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GAME 4

Dryden with the save
Dryden with a save?
Game Four was the worst for Canada, as the Russian took control from start to finish, taking a 2-0 lead in the first and never looking back.

The game was played under a chorus of boos which prompted the ever flamboyant Phil Esposito, after being handed the mike after the game for being the Canadian's star, to blast back at the fickle fans. He said that the guys were giving all they had and if they didn't get the job done it wasn't for lack of effort. Esposito said he didn't think they deserved to be booed.

Game 4


USSR 5 CANADA 3, Vancouver, 09/08/72

First Period
1- USSR Boris Mikhailov (Lutchenko, Petrov) 2:01
2- USSR Boris Mikhailov (Lutchenko, Petrov) 7:29
Penalties : Goldsworthy 1:24, Goldsworthy 5:58, P.Esposito 19:29.

Second Period
3- Canada Gilbert Perreault (Unassisted) 5:37
4- USSR Yuri Blinov (Petrov, Mikhailov) 6:34
5- USSR Vladimir Vikulov (Kharlamov, Maltsev) 8:39
Penalty : Kuzkin 8:39.

Third Period
6- Canada Bill Goldsworthy (P.Esposito, Bergman) 6:54
7- USSR Vladimir Shadrin (Yakushev, Vasiliev) 11:05
8- Canada Dennis Hull (P.Esposito) 19:38
Penalty : Petrov 2:01.

Shots USSR 11 - 14 - 6 - 31 /Canada 10 - 8 - 23 - 41
Goalkeepers Tretiak and Dryden.





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