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  This game
wasn't about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a
confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
  
  On
December 31, 1975, the Montreal Canadiens, the most successful franchise in the NHL, hosted the touring Central Red
Army, the dominant team in the Soviet Union. For three hours millions of people in both Canada and the Soviet Union were
glued to their television sets. What transpired that evening was a game that surpassed all the hype and was subsequently
referred to as "the greatest game ever played." Held at the height of the Cold War, this remarkable contest transcended
sports and took on serious cultural, sociological, and political overtones. And while the final result was a 3-3 tie, no
one who saw the game was left disappointed. This exhibition of skill was hockey at its finest, and it set the bar for
what was to follow as the sport began its global expansion.
  
  Product Description
  Review
  
  "Simply said this is one of the best hockey books written since Ken Dryden's The Game and Dryden and Roy
MacGregor's Home Game." 
  — Peterborough Examiner
  
  "A masterful job."
  —
Montreal Gazette
  
  "A tense yet thrilling tale." 
  — Winnipeg Free Press
  
  "The
Greatest Game will stand up well as a good treatment of a unique set of circumstances that led to a game for the ages.
After reading it, many will want to run out and find a recording of the game. That's pretty high praise."
 
—Allsportsbooks.blogspot.com
  
  "One of the most important hockey books ever written." 
 
— HockeyBookReviews.com
  About the Author
  A member of the Society for International Hockey
Research, TODD DENAULT is a freelance writer who has had his work featured in numerous online and print publications. He
is the author of Jacques Plante: The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey. 
  
  Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (26 October 2010)
  Language: English
  ISBN-10:
077102634X
  ISBN-13: 978-0771026348
  
  Most Helpful Customer
Reviews
  
   Canadiens Rock! 24 February 2011
  By R Murphy - Published on
Amazon.com
  This book provides an interesting, scholarly, and quite readable trip down memory lane, an
especially enjoyable stroll for fans of the great Canadiens teams of the 1970s. While it is ostensibly aimed at those
who wish to know the background to the 1975 New Year's Eve classic, Soviet Red Army vs the Montreal Canadiens, Mr.
Denault's book will appeal to anyone who has an interest in the history of Soviet hockey, or an interest in the
evolution of the NHL in the 1960s and 70s, or is a fan of the les Habitants. This book covers in some detail the
beginnings of Soviet "professional" hockey, from the coaches and the Soviet scheme to the heavy-handedness of the Soviet
hierarchy. The author takes us behind the scenes of Canadian hockey in the 50s and 60s, the farm system, the evolution
of the draft, and the impact of the WHA on salaries and the style of play. Throughout Denault contrasts the disparity in
Soviet and Canadian hockey organizations and the reluctance of Canadian coaches to even consider an alternative to their
rough and tough, individualistic brand of hockey, doubtless a consequence of the contrasting political and social
realities in the respective systems. Some may quibble at the detail that Mr. Denault provides early on, but he does lay
out the many concurrent trends in hockey and in sport in general at the time. And his approach sets the stage for vivid
descriptions of the 1972 Summit Series between the NHL and the Red Army, and the 1974 series in which the new WHA vainly
attempted to repeat the NHL team's success. Numerous personalities are brought to life, from Sam Pollock and Fred Shero,
to Ken Dryden and Larry Robinson. On the Soviet side we are introduced to its ground-breaking coach Anatoli Tarasov, and
presented compelling portraits of Vladislav Tretiak and Valeri Kharlamov and many others. The Game, the climax of the
book, comes rather late in the proceedings, but to be fair, there is only so much that one can describe about a 60
minute sporting event, even a momentous one. The real story, we learn, is mostly prologue. When at last Mr. Denault
brings us to the storied Forum to witness the game, he helps us re-live those exciting events through an elegant prose
that is equal to the beauty and purity of the game itself. Despite the broad scope of the work and a few editing
oversights, I enjoyed the book very much, and recommend it to all fans of the great game of hockey. 
  
 
This Book Definitely Rates A Place in My Sports Library 26 January 2015
  By Bill Emblom - Published on
Amazon.com
  I rate parts 1 and 2 three stars and parts 3 and 4 five stars. I couldn't put the book down
from parts 3 and 4 I found it so riveting. What I remember about hockey from this time period was the names of the
Montreal Canadians' hockey players found in the book and the fact that the Philadelphia Flyers were known as the Broad
Street Bullies and had Kate Smith, either in person or recording, sing God Bless America prior to the start of their
games. Also, I believed that when the highlights of a game were fights I didn't feel you had much of a sport. I knew
nothing about Russia playing a series of games against several National Hockey League teams.
  
  That said, I
found the game played on December 31, 1975, between the Montreal Canadians and the Russian team to be one of
sportsmanship played to a 3 to 3 tie to be, for lack of a better word, heartwarming. The Canadians had 38 shots on goal
compared to only 13 for the Russians but the goal tending of Vladislav Tretiak kept things at a game-ending tie. When
the Russian team moved on to play in Philadelphia the Flyers embarrassed themselves and the United States by their use
of thuggery against the Russians in which the Russian coach removed his team from the ice. The administration of the
coup de grace against the Flyers came when the Canadians swept the Flyers out of their rule of NHL champions by
defeating them in for the Stanley Cup championship and a return to civilized hockey.
  
  The Montreal
Canadians selected Tretiak in the draft of 1983 but the Russians would not allow him to compete in the NHL. Although it
was too late for Tretiak the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 all of the best Russian players are now eligible to
join the NHL. In 2007 Tretiak was on hand to celebrate the retirement of Canadian goal tender Ken Dryden's jersey in
Montreal.
  
  This book definitely filled a gap in my knowledge of hockey's history that I wasn't aware I was
living through at the time it took place. 
  
   						

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