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...Soviet combat team had, in fact, briefly raised its unit flag on the newly seized Reichstag building on the night of April 30, but the moment had gone unrecorded. On May 2, Khaldei set about staging a reenactment. He recruited a decorated l8-year-old private named Aleksei Kovalev and two comrades to clamber on the parapets to hoist his flag. Perched above them with his Russian-made Leica, he squeezed off 36 frames. The picture later was to be doctored and even colored for various propaganda versions...
Guarding the goalmouth against the streaking Alexei Kovalev, Welch tapped at the puck in the crease and slipped it past his own keeper, rather than out to the corner boards he’d been eyeing...
Less than two minutes of game-time later—the goal credited to Kovalev came 19:40 into the second period—Welch scored for his own team, putting to rest any concerns that such a public gaffe might shake his confidence...
...Olympic history, Canada's record against Russia (and the former Soviet Union) is one win and six losses. The Russians don't seem intimidated. "I hear the same thing over and over again--even the Russian people in the stands saying we're no good," says forward Alexei Kovalev. "We don't care about Canada and the other teams. Every team can be a surprise here. You never know what to expect...
Lemieux joins Jagr, the game's most feared player, and Alexei Kovalev, a rising star for the Penguins, to form the NHL's most dangerous scoring trio...