendance: 17,438

Game 3

*Soviet Union 6 - NHL All-Stars 0
*Goals:
*Boris Mikhailov 5:47 2nd period
*Viktor Zhluktov 7:44 2nd period (pp)
*Helmut Balderis 8:44 3rd period
*Vladimir Kovin 10:21 3rd period
*Sergei Makarov 12:44 3rd period
*Aleksandr Golikov 14:46 3rd period
*Attendance: 17,545

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/canadavsrussia Canada Versus The Soviet Union] The Heyday of the Battle for World Hockey Supremacy (1972–1987).