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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I’m an old guy Scorp but not old enough to have seen this live. Espo was a force for this series, no doubt, and leader of the Canadians. But all over the ice was not exactly his style of play.
Cournoyer on the other hand...
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I am old enough and did watch all this live...on our 15" black and white TV.
Espo had a tremendous shot and was a load to try and defend in front of the net, but you're right he certainly wasn't fleet of foot.
So many memories/stories of that time....IMO the most under rated guys were Bill White and Gary Bergman.
The one thing those who werent around for it can never understand was the mystery the Soviets were to us and certainly the hate between the countries. The geopolitical climate of that time was one of distrust, the highest level the cold war got to sans the Bay of Pigs and how truly evil communism and communists were. Its all we heard and knew for the most part, certainly as a child at the time.