Russian Nat. Team
In 1971 the Russian National Team put up there hockey training camp in the Pellikaan Hal for a week.
With the well-kown goalie Tretjak and players like Charlamov, Larionov, Maltsev, Petrov, Firsov etc. Tilburg Trappers played the Russians ( at that time considered to be one of the best teams in the world ) in an entertaining exhibition game for a sold out crowd of 4500.
The score after 3 periods : Tilburg 1 - Russia 25.
Maltsev (10) on the puck with Hans Christiaans (4). Jaroslav Bulejcik (1) is looking for the puck. |
Charlamov (17) and Jaroslav Bulejcik (1) |
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Jaroslav Bulejcik (1) and Huub van Dun (2). |
The Russians returned in the season 1980-1981 (January 8th) and in the season 1981-1982 (December 28th).
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