Canada Ice Hockey vs USSR Ice Hockey

Date
Fri 20th September 1974 (UTC)
Thu 19th September 1974 (Local)

Timestamp
1974-09-20T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (20:00:00 Local)

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League
Summit Series

Season
1974

Round
2

Status
Match Finished

Location
Toronto, ON
Canada
Maple Leaf Gardens
(16,485 Attendance)

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Description

Just like in 1972, the second game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens before a capacity crowd and the Canadians triumphed with a 4–1 victory. Ralph Backstrom opened the game with his first of four series goals (and 8 points), leading the Soviets coaches and players to say he was one of Canada's best players.

One controversial event occurred two minutes into the third period. Vladimir Petrov's shot clearly scored hitting the back crossbar and quickly bouncing out of the net, and the red light went on. However, Canadian referee Tom Brown, and his linesman, over ruled the goal claiming he did not see the puck. Coach Kulagin, who admitted the goal would not have changed the final result, was highly critical of Brown and demanded he be replaced for the next game. Brown later admitted his mistake and apologized.