If Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, then ..
It was great−while it lasted. Sixteen seconds after the first game began, Guy Lafleur scored for the National Hockey League All-Stars against the Soviets' national team in Madison Square Garden. The final score was 4-2, and the honor and heritage of Canada and the U.S. were safe. But the Soviets rallied to win the second match, 5-4, and then humiliated the N.H.L. in the rubber game, 6-0. The debacle stirred musings about future showdowns with the Soviets in which national honor would...
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