Word: sokol
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Hartje will become the first North American--Canadian or U.S. citizen--ever to play hockey professionally in the Soviet Union. The Anoka, Minn. native will skate for Sokol-Kiev in the Soviet Elite League for the Ukrainian team's 1990-91 season...
...idea--I didn't find out about [Sokol-Kiev] until before Spring Break," Hartje said. "I thought [Smith] was kidding at first, but he was serious, and I'm going...
Hartje, who recently inked a three-year pact with the Jets, will be loaned to Sokol-Kiev as part of an ongoing exchange of personnel and players between Winnipeg and Kiev...
...program is the brainchild of Smith, a Ph.D. in Russian Studies, who initiated a set of executive exchanges this year as well. This spring Hartje, who was the Jets' seventh-round pick in 1986, met with Sokol-Kiev Coach Anatoly Bogdanov in Winnipeg...
...Mike started something with Sokol-Kiev during [the NHL] playoffs," Jets Communications Director Mike O'Hearne said. "Their head coach came over and advised us of things he thought would help our team. We reached a reciprocal agreement. whereby we'd send management and players [to Kiev] to train and assist each other, to open new doors in the Soviet Union...