Rendez-vous '87
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Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of all-stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's all-star festivities for the 1986-87 NHL season. The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87, while the NHLers raised $350,000 for the players' pension fund.
Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL all-stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9, 1987 and finishing on February 13. The series was very successful, with some, including Wayne Gretzky, calling for more international hockey, especially between Canada and Russia, the two top powers of hockey at the time.
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Game 1
Among one of the few things that did not change over the years was the biased officiating that showed its ugly head in the first game. The Soviet referee, Sergei Morozov, had called one penalty on the Soviet team the entire game, despite numerous violations on the Soviet part. Despite this, the NHL all-stars managed to squeak out a 4-3 victory, thanks to the line of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, and Esa Tikkanen.
NHL All-Star Roster
- Head Coach
- Jean Perron, Montreal Canadiens
- Assistant Coaches
- Michel Bergeron, Quebec Nordiques and Bob Johnson, Boston Bruins
- #3 D Mike Ramsey, Buffalo Sabres
- #4 D Rod Langway, Washington Capitals
- #5 D Rick Green, Montreal Canadiens
- #6 D Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
- #8 D Ulf Samuelsson, Hartford Whalers
- #9 LW Glenn Anderson, Edmonton Oilers
- #10 C Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets
- #11 C Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
- #14 RW Kevin Dineen, Hartford Whalers
- #15 RW Esa Tikkanen, Edmonton Oilers
- #16 RW Michel Goulet, Quebec Nordiques
- #17 RW Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers
- #19 LW Kirk Muller, New Jersey Devils
- #20 C Dave Poulin, Philadelphia Flyers
- #24 D Doug Wilson, Chicago Blackhawks
- #25 D Chris Chelios, Montreal Canadiens
- #28 RW Tomas Sandstrom, New York Rangers
- #31 G Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Oilers
- #32 RW Claude Lemieux, Montreal Canadiens
- #66 C Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
- #99 C Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers (Captain)
USSR Roster
- Head Coach
- Viktor Tikhonov
- #2 D Viacheslav Fetisov, CSKA Moscow (Captain)
- #4 D Igor Stelnov, CSKA Moscow
- #5 D Vasily Pervukhin, Dynamo Moscow
- #6 D Mikhail Tatarinov, Dynamo Moscow
- #7 D Alexei Kasatonov, CSKA Moscow
- #8 D Alexei Gusarov, CSKA Moscow
- #9 RW Vladimir Krutov, CSKA Moscow
- #11 C Igor Larionov, CSKA Moscow
- #12 D Sergei Starikov, CSKA Moscow
- #13 F Valery Kamensky, CSKA Moscow
- #14 D Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Dynamo Moscow
- #15 LW Andrei Khomutov, CSKA Moscow
- #16 RW Sergei Svetlov, Dynamo Moscow
- #18 C Alexander Semak, Dynamo Moscow
- #19 RW Mikhail Varnakov, Torpedo Gorky
- #20 G Evgeny Beloshikin, CSKA Moscow
- #22 LW Sergei Priakhin, Soviet Wings
- #24 LW Sergei Makarov, CSKA Moscow
- #27 C Viacheslav Bykov, CSKA Moscow
- #29 LW Yuri Khmylev, Soviet Wings
- #30 C Anatoli Semenov, Dynamo Moscow
Scoring Summary
- Final Score
- NHL All-Stars 4, USSR 3
- NHL All-Stars Goal: Kurri (Gretzky, Tikkanen) 5:23 1st
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: C. Lemieux 10:30 1st
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: Bourque 15:34 1st
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: Hawerchuk 12:28 2nd
- USSR Penalty: bench (served by Kamensky) 14:37 2nd
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: Anderson (M. Lemieux) 17:00 2nd
- USSR Goal: Kasatonov (Makarov) 18:42 2nd
- USSR Goal: Bykov (Khomutov, Starikov) 2:03 3rd
- NHL All-Stars Goal: Dineen (Hawerchuk, Poulin) 7:03 3rd
- USSR Goal: Semenov (Tatarinov, Varnakov) 8:04 3rd
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: Tikkanen 8:18 3rd
- NHL All-Stars Goal: Poulin (M. Lemieux, Wilson) 18:45 3rd
- Shots On Goal
- NHL All-Stars 11-9-7-27, USSR 5-9-10-24
- Referee
- Sergei Morozov
- Linesmen
- Ray Scapinello, Ron Finn
- Attendance
- 15,398
Game 2
Perhaps complacent about the Game 1 victory, the Soviet team managed to match the NHL shot for shot and hit for hit, and, like the NHLers did in Game 1, won the contest 5-3 despite the referee being from "the other team". After the game, tournament MVP Wayne Gretzky and Viacheslav Fetisov exchanged hockey sweaters as part of the hockey tradition.
NHL All-Star Roster
- Head Coach
- Jean Perron, Montreal Canadiens
- Assistant Coaches
- Michel Bergeron, Quebec Nordiques and Bob Johnson, Boston Bruins
- #3 D Mike Ramsey, Buffalo Sabres
- #4 D Rod Langway, Washington Capitals
- #5 D Rick Green, Montreal Canadiens
- #6 D Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins
- #8 D Ulf Samuelsson, Hartford Whalers
- #9 LW Glenn Anderson, Edmonton Oilers
- #10 C Dale Hawerchuk, Winnipeg Jets
- #11 C Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
- #14 RW Kevin Dineen, Hartford Whalers
- #15 RW Esa Tikkanen, Edmonton Oilers
- #16 RW Michel Goulet, Quebec Nordiques
- #17 RW Jari Kurri, Edmonton Oilers
- #19 LW Kirk Muller, New Jersey Devils
- #20 C Dave Poulin, Philadelphia Flyers
- #21 D Normand Rochefort, Quebec Nordiques
- #24 D Doug Wilson, Chicago Blackhawks
- #25 D Chris Chelios, Montreal Canadiens
- #31 G Grant Fuhr, Edmonton Oilers
- #32 RW Claude Lemieux, Montreal Canadiens
- #66 C Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
- #99 C Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers (Captain)
USSR Roster
- Head Coach
- Viktor Tikhonov
- #2 D Viacheslav Fetisov, CSKA Moscow (Captain)
- #4 D Igor Stelnov, CSKA Moscow
- #5 D Vasily Pervukhin, Dynamo Moscow
- #6 D Mikhail Tatarinov, Dynamo Moscow
- #7 D Alexei Kasatonov, CSKA Moscow
- #8 D Alexei Gusarov, CSKA Moscow
- #9 RW Vladimir Krutov, CSKA Moscow
- #10 F Viacheslav Lavrov, SKA Leningrad
- #11 C Igor Larionov, CSKA Moscow
- #12 D Sergei Starikov, CSKA Moscow
- #13 F Valery Kamensky, CSKA Moscow
- #14 D Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Dynamo Moscow
- #15 LW Andrei Khomutov, CSKA Moscow
- #16 RW Sergei Svetlov, Dynamo Moscow
- #18 C Alexander Semak, Dynamo Moscow
- #20 G Evgeny Beloshikin, CSKA Moscow
- #21 C Sergei Nemchinov, Soviet Wings
- #22 LW Sergei Priakhin, Soviet Wings
- #24 LW Sergei Makarov, CSKA Moscow
- #27 C Viacheslav Bykov, CSKA Moscow
- #29 LW Yuri Khmylev, Soviet Wings
- #30 C Anatoli Semenov, Dynamo Moscow
Scoring Summary
- Final Score
- USSR 5, NHL All-Stars 3
- USSR Penalty: Nemchinov 3:22 1st
- NHL All-Stars Goal: Messier (Kurri, Gretzky) PP 3:32 1st
- USSR Penalty: Krutov 9:50 1st
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: Anderson 9:50 1st
- NHL All-Stars Penalty: C. Lemieux 11:33 1st
- USSR Penalty: Fetisov 17:04 1st
- USSR Goal: Kamensky (Khomutov, Bykov) 3:13 2nd
- USSR Goal: Krutov (Fetisov, Larionov) 5:17 2nd
- USSR Goal: Kamensky 19:41 2nd
- USSR Penalty: Nemchinov 6:05 3rd
- NHL All-Stars Goal: Wilson (Gretzky, Goulet) PP 7:33 3rd
- USSR Goal: Semenov (Larionov) 9:13 3rd
- USSR Penalty: Kasatonov 11:46 3rd
- USSR Goal: Khomutov (Kamensky) 12:59 3rd
- USSR Penalty: Priakhin (minor and misconduct) 17:20 3rd
- NHL Goal: Bourque (M. Lemieux, Gretzky) 19:23 3rd
- Shots On Goal
- USSR 7-9-13-29, NHL All-Stars 6-13-12-31
- Referee
- Dave Newell
- Linesmen
- Ray Scapinello, Ron Finn
- Attendance
- 15,395