This series seems largely forgotten and under appreciated when discussing Soviets vs NHLers throughout history. The 3 game series took place from February 8th through the 11th at Madison Square Garden in 1979 and replaced that years NHL All-Star game festivities.

The Soviets would defeat the NHL All-Stars 2 games to 1, including a 6-0 victory in game 3 in what was described as an embarrassing game for the NHL.

Were the Soviets simply superior at the time? Did the NHL underestimate the Soviets? What do you guys think of the rosters that were put together?

NHL All-Stars:

Gerry Cheevers
Ken Dryden
Tony Esposito

Barry Beck
Ron Greschner
Guy Lapointe
Robert Picard
Denis Potvin
Larry Robinson
Serge Savard
Borje Salming

Bill Barber
Mike Bossy
Bobby Clarke
Marcel Dionne
Bob Gainey
Clark Gillies
Anders Hedberg
Guy Lafleur
Don Marcotte
Lanny McDonald
Ulf Nilsson
Gilbert Perreault
Steve Shutt
Darryl Sittler
Bryan Trottier

Soviet Union:

Vladimir Myshkin
Vladislav Tretiak

Sergei Babinov
Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Yuri Fedorov
Vasili Pervukhin
Sergei Starikov
Gennadiy Tsygankov
Valeri Vasiliev

Helmut Balderis
Irek Gimayev
Aleksandr Golikov
Vladimir Golikov
Sergei Kapustin
Valeri Kharlamov
Vladimir Kovin
Sergei Makarov
Boris Mikhailov
Vladimir Petrov
Aleksandr Skvortsov
Viktor Tyumenev
Mikhail Varnakov
Viktor Zhluktov

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