1979 Challenge Cup (ice hockey)
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The 1979 Challenge Cup was a series of international ice hockey games between the Soviet Union national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League. The games were played on February 8, 10, and 11 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1978–79 NHL season. The Soviets defeated the NHL All-Stars two games to one.
The 1979 Challenge Cup Trophy
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
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The Soviet national ice hockey team was the national men's ice hockey team of the Soviet Union. From 1954, the team won at least one medal each year at either the Ice Hockey World Championships or the Olympic hockey tournament.
Vsevolod Bobrov during the 1956 Winter Olympics, the Soviet Union's first appearance at the Olympics.
75th anniversary postage stamp
Image: Boris Petrovich Mikhailov Panini 1979
Image: Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov Panini 1979