Word: sologubov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...final day against Czechoslovakia, the exhausted U.S. team was trailing 4-3 when it got a surprise assist. Russian Captain Nikolai Sologubov, who speaks no English, approached Coach Riley, gestured as if he were gasping, then mimed putting on an oxygen mask. Riley got the hint. He procured an oxygen bottle, gave Bob Cleary and his weary-legged mates a whiff. They promptly rallied for six goals and a 9-4 victory, skated off with the first U.S. gold medal in hockey. When the game was done, the man they mobbed was Goalie Jack McCartan, the sub who had become...
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