Word: luzhniki
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Russians outscored Team Canada in total goals, 32 to 31, and actually outplayed them on Canadian ice during the first half of the series. In the final four games-each played before 11,300 relatively stolid Russian spectators and 2,700 raucous visiting Canadians in Moscow's Luzhniki Sports Palace-the Russians continued to display the precise teamwork that had given them the edge in Canada. But the Canadians managed to overcome the lack of conditioning that had marred their play in the series' first games. The 35-member Canadian squad included such high-scoring luminaries as Montreal...