" I just thought, 'How the heck can we live with the Russians beating us?' So you tell yourself, 'We're not gonna lose.'"

Paul Henderson



Summaries: GAME EIGHT

MOSCOW, USSR  
September 28, 1972

CANADA 6 USSR 5

    PLAYERS ON ICE:
    Canada: Bergman, Stapleton, Park, Ellis, P. Esposito, Gilbert, D. Hull, Cournoyer, White,Ratelle, Henderson, P. Mahovlich, Parise, Savard, Lapointe, F. Mahovlich, Clarke
    USSR
: Gusev, Lutchenko, Kuzkin, Vasiliev, Tsygankov, Blinov, Maltsev, Mishakov, Mikhailov, Yakushev, Petrov, Kharlamov, Vikulov, Shadrin, Anisin, Liapkin, Volchkov
    GOALIES:
    Canada
: Dryden
    USSR:     Tretiak

   FIRST PERIOD
1.  USSR - Yakushev (Maltsev, Liapkin) (PPG) 3:34.
2.  Canada - P. Esposito (Park) (PPG) 6:45.
3.  USSR - Lutchenko (Kharlamov) (PPG) 13:10.
4.  Canada - Park (Ratelle, Hull) 16:59.
     Penalties:
White (holding), 2:25; P. Mahovlich (holding), 3:01;
Petrov (hooking), 3:44;
Parise (interference, misconduct, game misconduct), 4:10;
Tsygankov (interference), 6:28; Ellis (interference), 9:27;
Petrov (interference), 9:46; Cournoyer (interference), 12:51.

   SECOND PERIOD
5.  USSR - Shadrin (unassisted) 0:21.
6.  Canada - White (Gilbert, Ratelle) 10:32.
7.  USSR - Yakushev (unassisted) 11:43.
8.  USSR - Vasiliev (unassisted) (PPG) 16:44.
     Penalties:
Stapleton (crosschecking), 15:58; Kuzkin (elbowing), 18:06.

   THIRD PERIOD
9.   Canada - P. Esposito (P. Mahovlich) 2:27.
10. Canada - Cournoyer (P. Esposito, Park) 12:56.
11. Canada- Henderson (P. Esposito) (GWG) 19:26.
     Penalties:
Gilbert (fighting major), 3:41; Mishakov (fighting major), 3:41;
Vasiliev (tripping), 4:27; Hull (highsticking), 15:24;
Petrov (elbowing), 15:24.

SHOTS ON GOAL
Team 1 2 3 Total
Canada 14 8 14 36
USSR 12 10 5 27
GAME MVPs
USSR   Shadrin,
  Yakushev
Canada   Henderson,
  Park
ATTENDANCE
15,000