Russian Hockey At Its Finest

"Russian style of play, boys. Fluid. Creative. Forwards are constantly circling. They don't so much look for the man as they do a patch of ice. They get the mismatch, two-on-one, easy goal. Their main weapon is intimidation. They know they're gonna win, and so do their opponents. Look, I can give you all a load of crap about how you're a better team than they are, but that's exactly what it'd be. Everyone in this room knows what people say about our chances. I know it. You know it. But I also know there is a way to stay with this team. You don't defend them. You attack them. You take their game and you shove it right back in their face. The team that is finally willing to do this is the team that has a chance to put them down. NHL won't change their game. We will. Rest of the world is afraid of them. Boys, we won't be. No one has ever worked hard enough to skate with the Soviet team for an entire game. Gentlemen, we are gonna work hard enough...." - Herb Brooks, 1980 US Olympic Men's Hockey Coach