The triumphs and tragedies of arguably the greatest hockey team of the 1990s. The Detroit Red Wings won two Stanley Cups thanks to five star players who had been extricated, with great difficulty, from the crumbling Soviet Union.
The late 1980s: the Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. One NHL hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings, exploits growing Soviet instability to attract some of the best players from the famous Red Army squad. This fascinating documentary looks back at the many obstacles that had to be overcome to bring five Russian hockey stars to the West. The Red Wings’ gambit was successful, leading eventually to a pair of Stanley Cup wins (1997 and 1998). A film about our national sport, with a gripping...
Feature film , Documentary
UNITED STATES | 99 minutes | 2018
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