Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL All-Stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. (4-2) (4-5) (0-6) The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9, 1987 and finishing on February 13. The series was very successful, with some, including Wayne Gretzky, calling for more international hockey, especially between Canada and the Soviet Union, the two top powers of hockey at the time. The teams split the games, with the NHL winning the first game, 4–3, followed by a Soviet 5–3 victory two nights later.
Despite the Soviet Union outscoring the NHL team 8–7 on aggregate, Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov made no claim to victory: "The NHL didn't win and neither did we, the person that won was hockey itself. Both games were like holidays, like festivals, two of the greatest hockey games you'll ever see."[1]
While the telecasts in Canada were on CBC as usual, they were not Hockey Night in Canada productions. The games were done as a CBC Sports production because Molson, which owned Hockey Night in Canada's rights at the time, was not allowed access to Le Colisée in Quebec City. Carling O'Keefe Breweries, owners of the Quebec Nordiques, assumed advertising rights for the telecasts, and the normal host(s) for Hockey Night in Canada in 1987, rookie Ron MacLean and Dave Hodge (before his late-season exit) were replaced by Brian Williams. Even the ice-blue blazers normally worn by Hockey Night in Canada commentators were replaced by the orange CBC sportcoats. Don Wittman and John Davidson called the action for CBC.
The NHL introduced unique All-Star uniforms to be worn for this series only. The overall design of the white jersey took its cues from the New Jersey Devils' red uniforms, with white replacing the Devils' red, orange replacing green, and black replacing white. The NHL shield was featured on the front, with two black stars to the left and right above the shield, and three additional black stars on each shoulder. The Rendez-vous '87 patch was worn on the right sleeve in lieu of the player number.
The Soviet team wore their standard red national team uniforms with white trim, with the Cyrillic СССР on the front, and team captain Viacheslav Fetisov wearing a "К" for his captain's letter. The players' names on the back, however, were romanized.
NHL All-Stars won the game 4–3, thanks in part to the line of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen. Dave Poulin scored the winning goal on a deflection from Mario Lemieux, but Lemieux was initially credited with the goal. On the bench, Lemieux could be seen pointing toward Poulin as the goal was announced.
The Soviets won the contest 5–3. This game featured the emergence of the young Soviet forward line consisting of Valeri Kamensky, Viacheslav Bykov, and Andrei Khomutov. After the game, the players on each team exchanged hockey sweaters as part of the hockey tradition.
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Rendez vous 87 was a two game international ice hockey series of games between the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and a team of All Stars from the National Hockey League held in Quebec City It replaced the NHL s All Star festivities for the 1986 87 NHL season The Soviet team was paid 80 000 for their appearance in Rendez vous 87 while the NHLers raised 350 000 for the players pension fund Rendez vous 8712 TotalNHL All Stars 43 7Soviet Union 35 8Location s Colisee de QuebecQuebec CityDatesFebruary 8 11 1987 1987 02 08 1987 02 11 1986 NHL All Star Game 1988 Game 1123 TotalU S S R 012 3NHL All Stars 112 4DateFebruary 11 1987Attendance15 398Game 2123 TotalU S S R 032 5NHL All Stars 102 3DateFebruary 13 1987Attendance15 395Rendez vous 87 was designed as a follow up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979 hoping that the team of NHL All Stars could beat the Soviet team unlike before To this end the series was a two game affair instead of a three game affair in 1979 4 2 4 5 0 6 The two game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9 1987 and finishing on February 13 The series was very successful with some including Wayne Gretzky calling for more international hockey especially between Canada and the Soviet Union the two top powers of hockey at the time The teams split the games with the NHL winning the first game 4 3 followed by a Soviet 5 3 victory two nights later Despite the Soviet Union outscoring the NHL team 8 7 on aggregate Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov made no claim to victory The NHL didn t win and neither did we the person that won was hockey itself Both games were like holidays like festivals two of the greatest hockey games you ll ever see 1 Contents 1 Television coverage 2 Uniforms 3 Lineups 4 Game One February 11 1987 5 Game Two February 13 1987 6 References 7 External links 8 See alsoTelevision coverage editWhile the telecasts in Canada were on CBC as usual they were not Hockey Night in Canada productions The games were done as a CBC Sports production because Molson which owned Hockey Night in Canada s rights at the time was not allowed access to Le Colisee in Quebec City Carling O Keefe Breweries owners of the Quebec Nordiques assumed advertising rights for the telecasts and the normal host s for Hockey Night in Canada in 1987 rookie Ron MacLean and Dave Hodge before his late season exit were replaced by Brian Williams Even the ice blue blazers normally worn by Hockey Night in Canada commentators were replaced by the orange CBC sportcoats Don Wittman and John Davidson called the action for CBC The games were shown in the United States on ESPN with Ken Wilson and Bill Clement in the booth Uniforms editThe NHL introduced unique All Star uniforms to be worn for this series only The overall design of the white jersey took its cues from the New Jersey Devils red uniforms with white replacing the Devils red orange replacing green and black replacing white The NHL shield was featured on the front with two black stars to the left and right above the shield and three additional black stars on each shoulder The Rendez vous 87 patch was worn on the right sleeve in lieu of the player number The Soviet team wore their standard red national team uniforms with white trim with the Cyrillic SSSR on the front and team captain Viacheslav Fetisov wearing a K for his captain s letter The players names on the back however were romanized Lineups editNHL All Stars U S S R Head Coach nbsp Jean Perron Montreal Canadiens Viktor Tikhonov CSKA Moscow Assistant Coach es nbsp Michel Bergeron Quebec Nordiques nbsp Bob Johnson Calgary Flames Igor Dmitriev Soviet Wings Lineup nbsp 1 G Clint Malarchuk Quebec Nordiques nbsp 2 D Mark Howe Philadelphia Flyers injured did not play nbsp 3 D Mike Ramsey Buffalo Sabres nbsp 4 D Rod Langway Washington Capitals Alternate nbsp 5 D Rick Green Montreal Canadiens nbsp 6 D Ray Bourque Boston Bruins Alternate nbsp 7 D Paul Coffey Edmonton Oilers injured did not play nbsp 8 D Ulf Samuelsson Hartford Whalers nbsp 9 LW Glenn Anderson Edmonton Oilers nbsp 10 C Dale Hawerchuk Winnipeg Jets nbsp 11 C Mark Messier Edmonton Oilers nbsp 14 RW Kevin Dineen Hartford Whalers nbsp 15 LW Esa Tikkanen Edmonton Oilers nbsp 16 LW Michel Goulet Quebec Nordiques nbsp 17 RW Jari Kurri Edmonton Oilers nbsp 19 LW Kirk Muller New Jersey Devils nbsp 20 C Dave Poulin Philadelphia Flyers nbsp 21 D Normand Rochefort Quebec Nordiques game two only nbsp 24 D Doug Wilson Chicago Blackhawks nbsp 25 D Chris Chelios Montreal Canadiens nbsp 28 RW Tomas Sandstrom New York Rangers game one only nbsp 31 G Grant Fuhr Edmonton Oilers nbsp 32 RW Claude Lemieux Montreal Canadiens nbsp 66 C Mario Lemieux Pittsburgh Penguins nbsp 99 C Wayne Gretzky Edmonton Oilers Captain 1 G Sergei Mylnikov Traktor Chelyabinsk 2 D Viacheslav Fetisov CSKA Moscow Captain 4 D Igor Stelnov CSKA Moscow 5 D Vasily Pervukhin Dynamo Moscow 6 D Mikhail Tatarinov Dynamo Moscow 7 D Alexei Kasatonov CSKA Moscow 8 D Alexei Gusarov CSKA Moscow 9 RW Vladimir Krutov CSKA Moscow 10 F Viacheslav Lavrov SKA Leningrad game two only 11 C Igor Larionov CSKA Moscow 12 D Sergei Starikov CSKA Moscow 13 F Valeri Kamensky CSKA Moscow 14 D Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Dynamo Moscow 15 LW Andrei Khomutov CSKA Moscow 16 RW Sergei Svetlov Dynamo Moscow 18 C Alexander Semak Dynamo Moscow 19 RW Mikhail Varnakov Torpedo Gorky game one only 20 G Evgeny Belosheikin CSKA Moscow 21 C Sergei Nemchinov Soviet Wings game two only 22 LW Sergei Priakhin Soviet Wings 24 LW Sergei Makarov CSKA Moscow 27 C Viacheslav Bykov CSKA Moscow 29 LW Yuri Khmylev Soviet Wings 30 C Anatoli Semenov Dynamo Moscow game one only Game One February 11 1987 editNHL All Stars won the game 4 3 thanks in part to the line of Wayne Gretzky Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen Dave Poulin scored the winning goal on a deflection from Mario Lemieux but Lemieux was initially credited with the goal On the bench Lemieux could be seen pointing toward Poulin as the goal was announced NHL All Stars U S S R Final score 4 3Scoring Summary Kurri Gretzky Tikkanen 5 23 first Anderson M Lemieux 17 00 second Dineen Poulin Hawerchuk 7 03 third Poulin M Lemieux Wilson 18 45 third GWG Kasatonov Makarov 18 42 second Bykov Khomutov Starikov 2 03 third Semenov Tatarinov Varnakov 8 04 thirdPenalties C Lemieux 10 30 first Bourque 15 34 first Hawerchuk 12 28 second Tikkanen 8 18 third bench served by Kamensky 14 37 secondShots on Goal 11 9 7 27 5 9 10 24Win Loss W Grant Fuhr L Evgeny BelosheikinReferee Sergei Morozov Linesmen Ron Finn Ray ScapinelloGame Two February 13 1987 editThe Soviets won the contest 5 3 This game featured the emergence of the young Soviet forward line consisting of Valeri Kamensky Viacheslav Bykov and Andrei Khomutov After the game the players on each team exchanged hockey sweaters as part of the hockey tradition NHL All Stars U S S R Final score 3 5Scoring Summary Messier Kurri Gretzky 3 32 first PPG Wilson Gretzky Goulet 7 33 third PPG Bourque Lemieux Gretzky 19 23 third Kamensky Khomutov Bykov 3 13 second Krutov Fetisov Larionov 5 41 second Kamensky unassisted 19 41 second Krutov Larionov 9 19 third GWG Khomutov Kamensky 12 59 thirdPenalties Anderson 9 50 first C Lemieux 11 33 first Nemchinov 3 22 first Krutov 9 50 first Fetisov 17 04 first Nemchinov 6 05 third Kasatonov 11 46 third Priakhin minor and misconduct 17 20 thirdShots on Goal 6 13 12 31 7 9 13 29Win Loss L Grant Fuhr W Evgeny BelosheikinReferee Dave Newell Linesmen Ron Finn Ray Scapinello Series MVP s NHL All Stars Wayne Gretzky Team USSR Valeri KamenskyReferences edit Sports IllustratedExternal links editCanada Versus the Soviet Union The heyday of the battle for world hockey supremacy 1972 1987 Rendez Vous 87See also editPing pong diplomacy Glasnost Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rendez vous 2787 amp oldid 1181069423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
