0 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:15,000 YoubetCash.vip Agen Judi Online Aman & Terpercaya 1 00:00:22,283 --> 00:00:23,980 JIMMY DEVELLANO: Growing up in America, 2 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,463 right or wrong, fair or unfair, 3 00:00:28,506 --> 00:00:31,248 we were kind of trained to be... 4 00:00:31,292 --> 00:00:34,077 "Those Russians, they're bad people. 5 00:00:34,121 --> 00:00:36,253 "They're against us." 6 00:00:36,297 --> 00:00:39,256 We sort of had that mentality. 7 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:41,737 Even me, a little bit. 8 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:44,696 But all I was concerned about was, 9 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:49,440 "How can I get good world-class players for the Red Wings?" 10 00:00:49,484 --> 00:00:53,662 And I knew that there were good players in Russia. 11 00:00:53,705 --> 00:00:58,362 The problem was you couldn't get them out to the National Hockey League. 12 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,804 JIM LITES: It's now four o'clock in the afternoon, 13 00:01:05,848 --> 00:01:07,893 three o'clock in the afternoon in Portland. 14 00:01:07,937 --> 00:01:10,809 We had arranged a car service to pick us up 15 00:01:10,853 --> 00:01:12,246 at the airplane. 16 00:01:12,289 --> 00:01:15,771 And we said, "Well, how are we gonna do this?" 17 00:01:15,814 --> 00:01:19,775 We checked into the hotel where the Russian team was staying. 18 00:01:19,818 --> 00:01:23,170 Sergei had a game that night, and we got Sergei on the phone. 19 00:01:23,213 --> 00:01:25,172 He said "Let's go." 20 00:01:25,215 --> 00:01:27,913 And Sergei said, "No, it's my last game. 21 00:01:28,871 --> 00:01:31,091 "I wanna play in the game." 22 00:01:31,134 --> 00:01:32,614 I said, "Oh, okay, here's what we'll do. 23 00:01:32,657 --> 00:01:35,486 "Take the key to your room, slip it under our door, 24 00:01:35,530 --> 00:01:37,923 "And we'll go up and get the luggage 25 00:01:37,967 --> 00:01:40,535 "when the game's over." I said, "I'll be in the lobby, 26 00:01:40,578 --> 00:01:42,754 "you come off and you follow me. 27 00:01:42,798 --> 00:01:45,061 "And we go out the door, get in the car, 28 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:48,717 "get in the plane, back to Detroit right away." 29 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,503 NICK POLANO: The game is over. We park the limo on the side of he hotel. 30 00:01:52,547 --> 00:01:54,505 It's dark back there. 31 00:01:54,549 --> 00:01:58,596 The driver is asking me if we're mafia and we're gonna kill somebody. 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,557 So, I'm saying... "No, no, we're not doing anything bad like that. 33 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,037 "We're waiting for a hockey player." 34 00:02:05,081 --> 00:02:06,996 Literally, we were making up as we went along. 35 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:09,781 I said, "Look. He's a player of action. 36 00:02:09,825 --> 00:02:11,609 Your player's gonna leave the Russian team, 37 00:02:11,653 --> 00:02:14,003 he's coming to play for us. We're with the Detroit Red Wings management. 38 00:02:14,046 --> 00:02:15,613 I said, "Look, I'll give you an extra 100 buck tip. 39 00:02:15,657 --> 00:02:20,140 "Just do what we say. Just low-key it." 40 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:24,144 So now, it's ten o'clock, it's post-game, and I'm sitting in the lobby. 41 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,189 This bus pulls up in front. 42 00:02:27,538 --> 00:02:30,585 The last guy off the bus is Sergei Fedorov. 43 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:35,633 He walks into the lobby, looks at me and goes, "Ready to go, Jim." 44 00:02:35,677 --> 00:02:37,635 So, we're passing the elevators,[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 45 00:02:37,679 --> 00:02:39,202 ...suddenly, the doors open. 46 00:02:39,246 --> 00:02:41,683 And it's a guy that Sergei knows. 47 00:02:41,726 --> 00:02:44,033 And Sergei says, "One minute." 48 00:02:44,076 --> 00:02:45,991 I'm kind of like, "What are you doing?" 49 00:02:46,035 --> 00:02:48,733 I've never been more scared in my life. 50 00:02:48,777 --> 00:02:50,735 SERGEI FEDOROV: I had no idea if he might grab me 51 00:02:50,779 --> 00:02:53,825 because he was twice bigger than me. 52 00:02:53,869 --> 00:02:56,741 He said, "Where are you going?" "I'm going to Detroit." 53 00:02:56,785 --> 00:03:00,267 He was, "Yeah, yeah, let's go have dinner. We'll talk about that later." 54 00:03:00,310 --> 00:03:03,705 I'm like, "No, no, no. Here's a gentleman right there, I'm going." 55 00:03:03,748 --> 00:03:06,360 So he follows me down the hall. We get in the car, and I asked him, 56 00:03:06,403 --> 00:03:08,449 "Who was that and what did you say to him?" 57 00:03:08,492 --> 00:03:10,973 He said, "Well, that's my roommate, and I said to him, 58 00:03:11,016 --> 00:03:13,497 "'I've not been kidnapped, I'm doing this on my own free will. 59 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:15,804 "'And I will see you down the road.'" 60 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:20,461 And that's how the Russian Five started. 61 00:03:21,853 --> 00:03:23,812 FEDOROV: I felt like I made a right decision. 62 00:03:26,031 --> 00:03:28,382 I was ready to play hockey there. 63 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,930 JEFF DANIELS: The work ethic, that is the Midwest, 64 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:57,454 we have to outwork you. 65 00:03:57,498 --> 00:03:59,108 You went to Yale. 66 00:03:59,151 --> 00:04:01,893 I went to Central Michigan University. 67 00:04:01,937 --> 00:04:03,634 So I gotta outwork you. 68 00:04:06,855 --> 00:04:10,250 You can't imagine what it was like in Detroit in 1982. 69 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:12,121 The city was beaten. 70 00:04:12,164 --> 00:04:14,602 Seventeen percentage interest rates. Really high unemployment. 71 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:16,168 You know, it was a mess. 72 00:04:16,212 --> 00:04:19,084 I remember covering hockey games in Joe Louis Arena. 73 00:04:19,128 --> 00:04:21,783 And what they call Devil's Night, the night before Halloween. 74 00:04:21,826 --> 00:04:24,525 And there were cars flipped over and burning. 75 00:04:24,568 --> 00:04:27,049 and that's what people remember about Detroit. 76 00:04:27,092 --> 00:04:29,486 DANIELS: Back when Detroit was 77 00:04:29,530 --> 00:04:32,663 truly the Motor City, in, you know, the '40's... 78 00:04:32,707 --> 00:04:35,449 We were jammin' cars out of here. That's gone. 79 00:04:35,492 --> 00:04:40,758 You're living in a part of the country that everybody thinks is worthless. 80 00:04:40,802 --> 00:04:46,286 And the Red Wings have always been a salve 81 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:48,679 for the city of Detroit. 82 00:04:52,466 --> 00:04:56,339 MICKEY REDMOND: You see, hockey players'd get either sticks or pucks in the face, 83 00:04:56,383 --> 00:04:59,516 and they get stitches. As soon as they're fixed up, they're back up going again. 84 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,519 I think people in Detroit, Michigan, 85 00:05:02,563 --> 00:05:05,696 uh, the automotive capital of the world, 86 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:09,396 really, really connected with that kind of thought process. 87 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:12,094 ANNOUNCER: The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup four times 88 00:05:12,137 --> 00:05:16,533 within a six years span with what has been called the greatest team of all time. 89 00:05:16,577 --> 00:05:19,449 DAVE STRADER: There hadn't been a championship in Detroit since 1955, 90 00:05:19,493 --> 00:05:21,538 during the glory years of Gordie Howe 91 00:05:21,582 --> 00:05:24,149 and the production line with Alex Ovechkin and Ted Lindsay. 92 00:05:25,542 --> 00:05:28,458 Things really started to slide in the '70s. 93 00:05:28,502 --> 00:05:33,289 And slid even further in the '80s.[CROWD CHEERS] 94 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:37,032 REDMOND: When I got traded here in '71, things were out of whack pretty good. 95 00:05:37,989 --> 00:05:40,252 The Red Wings were buried 96 00:05:40,296 --> 00:05:43,125 so far down, they couldn't see the top. 97 00:05:43,168 --> 00:05:47,172 And it was demoralizing for a Wings fan, and you can't blame them. 98 00:05:47,216 --> 00:05:49,610 There were no fans. There was no excitement. 99 00:05:49,653 --> 00:05:51,829 They were always referred to as the "Dead Wings." 100 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:54,571 STRADER: And I'm sure there was thoughts in this town, 101 00:05:54,615 --> 00:05:57,531 like, "What's gonna turn this things around?" 102 00:05:57,574 --> 00:06:00,751 When were you first interested in buying the Detroit Red Wings? 103 00:06:00,795 --> 00:06:03,058 When my business started taking hold fairly well, 104 00:06:03,101 --> 00:06:07,976 I kind of dreamt about it, but I never, honestly, thought it would happen. 105 00:06:08,019 --> 00:06:10,282 REPORTER: We've had some rough sliding the last 10 years or so. 106 00:06:10,326 --> 00:06:12,459 But we've had some glorious years. 107 00:06:12,502 --> 00:06:16,985 KEN HOLLAND: Mr. Ilitch and Mrs. Ilitch, they bought the Detroit Red Wings. 108 00:06:17,028 --> 00:06:21,250 Because they wanted to see hockey, um... 109 00:06:21,293 --> 00:06:23,034 mean something again. 110 00:06:23,078 --> 00:06:27,387 I plan to surround myself with lot of competent people. 111 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:32,000 And roll up my sleeves and work 24 hours a day if it's necessary. 112 00:06:32,043 --> 00:06:33,654 ANNOUNCER: Ilitch's first job 113 00:06:33,697 --> 00:06:36,178 was to hire the most capable general manager he could find. 114 00:06:36,221 --> 00:06:39,094 And where better to look than the Stanley Cup champions. 115 00:06:39,137 --> 00:06:42,532 Jimmy Devellano had been the architect of the Islanders draft. 116 00:06:42,576 --> 00:06:47,407 The team I took over in 1982 was in the Detroit River, quite frankly. 117 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:49,800 You're looking to at least five hard years. 118 00:06:49,844 --> 00:06:52,803 You've got nobody in the bushes, and you have the "maybe" three players 119 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:54,892 who really can play in the NHL. 120 00:06:54,936 --> 00:06:56,720 Well, that's... 121 00:06:56,764 --> 00:06:59,244 I'm giving you a blunt assessment. I don't mean to be rude or anything, 122 00:06:59,288 --> 00:07:00,637 but you don't have any kind of a hockey club. 123 00:07:00,681 --> 00:07:02,813 You're a justifiable 21st after tonight. 124 00:07:02,857 --> 00:07:06,600 Well, I was hoping that maybe we could by 1990, 125 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:09,646 contend for the Stanley Cup. That's what I... 1990.[INTERVIEWER LAUGHS] 126 00:07:09,690 --> 00:07:12,214 Well... Well, Dick, listen, now the...[LAUGHING] 127 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:16,044 DEVELLANO: I was completing my 10th year with the New York Islanders. 128 00:07:16,087 --> 00:07:19,961 We were just coming off our third consecutive Stanley Cup. 129 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:24,531 And it was really, truly a team that was built through the draft. 130 00:07:24,574 --> 00:07:28,491 And I had promised the Ilitches, I'd promised the city, 131 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:31,320 that we would build this team through the draft. 132 00:07:31,363 --> 00:07:34,932 Is your owner... You think he'll have the patience, Mr. Ilitch, the Pizza King? 133 00:07:34,976 --> 00:07:39,023 He tells me he has, and I have to take the man at his word. 134 00:07:39,067 --> 00:07:44,464 LITES: The first draft of the Devellano-Ilitch era, was 1983. 135 00:07:44,507 --> 00:07:47,597 The first round pick was Steve Yzerman. 136 00:07:47,641 --> 00:07:50,470 I certainly wasn't sitting there thinking, "Oh, my God," like, 137 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:52,646 this organization had struggled. 138 00:07:52,689 --> 00:07:56,040 You're bright-eyed and hopeful and there's new ownership, 139 00:07:56,084 --> 00:08:00,697 there's a new general manager. You're thinking nothing but the best. 140 00:08:00,741 --> 00:08:04,484 Now you pick up Stevie Yzerman. I'm interested. 141 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:08,400 And the fans get interested. And that... 142 00:08:08,444 --> 00:08:09,663 goes for a while. 143 00:08:11,534 --> 00:08:15,277 But when there is some mix of bad years with veterans on the way out 144 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,844 and it's not working. 145 00:08:19,934 --> 00:08:23,764 We still need the pieces that put it all together. 146 00:08:23,807 --> 00:08:30,945 And it takes a long time to build a great team. 147 00:08:30,988 --> 00:08:33,164 DEVELLANO: I thought it would take forever. 148 00:08:34,078 --> 00:08:36,472 And I was getting nervous. 149 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:42,478 I didn't feel you could get enough players out of one draft, 150 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:46,438 and I knew that there were good players in Europe. 151 00:08:46,482 --> 00:08:50,181 Especially in Russia. 152 00:08:50,225 --> 00:08:52,793 The Soviet Red Army hockey club was the gold standard 153 00:08:52,836 --> 00:08:56,492 when it came to international hockey. They won everything. 154 00:08:56,536 --> 00:09:00,409 DEVELLANO: Our scouts watched the Russian team 155 00:09:00,452 --> 00:09:03,717 and when they came back, 156 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,025 they sang the praises of several young Russians. 157 00:09:08,069 --> 00:09:13,161 But they really sang the praises of one Sergei Fedorov. 158 00:09:13,204 --> 00:09:16,425 The problem was, there was an iron curtain. 159 00:09:17,252 --> 00:09:19,776 [INDISTINCT SHOUTING] 160 00:09:19,820 --> 00:09:23,650 LITES: No Russian player would jump as their family would be murdered. 161 00:09:23,693 --> 00:09:26,217 [IMITATES NECK BREAKING] So, the feeling was 162 00:09:26,261 --> 00:09:28,742 if you took a Russian or a Czech, 163 00:09:28,785 --> 00:09:31,745 you were really wasting your draft choice. 164 00:09:31,788 --> 00:09:36,314 But I felt if we get him in three years, 165 00:09:36,358 --> 00:09:38,490 five years, ten years, 166 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:41,406 Even if we get him 10 years from now, he's only 28, 167 00:09:41,450 --> 00:09:44,888 we got a world class player. 168 00:09:44,932 --> 00:09:49,066 HOLLAND: When you draft a player, you own their rights, basically, forever. 169 00:09:49,110 --> 00:09:52,940 But everybody was scared to use draft picks on the Russian players 170 00:09:52,983 --> 00:09:54,855 because you didn't know if you'd ever see them. 171 00:09:54,898 --> 00:09:57,466 And draft picks are assets, and you didn't want to use an asset 172 00:09:57,509 --> 00:10:00,817 on something that you didn't know if you'd ever see. 173 00:10:00,861 --> 00:10:04,560 KEITH GAVE: When Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union began changing. 174 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,301 Things started to ease up. 175 00:10:06,344 --> 00:10:10,914 And so, the Soviets had started to release older players. 176 00:10:10,958 --> 00:10:14,788 But it didn't guarantee that the younger guys were gonna come. 177 00:10:14,831 --> 00:10:17,138 At least not without a fight. 178 00:10:17,181 --> 00:10:18,618 DEVELLANO: Being the general manager at the time, 179 00:10:18,661 --> 00:10:20,576 I had to make the final decision. 180 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:24,232 You never know what's gonna happen in the future. 181 00:10:24,275 --> 00:10:26,016 LITES: There was a certain amount of feel 182 00:10:26,060 --> 00:10:29,411 that if we don't start taking these Russian players earlier, 183 00:10:29,454 --> 00:10:31,282 other teams are gonna do it. 184 00:10:31,326 --> 00:10:34,808 DEVELLANO: So, I used the theory. 185 00:10:34,851 --> 00:10:37,332 Who are we gonna get here now in the fourth round 186 00:10:37,375 --> 00:10:39,247 from North America, really? 187 00:10:40,596 --> 00:10:43,207 And so it was on that basis in '89 188 00:10:43,251 --> 00:10:45,862 when we got to the fourth round, 189 00:10:45,906 --> 00:10:49,387 we selected Sergei Fedorov. 190 00:10:49,431 --> 00:10:52,477 GAVE: When they made that pick and you could hear that, that was an audible gasp 191 00:10:52,521 --> 00:10:56,046 like, "Oh, my goodness, what? The Red Wings just took a Russian, 192 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:58,440 "with their fourth pick in the draft!" 193 00:10:58,483 --> 00:11:01,486 DEVELLANO: I'm sure a few teams snickered, 194 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:05,186 "There goes Devellano wasting a draft pick." 195 00:11:05,229 --> 00:11:08,842 But I thought that the best 18-year-old in Russia 196 00:11:08,885 --> 00:11:12,062 would be able to come over here and be a pretty good player. 197 00:11:12,106 --> 00:11:14,935 When we got to the 11th round, we did the same thing with Vladimir Konstantinov. 198 00:11:14,978 --> 00:11:19,679 I believe he was 22-23 years of age. 199 00:11:19,722 --> 00:11:23,160 LITES: An established player, captain in the Russian military, 200 00:11:23,204 --> 00:11:24,945 a wife, a child. 201 00:11:24,988 --> 00:11:27,948 There's ever a communist guy that would be hard into the Russian system. 202 00:11:27,991 --> 00:11:31,125 The last guy that's ever gonna come is Vladimir Konstantinov. 203 00:11:32,604 --> 00:11:34,824 DEVELLANO: To be fair to ownership, 204 00:11:34,868 --> 00:11:39,089 I'm sure at times they wondered if it was a good strategy. 205 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:44,138 But I didn't feel it was a big gamble if you could get the players. 206 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:47,881 And I turned around and looked at our executive vice-president at the table. 207 00:11:47,924 --> 00:11:50,405 I said, "Now we got a superstar here. 208 00:11:50,448 --> 00:11:53,625 "You find a way to get him." 209 00:11:53,669 --> 00:11:55,758 LITES: There's no book, you know. You couldn't anywhere and say, 210 00:11:55,802 --> 00:11:57,325 "Okay. How do you get a guy to defect?" 211 00:11:58,674 --> 00:12:01,677 I knew one guy that spoke Russian. 212 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,287 that was involved in hockey in Detroit 213 00:12:03,331 --> 00:12:06,551 a beat writer with the Detroit Free Press, Keith Gave. 214 00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:08,989 Usually, I didn't hear from Jim Lites 215 00:12:09,032 --> 00:12:11,121 unless he had something to complain about, 216 00:12:11,165 --> 00:12:14,081 something that I'd written or whatever. 217 00:12:14,124 --> 00:12:17,388 He said, "Okay, here's why I asked you to lunch." 218 00:12:17,432 --> 00:12:20,827 "You're the only Russian speaker I know that knows hockey. 219 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:24,700 'Would you consider possibly helping us make contact with these players?" 220 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:27,094 I'd read enough about reporters 221 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:30,097 being used as pawns in the middle of espionage 222 00:12:30,140 --> 00:12:32,926 And I'm thinking, "Why not me?" 223 00:12:32,969 --> 00:12:35,450 I said, "You know, the only thing I ask... 224 00:12:35,493 --> 00:12:37,408 "I want the story first. 225 00:12:37,452 --> 00:12:40,498 "If you can give me that, I'll pass along your message to these guys." 226 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:43,284 Couple of weeks later, I was on my way to Helsinki, Finland. 227 00:12:43,327 --> 00:12:45,199 LITES: We created letters. 228 00:12:45,242 --> 00:12:47,505 The one that Fedorov was basically had been drafted by the Detroit Red Wings, 229 00:12:47,549 --> 00:12:50,421 and "We will do anything we can to help facilitate 230 00:12:50,465 --> 00:12:53,424 "your decision to come to North America to play." 231 00:12:53,468 --> 00:12:56,123 We wrote a second letter to Vladimir Konstantinov. 232 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:58,255 "If there's ever a change in the political climate, 233 00:12:58,299 --> 00:13:00,344 "we would love to have you be a part of the Detroit Red wings." 234 00:13:00,388 --> 00:13:02,390 We had to take the position that 235 00:13:02,433 --> 00:13:06,133 he would report us to the authorities for just even making contact with him. 236 00:13:09,049 --> 00:13:11,051 GAVE: I get to Helsinki with my reporter's credentials. 237 00:13:11,094 --> 00:13:13,227 And the guy took me to the dressing room area. 238 00:13:13,270 --> 00:13:16,534 And brought out Sergei and Vladdy, and they're both dripping wet. 239 00:13:16,578 --> 00:13:18,754 He just yanked him right out of the showers and brought them out there. 240 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,800 I shook their hands... 241 00:13:20,843 --> 00:13:23,324 I spoke to them in Russian a little bit. 242 00:13:23,367 --> 00:13:25,326 And I was getting a little nervous 243 00:13:25,369 --> 00:13:28,546 'cause I noticed a guy who kept leaning forward, leaning forward. 244 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:31,158 I'm convinced that he was their KGB guy 245 00:13:31,201 --> 00:13:33,116 who made sure that none of these guys defected. 246 00:13:34,770 --> 00:13:37,686 And I said, "Oh, yeah, I got this media guide." 247 00:13:37,729 --> 00:13:39,557 And I can see Sergei thumbing through the book. 248 00:13:39,601 --> 00:13:42,169 He sees the little thing I had tucked in the way, 249 00:13:42,212 --> 00:13:44,519 and he took the book and he kind of put it behind his back. 250 00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:48,523 I had the Detroit draft list and it showed Sergei, 251 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:51,918 "There you are, fourth round by Detroit, 74th overall." 252 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:57,445 And, Sergei, he'd be a great card player, 'cause he showed no emotion at all. 253 00:13:57,488 --> 00:13:59,795 Then I showed Vladdy. 254 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:02,842 I said, "Look, and the Wings drafted you in the 11th round, here, Vladimir Konstantinov." 255 00:14:02,885 --> 00:14:06,802 Vladimir Konstantinov was like the little kid who got the shiny blue bike for Christmas. 256 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,327 He was bouncing around. He was really excited. 257 00:14:10,371 --> 00:14:12,852 Couldn't wait to get on the phone and call Jim Lites and say, 258 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:15,245 "Jim, mission accomplished." 259 00:14:15,289 --> 00:14:17,900 We felt lucky. We had made contact with them. 260 00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:20,381 They knew we had drafted them within a month 261 00:14:20,424 --> 00:14:21,861 of the actual draft occurring. 262 00:14:23,558 --> 00:14:27,431 So this was the first year of the Super Series. 263 00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:29,738 where three different Russian teams 264 00:14:29,781 --> 00:14:32,959 had a goodwill tour of NHL franchises. 265 00:14:33,002 --> 00:14:36,353 But Red Army team were playing in Chicago. 266 00:14:38,181 --> 00:14:39,922 We had a goalie coach named Phil Myre. 267 00:14:39,966 --> 00:14:43,230 He said he's got a good friend who knows the Russian players. 268 00:14:43,273 --> 00:14:45,928 The official photographer for the Red Army team. 269 00:14:45,972 --> 00:14:47,930 And I got on the phone with Michel right away. 270 00:14:47,974 --> 00:14:50,237 And he had Sergei on the phone. 271 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,152 And we made an arrangement at that time 272 00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:55,982 that Michel and I would meet with Sergei at the Drake hotel 273 00:14:56,025 --> 00:14:58,898 during his two night stay in Chicago. 274 00:15:00,595 --> 00:15:03,598 It was interesting for me. It was like little bit exciting 275 00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:06,209 more than scary. 276 00:15:06,253 --> 00:15:10,170 I have a guy from KGB and I choose not to tell him 277 00:15:10,213 --> 00:15:12,476 'cause I don't wanna get anybody in trouble. 278 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,827 [DOOR OPENS] Sergei comes in. Dressed in his best suit. 279 00:15:15,871 --> 00:15:19,048 When I say a good Russian suit for a 20-year-old kid, 280 00:15:19,092 --> 00:15:22,443 it looked like something that you gotten out of Goodwill. 281 00:15:22,486 --> 00:15:24,793 We ordered dinner, talked for four hours. 282 00:15:24,836 --> 00:15:27,622 And I armed myself with an NHL Standard Players Contract. 283 00:15:27,665 --> 00:15:31,017 It was identical to the contract Steve Yzerman was playing under at the time. 284 00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:33,367 I had $10,000 in U.S. cash. 285 00:15:33,410 --> 00:15:36,718 And I had a nice brochure of the Riverfront Apartments. 286 00:15:36,761 --> 00:15:40,504 And I'd gone to a Chevrolet dealer and gotten a beautiful, glossy photograph 287 00:15:40,548 --> 00:15:42,115 of a brand new Corvette. 288 00:15:43,594 --> 00:15:46,032 And I fully intended at that time 289 00:15:46,075 --> 00:15:49,774 for Sergei to leave the Drake Hotel with me. 290 00:15:51,298 --> 00:15:53,865 I have no idea how my mum, my dad would react. 291 00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:56,259 I have no idea how government react. 292 00:15:56,303 --> 00:15:58,914 Those thoughts were on my mind. 293 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,612 I said, "Sergei, this money's yours if you leave now." 294 00:16:01,656 --> 00:16:03,919 You never know what's gonna happen. This is world politics. 295 00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:09,794 FEDOROV: I understand what they make, what they drive. 296 00:16:09,838 --> 00:16:14,930 It would be interesting to play in front of 20,000 people every night. 297 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:18,673 LITES: He said, "No, I do not want to desert from the military." 298 00:16:18,716 --> 00:16:22,590 And I felt bad that I didn't bring the player back with me. 299 00:16:22,633 --> 00:16:24,853 FEDOROV: Most important feeling from the exhibition 300 00:16:24,896 --> 00:16:27,812 I knew I can play against those guys. 301 00:16:27,856 --> 00:16:29,727 And to me they were superheroes. 302 00:16:32,295 --> 00:16:38,040 DEVELLANO: In 1987, I went to see a Four Nations Tournament 303 00:16:38,084 --> 00:16:42,479 and I'm looking at the Russian team and I see a player without a number. 304 00:16:42,523 --> 00:16:48,355 I found out it was a young boy by the name of Slava Kozlov. 305 00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:52,750 I got on the phone to my ownership, Mike and Marian. 306 00:16:52,794 --> 00:16:57,929 I said, "I've just seen the best 15-year-old player I've ever seen 307 00:16:57,973 --> 00:17:00,715 "in my lifetime." 308 00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:03,196 HOLLAND: We knew he was a fabulous talent. 309 00:17:03,239 --> 00:17:05,241 But, again, you didn't know if you'd ever get him. 310 00:17:07,678 --> 00:17:12,074 DEVELLANO: So, in 1990, I got bold, I got cocky, 311 00:17:12,118 --> 00:17:15,208 and I said, "We're taking him in the third round." 312 00:17:15,251 --> 00:17:17,036 [EXHALES] 313 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:20,474 Third round, you can get some North American players. 314 00:17:20,517 --> 00:17:23,216 It's not the fourth round, it's the third round. 315 00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:30,005 LITES: So now we had the three Russians to shoot for. 316 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:33,443 And to be honest with you, I had no idea how we were gonna be able to do that. 317 00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:40,711 FEDOROV: I was living at the hockey base. 318 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:46,108 Those trainings, those bags were so heavy. 319 00:17:47,544 --> 00:17:50,591 Just sleeping, resting, eating, and training. 320 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:57,728 There was no internet. There was no newspaper sometime. 321 00:17:57,772 --> 00:18:00,383 We were so secluded eleven month. 322 00:18:00,427 --> 00:18:02,342 It kind of get us a little bit down, you know. 323 00:18:02,385 --> 00:18:06,172 And when you're in the cage, when you're on that island, I would say, 324 00:18:06,215 --> 00:18:08,087 you start to think and feel different. 325 00:18:13,309 --> 00:18:15,094 You just want freedom, I guess. 326 00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:24,755 ANNOUNCER: Sergei Fedorov's team came to America for some good hockey and goodwill. 327 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:28,368 Instead of Fedorov, it was goodbye. 328 00:18:28,411 --> 00:18:31,458 The CBS and NBC affiliates are reporting 329 00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:34,374 that Fedorov has defected one station 330 00:18:34,417 --> 00:18:36,202 reporting that he is already in Detroit. 331 00:18:36,245 --> 00:18:39,857 LITES: I moved Sergei and the interpreter right into my house 332 00:18:39,901 --> 00:18:41,816 and my home phone rings. 333 00:18:41,859 --> 00:18:44,993 [PHONE RINGS] And it's some guy from the State Department. 334 00:18:45,036 --> 00:18:48,910 "Mr. Lites, do you know the whereabouts of Sergei Fedorov?" 335 00:18:48,953 --> 00:18:52,131 So I basically said, "Yes." 336 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:55,917 I'm on the couch in the basement, watching this crazy TV 337 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,833 with colors and all that stuff. 338 00:18:58,876 --> 00:19:00,835 LITES: It was a night of about six phone calls back and forth 339 00:19:00,878 --> 00:19:03,533 with the State Department, Russian officials, and myself 340 00:19:03,577 --> 00:19:05,709 with Sergei sitting on the couch, laughing. 341 00:19:05,753 --> 00:19:07,233 And I'm like holding the phone over, 342 00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:09,148 "You got any intention to going back to Russia?" 343 00:19:09,191 --> 00:19:11,367 And he's like, "No. Nyet." 344 00:19:11,411 --> 00:19:13,195 FEDOROV: I don't wanna go back home, you know. 345 00:19:13,239 --> 00:19:15,066 And the issue was over. 346 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:18,635 A little bit of tension here. The calls were nasty. 347 00:19:18,679 --> 00:19:21,029 Quite fun, to be honest with you. I had a pretty good time with it. 348 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:27,078 DEVELLANO: And later on, it just so happened 349 00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:30,473 that the team that Konstantinov played on, 350 00:19:30,517 --> 00:19:34,912 was going to play the Red Wings, here at Joe Louis Arena. 351 00:19:34,956 --> 00:19:38,786 We arranged that at two o'clock in the morning,[ALARM BEEPING] 352 00:19:38,829 --> 00:19:41,876 when the Russian team was sound asleep, 353 00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:47,360 that he would sneak down the back stairs of the Pontchartrain hotel 354 00:19:47,403 --> 00:19:51,886 across the road, into Joe Louis Arena. I had the door open. 355 00:19:51,929 --> 00:19:57,283 In the meantime, I got two great, big satchels full of money. 356 00:19:57,326 --> 00:20:01,417 Just wanted to emphasize how his life could change over here. 357 00:20:01,461 --> 00:20:03,724 I mean, I knew it was a struggle over there. 358 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:07,118 Here, you're gonna be... You're gonna be rich, Vladdy. You're gonna be rich. 359 00:20:08,337 --> 00:20:12,515 I said, "Vladimir, you're an NHL player, 360 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:14,387 "we'd like to have you. 361 00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:17,912 "And we want you to stay." 362 00:20:17,955 --> 00:20:20,436 And he looked at me sadly, and he said, 363 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:21,959 "I would like to come, 364 00:20:22,003 --> 00:20:24,875 "but I have a wife and a daughter. 365 00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:27,530 "I can't desert them." 366 00:20:27,574 --> 00:20:29,576 Plus, he's a captain in the Russian military. 367 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:32,231 So, if he deserted, 368 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:36,670 he'd be considered a felon in Russia which would make him, automatically, 369 00:20:36,713 --> 00:20:41,152 incapable of getting an H1 visa to play in the National Hockey League. 370 00:20:42,415 --> 00:20:44,808 I said, "I understand, Vladdy, 371 00:20:44,852 --> 00:20:47,724 "I want you to come over here with your family. 372 00:20:47,768 --> 00:20:52,773 "We're gonna find a way to get to you down the road. 373 00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:54,818 "Don't forget us." 374 00:20:57,647 --> 00:20:59,693 FEDOROV: It was exciting time. 375 00:20:59,736 --> 00:21:02,478 I understood I'm gonna live right next to Joe Louis Arena. 376 00:21:02,522 --> 00:21:04,263 I understood I'm gonna have a Corvette. 377 00:21:05,438 --> 00:21:08,571 I was like, "Wow, this is nice. 378 00:21:08,615 --> 00:21:11,618 "All that just to play?" 379 00:21:11,661 --> 00:21:14,969 I took my Corvette and just drove to the malls. 380 00:21:18,973 --> 00:21:22,759 It was fun. Just go there and just, I guess, learn everything. 381 00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:24,283 How you put gasoline in a car. 382 00:21:25,501 --> 00:21:27,460 Simple things like that. 383 00:21:27,503 --> 00:21:29,462 Where we're gonna have lunch, 384 00:21:29,505 --> 00:21:31,812 what do I need for apartment? 385 00:21:31,855 --> 00:21:34,118 Pillows, draperies. [CHUCKLES] 386 00:21:37,470 --> 00:21:42,388 There were a few guys who were upset with Sergei coming in and having these things 387 00:21:42,431 --> 00:21:45,652 lavished on him. They didn't think he paid his dues. 388 00:21:45,695 --> 00:21:50,309 I think they felt that he walked into this goldmine. 389 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:53,050 And that they were going to be put aside. 390 00:21:55,444 --> 00:21:58,491 It just appeared to me 'cause I was in the front of the plane. 391 00:21:58,534 --> 00:22:01,537 that they were being not so inclusive to him. 392 00:22:01,581 --> 00:22:04,453 And it wasn't everybody. But you could see it and you could feel it. 393 00:22:04,497 --> 00:22:06,063 And I know he felt it. 394 00:22:09,589 --> 00:22:11,808 BRYAN MURRAY: Language was a little bit of an issue. 395 00:22:11,852 --> 00:22:15,334 Style of play was an issue. Newness to the NHL was an issue. 396 00:22:15,377 --> 00:22:19,860 But Sergei was a good guy. He really wanted to be good. 397 00:22:19,903 --> 00:22:22,079 REPORTER: How do you like the American girls? 398 00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:24,081 [TRANSLATOR TRANSLATING IN RUSSIAN] 399 00:22:24,778 --> 00:22:26,432 [SPEAKS RUSSIAN] 400 00:22:26,475 --> 00:22:27,563 TRANSLATOR: They're really pretty. 401 00:22:28,912 --> 00:22:31,437 REPORTER: Can he speak any English to us now? 402 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:36,355 I just like to try to get him speaking some English to us if... 403 00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:38,182 [TRANSLATOR TRANSLATING IN RUSSIAN] 404 00:22:38,226 --> 00:22:40,184 YZERMAN: It was hard to get to know him because, you know, 405 00:22:40,228 --> 00:22:41,882 I couldn't speak a word of Russian. 406 00:22:41,925 --> 00:22:44,667 And he was starting from scratch, trying to figure everything out. 407 00:22:47,322 --> 00:22:48,584 NICKLAS LIDSTROM: When we were roommates, 408 00:22:48,628 --> 00:22:49,629 I would wake up in the middle of the night 409 00:22:49,672 --> 00:22:51,848 hearing someone talking in Russian. 410 00:22:51,892 --> 00:22:53,633 kind of, you know, under the sheets. 411 00:22:53,676 --> 00:22:56,418 And I see a cord from the phone going in under the sheets... 412 00:22:56,462 --> 00:22:58,333 Sergei's talking to someone over in Russia. 413 00:23:05,035 --> 00:23:06,602 LITES: For the next draft, 414 00:23:06,646 --> 00:23:09,953 Sergei's agent comes in my office and says, 415 00:23:09,997 --> 00:23:12,652 "I can get Konstantinov out." And he said, "I need cash. 416 00:23:12,695 --> 00:23:14,697 "I need a car," as he put it. 417 00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:17,961 I have to work with some doctors. 418 00:23:18,005 --> 00:23:20,573 GAVE: The doctors said, "He needs to go to America for treatment." 419 00:23:20,616 --> 00:23:23,010 And the doctor said that because they were being bribed. 420 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:24,533 LITES: They all swore 421 00:23:24,577 --> 00:23:28,581 that he had inoperable sarcoma and in a flick of a pen, 422 00:23:28,624 --> 00:23:30,278 He got discharged from the military. 423 00:23:30,321 --> 00:23:32,280 And I never asked any qu... That's where the money went. 424 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,239 They got everything together 425 00:23:35,283 --> 00:23:38,417 for Vladdy and his wife, Irina, and daughter, Anastasia to come to Detroit. 426 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:42,986 And that's when the hardline communists tried to get their country back. 427 00:23:44,379 --> 00:23:47,295 LITES: I get a frantic call that says: 428 00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:50,341 The Russian military is taking over the country again. 429 00:23:50,385 --> 00:23:52,996 They had closed the airport in Moscow. 430 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,607 I said, "Just get them out of Russia." 431 00:23:56,696 --> 00:23:57,914 He said, "I can get them to Budapest." 432 00:23:57,958 --> 00:23:59,742 I said, "And I'll meet you in Budapest." 433 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,223 We get to Budapest, 434 00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:04,834 picked up Vladdy, Irina, and their baby. 435 00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:07,446 Headed right for the American consulate. 436 00:24:07,489 --> 00:24:11,624 There was a delay in getting Irina and the baby out. 437 00:24:11,667 --> 00:24:14,627 HARRIS: Vladimir was having really strong opinions 438 00:24:14,670 --> 00:24:17,891 that he did not want to go without her and their daughter. 439 00:24:19,675 --> 00:24:21,851 And we were going, "Vladdy, we need to get out of here." 440 00:24:23,374 --> 00:24:25,333 LITES: Irina was very powerful and said, 441 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:27,466 "No, Vladdy, you go and get started. And we'll be right behind you. 442 00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:32,340 [PLANE TAKING OFF] 443 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,089 JOHN WHARTON: I think it was harder for Sergei because he was the first. 444 00:24:42,132 --> 00:24:45,962 When Vladdy came, you couldn't separate Sergei and Vladdy. 445 00:24:46,006 --> 00:24:49,836 FEDOROV: We were roommates in Red Army for a couple of years, actually. 446 00:24:49,879 --> 00:24:51,664 When he came, I was like, 447 00:24:51,707 --> 00:24:55,842 "Oh, cool, I get the chance t hang out with somebody from back home." 448 00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:59,846 MICHAEL CHOVICH: I think that the homesickness 449 00:24:59,889 --> 00:25:03,719 eased when he had somebody he could grasp onto. 450 00:25:04,981 --> 00:25:06,940 They go Blockbuster. They get movies. 451 00:25:06,983 --> 00:25:10,509 And Sergei got theTerminator movies. 452 00:25:10,552 --> 00:25:12,728 And he got Vladdy watching them with him. 453 00:25:12,772 --> 00:25:14,817 They got started on the American culture, 454 00:25:14,861 --> 00:25:17,733 and they really dove right into it right away. 455 00:25:25,915 --> 00:25:29,397 After Vladdy arrived, his wife, Irina, 456 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,618 and his daughter, Anastasia, arrived also. 457 00:25:32,661 --> 00:25:35,708 They were overwhelmed with relief when they got over here. 458 00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:40,060 IRINA: I feel wonderful support from the Red Wings, and it's really, really 459 00:25:40,843 --> 00:25:43,237 gives us great feeling. 460 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,195 REPORTER: Was this a dream come true for you 461 00:25:45,239 --> 00:25:47,067 when you arrived here and when you were playing 462 00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:49,896 in the NHL, as you call it, the best league in the world? 463 00:25:49,939 --> 00:25:52,115 Yes, was dream come true 464 00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:55,118 because I always want to play in the best league in the world. 465 00:25:57,425 --> 00:26:02,038 LITES: Our first meeting with Slava Kozlov was interesting, to say the least. 466 00:26:02,082 --> 00:26:06,608 He'd been in a car accident and he was in the hospital. 467 00:26:06,652 --> 00:26:09,350 POLANO: The other player with him in the car was killed. 468 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:14,485 His agent called me and he said, "Nick, 469 00:26:14,529 --> 00:26:17,140 "can you do me a big, big favor and go over to see him? 470 00:26:17,184 --> 00:26:19,142 I didn't even hesitate. 471 00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:20,317 [SLAVA KOZLOV SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 472 00:26:27,237 --> 00:26:30,371 POLANO: Going in the Red Army hospital, my heart was pumping. 473 00:26:30,414 --> 00:26:32,678 Especially when I saw the soldiers in there. 474 00:26:34,288 --> 00:26:36,507 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 475 00:26:44,733 --> 00:26:46,517 LITES: We were prepared to take the risk. 476 00:26:46,561 --> 00:26:49,695 Get him out of Russia. Get him into the care of our doctors. 477 00:26:49,738 --> 00:26:52,262 And we've got a world-class talent. 478 00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:53,524 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 479 00:27:03,970 --> 00:27:07,016 LITES: And in two years, we'd gone from being the Red Wings 480 00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:08,365 to being "the Red Wings." 481 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,024 REPORTER: The Red Wings Soviet players, obviously, have a close bond. 482 00:27:15,068 --> 00:27:17,287 Not only through their on-ice comradery, 483 00:27:17,331 --> 00:27:20,247 but Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov 484 00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:23,946 Slava Kozlov have had to learn the English language from scratch. 485 00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:25,600 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 486 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,602 Yeah. What'd he say? 487 00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:31,345 Yeah, he said he can understand some words, you know. 488 00:27:31,388 --> 00:27:33,390 REPORTER: For Kozlov, learning has been slow. 489 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,523 He's the least developed of the three. 490 00:27:35,566 --> 00:27:36,785 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 491 00:27:54,803 --> 00:27:56,413 REPORTER: Can he say pizza yet? 492 00:27:56,457 --> 00:27:57,676 [TRANSLATES IN RUSSIAN] 493 00:27:57,719 --> 00:27:59,199 Pizza? Yeah. 494 00:27:59,242 --> 00:28:01,810 He can say pizza. 495 00:28:01,854 --> 00:28:03,899 COMMENTATOR: Quintal rolls it back. Kozlov has it there. 496 00:28:03,943 --> 00:28:06,554 This kid can move. He's got great speed. 497 00:28:06,597 --> 00:28:08,469 And Ysebaert back to Fedorov. 498 00:28:08,512 --> 00:28:10,079 Fedorov goes to Ysebaert, 499 00:28:10,123 --> 00:28:12,734 He goes to Kozlov, back for Fedorov for shot. 500 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:14,257 ...score! 501 00:28:14,301 --> 00:28:16,216 Kozlov will get an assist!COMMENTATOR 2: Oh, boy! 502 00:28:16,259 --> 00:28:18,044 COMMENTATOR 1: And his first shift around the ice... 503 00:28:18,087 --> 00:28:19,567 STRADER: We were seeing different kind of Red Wings team 504 00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:21,656 with all these Europeans coming in. 505 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:24,746 Really fun to watch. Five, six, seven goals, ever night, it seemed like. 506 00:28:26,356 --> 00:28:28,663 And it got everybody's attention. 507 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:31,535 [INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA][CROWD CHEERING] 508 00:28:31,579 --> 00:28:34,277 COMMENTATOR 1: From behind on Fedorov. 509 00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:37,063 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 510 00:28:40,631 --> 00:28:44,157 I understand some players and organizations worried 511 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:45,941 that they might be out of the NHL 512 00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:48,901 if many Russian players or European players 513 00:28:48,944 --> 00:28:52,556 came over at that time, but, they were better than a lot of our players. 514 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,386 DEVELLANO: I'll tell you frankly, and I'm not gonna reveal the person's name. 515 00:28:56,430 --> 00:28:59,520 A good guy, but he gave me shit. 516 00:28:59,563 --> 00:29:02,653 He said, "What are you doing bringing all these Russians over? 517 00:29:02,697 --> 00:29:05,221 "They're gonna take my job. I'm a Canadian. 518 00:29:05,265 --> 00:29:07,136 "And I've worked all my life." 519 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:11,053 And this person's still a friend of mine' today. Good guy. Good guy. 520 00:29:11,097 --> 00:29:13,186 But he gave me hell 521 00:29:13,229 --> 00:29:16,450 for drafting all these Russians. 522 00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:19,192 GERARD GALLANT: You know, let's face it. Hockey was Canada's game then. 523 00:29:20,976 --> 00:29:23,239 They're coming over, they're gonna have to play the Canadian way. 524 00:29:23,283 --> 00:29:26,286 They're gonna have to toughen up. 525 00:29:26,329 --> 00:29:29,158 YZERMAN: Their ideology is different, their values are different. 526 00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:31,552 It's just they grew up in a different system. 527 00:29:31,595 --> 00:29:35,774 and as a result, they thought differently than us. 528 00:29:35,817 --> 00:29:39,429 DON CHERRY: You know, I was gonna come on here and be a good guy, 529 00:29:39,473 --> 00:29:41,257 You know, right at the first show. 530 00:29:41,301 --> 00:29:44,304 "Don't talk about the Russians," and you know, and all that stuff. 531 00:29:44,347 --> 00:29:47,611 And, you know... Well, let them come over here. No way! 532 00:29:47,655 --> 00:29:49,265 I don't want them here. 533 00:29:49,309 --> 00:29:51,267 The players don't want them here. 534 00:29:51,311 --> 00:29:53,095 What is this? Hockey Night In Canada? 535 00:29:53,139 --> 00:29:55,010 Or Hockey Night In Russia? 536 00:29:55,054 --> 00:29:57,273 You saw a Russian, you were, basically, you were gonna slash him 537 00:29:57,317 --> 00:29:59,710 or try to intimidate him, crosscheck him, 538 00:29:59,754 --> 00:30:01,800 show him no respect. 539 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:04,019 GAVE: All those guys took a fair share of abuse. 540 00:30:04,063 --> 00:30:06,326 But at the same time, 541 00:30:06,369 --> 00:30:08,241 Detroit started winning a lot of hockey games. 542 00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:09,851 COMMENTATOR: Here's a chance for Fedorov. 543 00:30:09,895 --> 00:30:11,897 He's being chased by Murray Baron! 544 00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:14,073 Gets a shot and he scores! 545 00:30:14,116 --> 00:30:15,857 What a shot by Fedorov! 546 00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:18,468 And the Red Wings lead by a pair. 547 00:30:18,512 --> 00:30:21,167 STRADER: This team was getting a lot of buzz. 548 00:30:21,210 --> 00:30:24,431 But when they faced teams that were playing good shut down defense, 549 00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:27,260 it was a struggle. 550 00:30:27,303 --> 00:30:29,697 They won a lot of hockey games. They couldn't win in the playoffs. 551 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:32,395 COMMENTATOR: ...cross-ice, Rouse got a shot and they score! 552 00:30:33,614 --> 00:30:37,357 And an overtime goal here in game 7. 553 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,404 So just an incredible end to the season for the Red Wings. 554 00:30:41,448 --> 00:30:44,277 I don't think it was a case of running out of gas or anything, it was just... 555 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,149 We didn't play well down the stretch. And that continued into the playoffs. 556 00:30:49,282 --> 00:30:54,069 DEVELLANO: There was a feeling that we needed to see if we couldn't bring in 557 00:30:54,113 --> 00:30:57,943 a guy that had won cups, numerous cups before. 558 00:30:57,986 --> 00:31:01,033 And we were able to bring in Scotty Bowman. 559 00:31:01,076 --> 00:31:03,818 Scotty Bowman is somebody that knows how to win. 560 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:06,342 He's won. I know what he can do. 561 00:31:06,386 --> 00:31:08,083 And I feel good about it. 562 00:31:08,127 --> 00:31:11,086 Scotty Bowman came to Detroit with a reputation as the best coach 563 00:31:11,130 --> 00:31:12,435 in the history of the game. 564 00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:16,744 When Jim Devellano contacted me, 565 00:31:16,787 --> 00:31:19,268 and asked if I wanted to come to Detroit, 566 00:31:19,312 --> 00:31:21,270 I didn't know a lot about Sergei. 567 00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:24,795 But then when I got to Detroit, you could see the skill level was 568 00:31:24,839 --> 00:31:26,493 right off the charts. 569 00:31:26,536 --> 00:31:28,103 FEDOROV: It was hard in the first year 570 00:31:28,147 --> 00:31:30,366 to understand what's going on. 571 00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:32,455 Scotty was a little bit more tricky. 572 00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:35,241 He is not gonna prepare you everyday, like babysitter, no. 573 00:31:35,284 --> 00:31:38,461 He will actually make you understand 574 00:31:38,505 --> 00:31:40,768 you gotta do this plus 575 00:31:40,811 --> 00:31:42,813 double that more. 576 00:31:42,857 --> 00:31:45,947 SCOTTY BOWMAN: Well, I'm demanding. I feel the players want that. 577 00:31:45,991 --> 00:31:47,470 I'm a stickler for detail 578 00:31:47,514 --> 00:31:49,995 and maybe in some eyes they're wondering, 579 00:31:50,038 --> 00:31:51,822 "What is he worried about all those little things for?" 580 00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:54,564 But I think if you get all those things done, 581 00:31:54,608 --> 00:31:56,566 the rest takes care of itself. 582 00:31:56,610 --> 00:32:00,919 He could do something that a lot of coaches aren't able to do with elite players. 583 00:32:00,962 --> 00:32:05,575 He could push them hard to make them the best they could be. 584 00:32:05,619 --> 00:32:10,493 A part of the reason he could it is he had rings on all his fingers. 585 00:32:10,537 --> 00:32:13,061 COMMENTATOR 1: ...in return for Phil Housley, 586 00:32:13,105 --> 00:32:15,281 Emerson and Quintal, here's Ysebaert now. 587 00:32:15,324 --> 00:32:17,979 ...try to play his own cast off the board. 588 00:32:18,023 --> 00:32:20,112 Now Yzerman. COMMENTATOR 2: Steve Yzerman got decked. 589 00:32:20,155 --> 00:32:24,725 Oh, did he get hit? Oh, this play. Boom. 590 00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:28,685 I was just sad as most of the fans in Detroit that Stevie went down. 591 00:32:28,729 --> 00:32:31,166 He is going right down to the Red Wing dressing room. Yeah. 592 00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:33,386 FEDOROV: Nobody knew when he's coming back. 593 00:32:33,429 --> 00:32:37,520 But out of bad, always happens some good. 594 00:32:37,564 --> 00:32:39,392 I started receiving a lot of ice time. 595 00:32:39,435 --> 00:32:42,308 COMMENTATOR: ...back at Fedorov and he slams it home! 596 00:32:42,351 --> 00:32:45,137 I think he took it upon himself when Stevie got hurt. 597 00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:47,269 that "I have to lead this team offensively." 598 00:32:47,313 --> 00:32:49,576 COMMENTATOR: ...drops it back instead. Here's Fedorov into the play. 599 00:32:49,619 --> 00:32:52,448 Fedorov snaps a shot. ...goal! 600 00:32:52,492 --> 00:32:54,276 FEDOROV: I remember first three-five games. 601 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,148 Twenty-nine, 30 face-offs. 602 00:32:56,191 --> 00:32:57,497 I couldn't catch my breath. 603 00:32:57,540 --> 00:33:00,630 When I start playing those heavy minutes, 604 00:33:00,674 --> 00:33:03,372 no matter what pressure I received from opponent, 605 00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:05,331 everything's standing still. 606 00:33:05,374 --> 00:33:07,942 COMMENTATOR: Score! 607 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,597 I thought it was gonna be for a couple of weeks, not more. 608 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,643 All of a sudden, I'm running like that, almost all year. 609 00:33:13,687 --> 00:33:15,341 COMMENTATOR: Fedorov, Fedorov... 610 00:33:15,384 --> 00:33:17,343 Scores! 611 00:33:17,386 --> 00:33:18,997 GAVE: Sergei was on fire. 612 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,435 And suddenly, we noticed that he was in a pretty good race 613 00:33:22,478 --> 00:33:26,961 with the highest scoring player in the history of the world, Wayne Gretzky. 614 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,529 WAYNE GRETZKY: Listen, we all knew how good Sergei was. 615 00:33:29,572 --> 00:33:33,098 He's one of the most talented players I ever saw in my life. 616 00:33:33,141 --> 00:33:36,057 And he's got a special unique talent. 617 00:33:36,101 --> 00:33:37,885 COMMENTATOR: Fedorov to center ice, 618 00:33:37,928 --> 00:33:39,495 Fedorov playing hook, 619 00:33:39,539 --> 00:33:41,410 Back hand and scores! 620 00:33:41,454 --> 00:33:43,804 COMMENTATOR 2: That ties Fedorov with Gretzky. 621 00:33:43,847 --> 00:33:47,547 GAVE: When you're going head-to-head against Gretzky, you've sort of arrived. 622 00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:49,984 COMMENTATOR: Sergei Fedorov on a penalty shot! 623 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:52,247 [CROWD CHEERING] 624 00:33:52,291 --> 00:33:55,163 Really fun to watch, and really ramped up the excitement 625 00:33:55,207 --> 00:33:57,122 and expectations in the city. 626 00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:00,647 And then Sergei suffered a concussion. 627 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:02,605 COMMENTATOR 1: Here comes Fedorov 91 in the right. 628 00:34:02,649 --> 00:34:04,738 Burr's gonna come from the left. 629 00:34:04,781 --> 00:34:06,479 There it is. Oh, my! COMMENTATOR 2: Oh, jeez. 630 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:09,003 He never even saw him coming. Wow. 631 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,657 And hope that... 632 00:34:11,266 --> 00:34:13,225 he can regain... 633 00:34:13,268 --> 00:34:16,054 GAVE: He had missed three or four games. 634 00:34:16,097 --> 00:34:18,621 Wound up losing their scoring race by ten points. 635 00:34:19,970 --> 00:34:21,320 STRADER: There were whispers, 636 00:34:21,363 --> 00:34:23,104 "Will he play every night. Will he play hurt?" 637 00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:24,801 Is Sergei Fedorov a guy 638 00:34:24,845 --> 00:34:26,716 that's gonna understand what it takes to win a championship? 639 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,240 After all, he's a Russian. 640 00:34:29,893 --> 00:34:31,373 And then we get to the playoffs. 641 00:34:34,289 --> 00:34:36,726 The Wings were gonna start with San Jose 642 00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:38,206 and just roll to the Stanley Cup finals. 643 00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:40,252 That's what the expectations were. 644 00:34:40,295 --> 00:34:41,775 Didn't work out that way. 645 00:34:41,818 --> 00:34:43,516 COMMENTATOR: And that is gonna do it for these series 646 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:46,040 as the third year of San Jose Sharks... 647 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:48,999 have won four games to three... 648 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:50,349 FEDOROV: It was pretty upsetting 649 00:34:50,392 --> 00:34:52,655 after that kind of a season. 650 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,832 But things were not going our way. 651 00:34:57,356 --> 00:34:59,445 GAVE: Igor Larionov just took control. 652 00:35:01,795 --> 00:35:03,536 He was one of the older generation 653 00:35:03,579 --> 00:35:05,886 who had somehow escaped the Soviet Union. 654 00:35:05,929 --> 00:35:11,892 He was one of the smartest hockey players we have ever seen. 655 00:35:11,935 --> 00:35:15,330 Larionov is frustrating to play against. He'd make these passes that nobody else made. 656 00:35:15,374 --> 00:35:17,158 You know like, why is that puck going over there? 657 00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:22,120 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 658 00:35:22,163 --> 00:35:24,861 By the time you figure, "Oh, it's in the back of the net..." 659 00:35:24,905 --> 00:35:27,908 That sucked. You know I... Still bugs me. 660 00:35:30,258 --> 00:35:31,955 GAVE: It shocked everybody. 661 00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:34,741 A number eight seat beating a number one seat. 662 00:35:38,919 --> 00:35:40,964 [CROWD BOOING] 663 00:35:41,008 --> 00:35:43,663 COMMENTATOR: And where do you begin to even think about 664 00:35:43,706 --> 00:35:46,927 what the off-season of 1994 is going to bring to the Red Wings 665 00:35:46,970 --> 00:35:49,712 with this disappointing elimination? 666 00:35:49,756 --> 00:35:52,367 And I would have to look into that locker room and figure out 667 00:35:52,411 --> 00:35:54,935 why this team in these situations, 668 00:35:54,978 --> 00:35:56,763 does not rise to the occasion. 669 00:36:00,288 --> 00:36:02,464 BOWMAN: So we had the three and we were getting better. 670 00:36:02,508 --> 00:36:04,814 But we didn't win, of course. 671 00:36:04,858 --> 00:36:07,643 We were trying to get defense depth. 672 00:36:07,687 --> 00:36:10,472 DEVELLANO: Scotty came to Kenny and I, he said, 673 00:36:10,516 --> 00:36:12,692 would we be interested in Fetisov? 674 00:36:14,476 --> 00:36:17,349 BOWMAN: Viacheslav Fetisov, he was going down history 675 00:36:17,392 --> 00:36:20,047 as the greatest Russian defenseman of all time. 676 00:36:21,353 --> 00:36:23,703 He was with New Jersey. 677 00:36:23,746 --> 00:36:26,619 DEVELLANO: I said, "Well, what would you have to give up for him?" 678 00:36:26,662 --> 00:36:28,838 I can get him for a third round pick. 679 00:36:28,882 --> 00:36:30,840 Certainly, I was wondering, 680 00:36:30,884 --> 00:36:33,539 you know, what we were doing. 681 00:36:33,582 --> 00:36:38,370 Using a third round draft pick for an old defenseman. 682 00:36:38,413 --> 00:36:40,502 Kenny asked me and I tell him, "Absolutely." 683 00:36:41,416 --> 00:36:42,722 Simple as that. 684 00:36:42,765 --> 00:36:44,158 Five second conversation. 685 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,291 Would you or would you not? I said, "Absolutely. 686 00:36:46,334 --> 00:36:47,814 "It would be good for our team." 687 00:36:47,857 --> 00:36:51,557 GAVE: The two key players for the Soviet National team. 688 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,472 The captain of the team was Viacheslav Fetisov. 689 00:36:53,515 --> 00:36:55,125 And Igor Larionov, 690 00:36:55,169 --> 00:36:58,041 led the way for the younger generation of players. 691 00:36:59,521 --> 00:37:01,741 DAVE LEWIS: As soon as Slava came in, 692 00:37:01,784 --> 00:37:04,047 the Russian guys, they didn't bow, 693 00:37:04,091 --> 00:37:05,962 but they really respected who he was. 694 00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:11,403 FETISOV: Then I realized, "Why am I came to Detroit?" 695 00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:17,060 Maybe to help the guys to realize their talent 696 00:37:17,104 --> 00:37:18,671 their potential. 697 00:37:20,194 --> 00:37:21,761 LIDSTROM: Growing up as a little kid, 698 00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,980 I watched the Soviet Union dominate in the hockey world, 699 00:37:24,024 --> 00:37:26,766 so I was just thrilled to be able to play with him. 700 00:37:26,809 --> 00:37:29,638 YZERMAN: It was intriguing for us because it was... 701 00:37:29,682 --> 00:37:32,424 Pretty big name. Didn't know him, I knew of him. 702 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:34,164 He got on the ice with us very quickly. 703 00:37:34,208 --> 00:37:36,254 We were like, "Hey, this guy's pretty good." You know. 704 00:37:36,297 --> 00:37:38,256 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 705 00:37:43,696 --> 00:37:47,134 GAVE: And Fetisov was able to get the best out of those guys. 706 00:37:47,177 --> 00:37:51,834 Primary example, Sergei had banged up his shoulder. 707 00:37:51,878 --> 00:37:54,141 VIACHESLAV FETISOV: I call and I said, "Let's go for dinner." 708 00:37:54,184 --> 00:37:56,535 And he said, "I'm not feeling like going to play tomorrow." 709 00:37:56,578 --> 00:37:59,320 He said, "It's so painful." 710 00:38:00,626 --> 00:38:02,715 And I said, "Let's go." 711 00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:06,806 Slava Fetisov, myself and Sergei Fedorov were at Joe Louis Arena, 712 00:38:06,849 --> 00:38:09,548 the night before the game till 3:30 in the morning. 713 00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:12,028 Sergei Fedorov running into the glass, 714 00:38:12,072 --> 00:38:15,031 wearing Slava Fetisov's shoulder pads. 715 00:38:15,075 --> 00:38:20,254 So Slava Fetisov was working on this, while I was working on this. 716 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:22,430 STRADER: They get on a roll and they get to the finals. 717 00:38:22,474 --> 00:38:25,738 against New Jersey with the chance to win the Stanley Cup 718 00:38:25,781 --> 00:38:27,174 for the first time in 40 years. 719 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:37,706 BOWMAN: I thought for sure in '95, 720 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:40,709 we would win the Stanley Cup. 721 00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:43,625 We marched through the first three rounds 722 00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:46,411 and we had home ice advantage. 723 00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:49,022 Well... 724 00:38:49,065 --> 00:38:53,722 COMMENTATOR: Fedorov... Oh, Stevens gave up... 725 00:38:53,766 --> 00:38:58,205 We got swept by the Devils very unceremoniously. 726 00:38:58,248 --> 00:39:00,860 COMMENTATOR: And the bodycheck of the playoffs. 727 00:39:00,903 --> 00:39:03,993 You don't believe me, ask Kozlov. 728 00:39:04,037 --> 00:39:07,345 Talk about metaphors for the series, that's as good as any, right there. 729 00:39:07,388 --> 00:39:10,739 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 730 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:15,918 Two to nothing, New Jersey. 731 00:39:15,962 --> 00:39:20,096 I thought very comfortably we could turn around and win it. 732 00:39:20,140 --> 00:39:24,274 I'm like, "Guys, we're not excited." Like, "Why are we not excited?" 733 00:39:24,318 --> 00:39:25,406 We are a great team. 734 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,844 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 735 00:39:36,461 --> 00:39:39,028 We didn't get all the guns 736 00:39:39,072 --> 00:39:40,813 pointed at the enemy. 737 00:39:42,641 --> 00:39:46,471 COMMENTATOR: The Devils have won the Stanley Cup. 738 00:39:46,514 --> 00:39:48,211 [CROWD CHEERS] 739 00:39:48,777 --> 00:39:50,431 [HORN TOOTING] 740 00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:58,483 Reality is the best possible cure for your dreams, I would say. 741 00:40:03,488 --> 00:40:06,055 Fetisov, Scotty Stevens' teammates, 742 00:40:06,099 --> 00:40:09,189 even this season, before Fetisov was traded. 743 00:40:09,232 --> 00:40:13,585 HARRIS: The younger Russians were in shock to see Slava emote so much 744 00:40:13,628 --> 00:40:15,804 over this loss. 745 00:40:15,848 --> 00:40:19,895 DEVELLANO: Fetisov was the star of the Soviet system, Olympic gold medal winner, 746 00:40:19,939 --> 00:40:21,810 but he yet hadn't won the Stanley Cup. 747 00:40:22,985 --> 00:40:24,944 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 748 00:40:35,955 --> 00:40:38,000 HARRIS: It was a long 749 00:40:38,044 --> 00:40:40,394 quiet ride back to Detroit that night. 750 00:40:42,265 --> 00:40:44,920 We have this incredible hockey player 751 00:40:44,964 --> 00:40:47,793 and he's crushed. 752 00:40:47,836 --> 00:40:51,797 And here comes Vladimir who wanted to help him feel better. 753 00:40:55,801 --> 00:40:58,064 DEVELLANO: We should've won it. 754 00:40:58,107 --> 00:41:01,067 And now people are starting to ask questions. 755 00:41:03,417 --> 00:41:05,550 We were too soft. We had too many Europeans. 756 00:41:05,593 --> 00:41:07,682 You can't win with Russians. You can't win with Swedes. 757 00:41:07,726 --> 00:41:10,555 They just doubted the team from top to bottom. 758 00:41:10,598 --> 00:41:12,687 People questioned Scotty Bowman. 759 00:41:12,731 --> 00:41:16,212 They questioned if we could get it done. 760 00:41:16,256 --> 00:41:19,520 But we had no choice to stick with that team. 761 00:41:19,564 --> 00:41:22,784 We'd gone to the finals in '95. 762 00:41:22,828 --> 00:41:25,831 You're not gonna change a lot. 763 00:41:25,874 --> 00:41:27,397 You just can't. 764 00:41:31,314 --> 00:41:34,274 BOWMAN: The first time I ever saw Soviet hockey 765 00:41:34,317 --> 00:41:37,625 was with a junior team as assistant coach 766 00:41:37,669 --> 00:41:41,586 in Ottawa, Canada. And we had a... 767 00:41:41,629 --> 00:41:44,458 A game against the Soviet National team. 768 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:45,938 We got beat 10 to 1. 769 00:41:46,939 --> 00:41:48,723 They played a different style. 770 00:41:48,767 --> 00:41:51,465 They didn't worry about checking. They were good passers. 771 00:41:52,335 --> 00:41:54,207 We never had the puck. 772 00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:56,992 Scotty Bowman, he appreciated the system. And he knew one thing. 773 00:41:57,036 --> 00:42:00,692 That the Russian game is played in five-man units. 774 00:42:02,389 --> 00:42:06,349 Scotty came in one day and said to me, 775 00:42:06,393 --> 00:42:09,831 "Jimmy, I got a chance to get Larionov" 776 00:42:09,875 --> 00:42:13,400 I said, "Scotty, how old is he? Isn't he 36?" 777 00:42:13,443 --> 00:42:18,753 "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, I know, but he'll go good with all those Russians." 778 00:42:18,797 --> 00:42:22,540 I said, "Well, who you gonna give to San Jose?" 779 00:42:22,583 --> 00:42:24,890 "I'll raise Sheppard." 780 00:42:24,933 --> 00:42:29,503 I said, "Scotty, like, you know, he gets 35-40 goals." 781 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:33,681 [INHALES] "Yeah, I know, I know, but he's done that. We haven't won, Jimmy." 782 00:42:36,205 --> 00:42:38,120 When they traded Ray Sheppard at the time, 783 00:42:38,164 --> 00:42:40,514 he was the most prolific goal scorer in the National Hockey League. 784 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,343 He had a couple of 50 goals seasons. 785 00:42:43,386 --> 00:42:46,955 The rest of the Wings management were furious that he gave up a 50 goal scorer. 786 00:42:48,696 --> 00:42:50,437 DEVELLANO: Was I on board? 787 00:42:51,003 --> 00:42:52,178 Not totally. 788 00:42:54,397 --> 00:42:56,356 REPORTER: Tonight, the Wings are in Calgary to face 789 00:42:56,399 --> 00:42:58,140 the winless and surly Calgary Flames. 790 00:42:58,184 --> 00:43:00,926 And tonight with newcomer Igor Larionov, they'll add a dimension, 791 00:43:00,969 --> 00:43:03,624 never before seen in the National Hockey League. 792 00:43:03,668 --> 00:43:07,106 FEDOROV: Coming to the ring couple of hours before the game, we learned 793 00:43:07,149 --> 00:43:09,674 we're going to play together, like... 794 00:43:09,717 --> 00:43:12,328 casually, like, all of a sudden they announce we're in. 795 00:43:12,372 --> 00:43:13,678 IGOR LARIONOV: First time in the NHL history, 796 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:15,462 five Russian guys playing in the same unit 797 00:43:15,505 --> 00:43:17,638 and of course, it's big pressure because it's Detroit Red Wings. 798 00:43:17,682 --> 00:43:20,075 It's one of the best teams in the National Hockey League. 799 00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:21,555 COMMENTATOR: It has its obvious upside, 800 00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,949 the fact that these guys came from a similar system. 801 00:43:23,992 --> 00:43:26,255 They read each other very well. 802 00:43:26,299 --> 00:43:28,606 But there's also a lot of pressure when you put on five of them out there at once. 803 00:43:28,649 --> 00:43:30,782 I don't think there's any question that the Red Wings 804 00:43:30,825 --> 00:43:32,784 have enough talent to win the Stanley Cup. 805 00:43:32,827 --> 00:43:34,612 That is not a problem. 806 00:43:34,655 --> 00:43:38,311 The problem in the past has been: Do they have the right mix? 807 00:43:38,354 --> 00:43:41,096 And it'll be the Red Wings' version of the Fab Five. 808 00:43:41,140 --> 00:43:42,445 We were feeling each other. 809 00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:44,752 We had a good chemistry right from the get go. 810 00:43:44,796 --> 00:43:47,668 COMMENTATOR: Konstantinov again, winds up, gives it back to Kozlov. 811 00:43:47,712 --> 00:43:49,714 Kozlov in deep for Fedorov. 812 00:43:49,757 --> 00:43:53,152 Back to the line, out for Konstantinov drives a shot high and wide... 813 00:43:53,761 --> 00:43:56,329 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 814 00:44:01,290 --> 00:44:03,118 COMMENTATOR: And here is the advantage of Kozlov, 815 00:44:03,162 --> 00:44:06,339 breaking in for a shot ...Score! 816 00:44:06,382 --> 00:44:08,210 LARIONOV: We had great time on the ice. 817 00:44:08,254 --> 00:44:10,125 It was kind of like express ourselves. 818 00:44:10,169 --> 00:44:12,911 and I guess maybe change the mentality of the National Hockey League. 819 00:44:12,954 --> 00:44:16,044 COMMENTATOR: Fedorov into the zone, dropped to Larionov... 820 00:44:16,088 --> 00:44:18,307 Rebound, Larionov, score! 821 00:44:18,351 --> 00:44:21,310 The Russian Five, when they ran, they each had the puck all night. 822 00:44:21,354 --> 00:44:24,531 The Calgary Flames in their own building had only eight shots on goal. 823 00:44:24,574 --> 00:44:26,272 This was a great story. 824 00:44:26,315 --> 00:44:28,796 COMMENTATOR: Now the Russian Five man unit hustles onto the ice. 825 00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,493 This'll be interesting. Look at this. 826 00:44:30,537 --> 00:44:32,757 Don't blink or you might miss something. 827 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,935 DEVELLANO: We rolled over teams, outshot teams, 828 00:44:37,544 --> 00:44:39,198 and rarely lost. 829 00:44:40,808 --> 00:44:44,812 Here now, you got five Russian players. 830 00:44:44,856 --> 00:44:48,424 And you wonder, "How did we ever do without them?" 831 00:44:48,468 --> 00:44:51,906 COMMENTATOR: Fedorov, Larionov and Kozlov. Here's Larionov back to... 832 00:44:51,950 --> 00:44:53,691 [CROWD CHEERING] 833 00:44:56,563 --> 00:45:01,437 Sergei Fedorov, strong, great skater, dominant. 834 00:45:01,481 --> 00:45:04,136 Let me show you how great these Metro 25 tires handle. 835 00:45:05,093 --> 00:45:07,008 [SPEAKS RUSSIAN] 836 00:45:07,052 --> 00:45:10,403 He's got the look, with the hair and physique, and stuff like that. 837 00:45:10,446 --> 00:45:13,058 So, yeah, go get it. 838 00:45:13,101 --> 00:45:16,191 DEVELLANO: Slava Kozlov, quick, cut to the net, 839 00:45:16,235 --> 00:45:19,455 a goal-scoring touch. Competitive. 840 00:45:19,499 --> 00:45:23,372 Most miserable motherfucking guy in hockey history. 841 00:45:23,416 --> 00:45:25,853 "Morning, Koz, how are you?" "Fuck you, man." 842 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,247 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 843 00:45:30,989 --> 00:45:34,514 DEVELLANO: Slava Fetisov, an old war horse. 844 00:45:34,557 --> 00:45:36,908 DR. JOHN FINLEY: They used to call him "the papa bear." 845 00:45:36,951 --> 00:45:40,259 He was the guy that everybody could go to. 846 00:45:40,302 --> 00:45:43,828 Right in the middle of all the conversations, the dinners, the card games. 847 00:45:43,871 --> 00:45:47,483 Usually, the better hand he had, the louder he was, so... 848 00:45:47,527 --> 00:45:48,789 That's his tell. 849 00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:52,271 Helicopter. Let's play, boys, Let's play. 850 00:45:52,314 --> 00:45:55,143 DEVELLANO: Igor Larionov, the professor. 851 00:45:55,187 --> 00:45:57,537 A mentor to the young Russians. 852 00:45:57,580 --> 00:45:59,974 DRAPER: He could think the game two passes ahead. 853 00:46:00,018 --> 00:46:02,629 And you know, that's something that makes a player elite. 854 00:46:02,672 --> 00:46:05,110 LIDSTROM: Igor brought the chess game on the plane. 855 00:46:05,153 --> 00:46:06,198 He's always thinking. 856 00:46:06,241 --> 00:46:07,895 Nobody could beat him in chess. 857 00:46:07,939 --> 00:46:10,898 Igor definitely added a different element to the team. 858 00:46:10,942 --> 00:46:14,946 From beer to wine. From chicken wings to sushi. 859 00:46:14,989 --> 00:46:19,428 DEVELLANO: Vladimir Konstantinov, tough as nails, 860 00:46:19,472 --> 00:46:23,258 and some North American meanness to it. 861 00:46:23,302 --> 00:46:25,783 Vladdy didn't crave the media attention. 862 00:46:25,826 --> 00:46:27,654 He was happy to have his family. 863 00:46:27,697 --> 00:46:29,177 And happy to have hockey. 864 00:46:29,221 --> 00:46:32,137 In a nutshell, that's Vladdy. 865 00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:34,792 LIDSTROM: Vladdy was a lot more outgoing than a lot of people know. 866 00:46:34,835 --> 00:46:37,490 And obviously, you have a language barrier, 867 00:46:37,533 --> 00:46:39,013 to a certain extent. 868 00:46:39,057 --> 00:46:43,148 But he wanted to be able to joke around and laugh. 869 00:46:43,191 --> 00:46:45,715 Here he is. 870 00:46:45,759 --> 00:46:48,806 ♪ I wish you a merry Christmas I wish you a merry Christmas 871 00:46:48,849 --> 00:46:50,895 ♪ A happy new year ♪ 872 00:46:50,938 --> 00:46:54,637 All these preconceptions we had about Russian players, 873 00:46:54,681 --> 00:46:56,030 for the most part weren't right. 874 00:46:56,074 --> 00:46:57,597 INTERVIEWER: Merry Christmas, happy new year. 875 00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:59,294 Wait, wait, wait... Kozy. 876 00:46:59,338 --> 00:47:01,209 Look this way. Vladdy, look at Vladdy. 877 00:47:01,253 --> 00:47:02,384 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 878 00:47:02,428 --> 00:47:03,603 Oh, I need a shave, too. Come on. 879 00:47:03,646 --> 00:47:05,126 Don't worry. [LAUGHTER] 880 00:47:05,170 --> 00:47:06,998 INTERVIEWER: Okay, ready here? 881 00:47:07,041 --> 00:47:12,830 [ALL SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 882 00:47:12,873 --> 00:47:14,875 [ALL LAUGH] STRADER: There hadn't been a championship 883 00:47:14,919 --> 00:47:17,182 in Detroit since 1955. 884 00:47:17,225 --> 00:47:19,575 The question was, can they succeed? 885 00:47:21,012 --> 00:47:22,535 Could they sustain it? 886 00:47:26,234 --> 00:47:28,758 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 887 00:47:28,802 --> 00:47:33,415 I think the interesting part was just how different 888 00:47:33,459 --> 00:47:36,592 the style of play. 889 00:47:36,636 --> 00:47:39,639 COMMENTATOR: Larionov, he's in he scores! 890 00:47:39,682 --> 00:47:43,164 We grew up in North America as just always go ahead. 891 00:47:43,208 --> 00:47:46,298 You gain zones, you gain the line, you get it in. 892 00:47:46,341 --> 00:47:48,039 And if you can carry it, then great. 893 00:47:48,082 --> 00:47:51,564 If not, you make sure you get in and go chase it. 894 00:47:51,607 --> 00:47:55,046 Their philosophy is totally different. It's we've got the puck. 895 00:47:55,089 --> 00:47:56,264 We worked hard to get it. 896 00:47:56,308 --> 00:47:58,179 We're not just giving it to you. 897 00:47:58,223 --> 00:48:00,660 STRADER : There is a game of constant puck motion, 898 00:48:00,703 --> 00:48:04,055 using teammates, passing the puck back and forth and so on. 899 00:48:04,098 --> 00:48:07,188 as opposed to the clutch and grab, and dump and chase style 900 00:48:07,232 --> 00:48:10,148 of hockey in the NHL. 901 00:48:10,191 --> 00:48:12,802 It was keep-away. I mean, literally, they would play keep-away. 902 00:48:12,846 --> 00:48:15,196 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 903 00:48:20,506 --> 00:48:22,247 McCARTY: You like chasing the puck around 904 00:48:22,290 --> 00:48:24,989 for 40 seconds and not even have the chance to touch it? 905 00:48:25,424 --> 00:48:26,425 No. 906 00:48:27,992 --> 00:48:29,863 COMMENTATOR: We're back live at the Forum in Montreal 907 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:32,300 for the last time these two Original Six teams 908 00:48:32,344 --> 00:48:35,390 will play in this building. 909 00:48:35,434 --> 00:48:38,741 The one that I really remember vividly is probably the game in Montreal. 910 00:48:38,785 --> 00:48:40,221 It was magical. 911 00:48:40,265 --> 00:48:42,397 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 912 00:48:42,441 --> 00:48:46,053 Larionov cuts in, rebound, scores! 913 00:48:46,097 --> 00:48:48,273 Igor Larionov! 914 00:48:48,316 --> 00:48:50,579 A powerplay and the Red Wings... 915 00:48:50,623 --> 00:48:53,669 The most important part of our game was like the players without the puck 916 00:48:53,713 --> 00:48:56,411 because we have to be open. We have to go to open spaces. 917 00:48:56,455 --> 00:49:00,546 And that's what our mentality was. You always got like two-three options 918 00:49:00,589 --> 00:49:01,982 to make a play. 919 00:49:02,026 --> 00:49:04,593 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 920 00:49:08,423 --> 00:49:10,077 Score! 921 00:49:11,339 --> 00:49:13,341 Patrick Roy was on his way to becoming 922 00:49:13,385 --> 00:49:15,648 one of the greatest goaltenders of all time. 923 00:49:15,691 --> 00:49:18,956 And the Russian Five played a big part in the Red Wings dominating Patrick 924 00:49:18,999 --> 00:49:21,871 and facilitating one of the biggest trades in NHL history. 925 00:49:21,915 --> 00:49:23,090 COMMENTATOR: Score! 926 00:49:23,612 --> 00:49:24,787 Score! 927 00:49:24,831 --> 00:49:26,920 Close enough for the... Score! 928 00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:28,356 They have beat Patrick Roy. 929 00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,097 COMMENTATOR 2: Everything's going perfect. 930 00:49:30,141 --> 00:49:32,317 COMMENTATOR 3: Fedorov takes it away center ice. 931 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,841 Sends it across for Kozlov. Kozlov cutting in. 932 00:49:34,884 --> 00:49:37,104 Drops it back to Larionov... 933 00:49:37,148 --> 00:49:39,367 These guys were magical, what they did with the puck. 934 00:49:39,411 --> 00:49:42,544 COMMENTATOR: ...sends it out to Fedorov, scores! 935 00:49:42,588 --> 00:49:44,764 You can't help yourself. You kind of laughed a little bit 936 00:49:44,807 --> 00:49:45,852 at what they were doing. 937 00:49:47,506 --> 00:49:50,596 COMMENTATOR: Here comes a hook. Patrick Roy will go. 938 00:49:52,337 --> 00:49:54,426 STRADER: Patrick Roy finally came off the ice 939 00:49:54,469 --> 00:49:55,905 And basically told the general manager, 940 00:49:55,949 --> 00:49:57,995 "I played my last game for Montreal." 941 00:49:58,038 --> 00:50:01,824 It was unbelievable. And Montreal, they made a hurried-up trade 942 00:50:01,868 --> 00:50:04,784 they probably would regret for the rest of the time. 943 00:50:06,481 --> 00:50:08,483 DANIELS: Initially, the Russians were all communists. 944 00:50:08,527 --> 00:50:09,876 They're the devil. 945 00:50:09,919 --> 00:50:12,661 But Detroit's a very knowledgeable hockey town. 946 00:50:13,662 --> 00:50:16,187 Once they understood 947 00:50:16,230 --> 00:50:19,407 that we still have the puck after 45 seconds, 948 00:50:19,451 --> 00:50:20,713 on the five on five. 949 00:50:22,628 --> 00:50:24,021 That's kind of cool. 950 00:50:24,064 --> 00:50:26,197 [CROWD CHEERING] 951 00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:31,550 DEVELLANO: We had one of the best teams in the history of the National Hockey League. 952 00:50:31,593 --> 00:50:33,900 COMMENTATOR: And what an exciting year they have provided 953 00:50:33,943 --> 00:50:35,119 for hockey fans. 954 00:50:35,162 --> 00:50:38,513 DEVELLANO: We had about 130-131 points. 955 00:50:39,123 --> 00:50:41,690 62 wins. 956 00:50:41,734 --> 00:50:44,476 It looked like we couldn't be beat. 957 00:50:50,395 --> 00:50:55,226 REPORTER: Nearly 20,000 fans in Joe Louis Arena saluting their team. 958 00:50:55,269 --> 00:50:59,230 Fox Sports proudly presents Western Conference Final. 959 00:50:59,273 --> 00:51:02,407 First game, the Avalanche and the Red Wings. 960 00:51:02,450 --> 00:51:04,409 Avalanche had a super team. 961 00:51:04,452 --> 00:51:07,977 They were similar to us. They had Joe Sakic. They had Peter Forsberg. 962 00:51:08,021 --> 00:51:10,110 The final piece of their puzzle. 963 00:51:10,154 --> 00:51:14,071 They were able to get Patrick Roy, the goalie from Montreal. 964 00:51:14,114 --> 00:51:15,811 STRADER: Here you had two powerhouse teams. 965 00:51:15,855 --> 00:51:18,553 If we get by them, we're gonna win the cup. 966 00:51:18,597 --> 00:51:22,122 If they get by us, they're gonna win the cup. 967 00:51:22,166 --> 00:51:23,776 GAVE: You could tell it from the first game 968 00:51:23,819 --> 00:51:26,126 that Colorado's gonna try and knock around the Russians 969 00:51:26,170 --> 00:51:28,302 to see if they could get them to leave the series. 970 00:51:28,346 --> 00:51:30,957 Because that's what a lot of people thought 971 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,264 the Russian players would do. 972 00:51:33,307 --> 00:51:36,136 COMMENTATOR: ...opportunities and there's going to be a penalty, a cross-check... 973 00:51:36,180 --> 00:51:37,616 COMMENTER 2: Claude Lemieux... 974 00:51:37,659 --> 00:51:40,184 Any time somebody has a real talented group of players, 975 00:51:40,227 --> 00:51:41,750 that's the first thing that's said. 976 00:51:41,794 --> 00:51:44,101 You gotta be physical against them. No back down. 977 00:51:44,144 --> 00:51:45,711 LARIONOV: When you go on the ice, 978 00:51:45,754 --> 00:51:48,583 you can sense, everybody trying to get a piece of you. 979 00:51:48,627 --> 00:51:51,543 Trying to hit you from behind, kind of welcome to NHL. 980 00:51:51,586 --> 00:51:53,545 COMMENTATOR: Here's Kozlov circling behind the goal 981 00:51:53,588 --> 00:51:55,199 pushed him along the boards by Adam Foote. 982 00:51:55,242 --> 00:51:57,853 Adam Foote is down. And we've got a whistle... 983 00:51:57,897 --> 00:52:00,160 Kozlov, understanding what was about to happen, 984 00:52:00,204 --> 00:52:02,989 stepped out of the way up ahead and put Adam Foote into the glass. 985 00:52:03,032 --> 00:52:05,209 COMMENTATOR: Well, there's a lot of blood on the ice in the corner. 986 00:52:05,252 --> 00:52:06,688 STRADER: And that set the tone for the whole series. 987 00:52:16,524 --> 00:52:20,267 COMMENTATOR: Oh, was just decked by Lemieux. 988 00:52:20,311 --> 00:52:23,401 Claude Lemieux, as Claude Lemieux is prone to do, 989 00:52:23,444 --> 00:52:25,142 just sucker punched the kid. 990 00:52:26,273 --> 00:52:30,059 It was ugly. It was dirty. 991 00:52:30,103 --> 00:52:33,324 But that's the way Colorado was playing it. 992 00:52:33,367 --> 00:52:35,978 And it it set up a terrible thing that happened at Game 6. 993 00:52:38,416 --> 00:52:42,724 LEWIS: Going into Game 6, everybody was bound and determined to win. 994 00:52:50,602 --> 00:52:53,387 Both teams are so good, and there's so much on the line. 995 00:52:53,431 --> 00:52:55,520 And to lose was not an option. 996 00:52:57,652 --> 00:52:58,914 COMMENTATOR: Draper... 997 00:52:58,958 --> 00:53:01,787 Oh, Draper was really hammered by Lemieux. 998 00:53:01,830 --> 00:53:03,876 Draper's face hit the dasher. 999 00:53:03,919 --> 00:53:06,400 And he's gone in front of the Detroit players' bench... 1000 00:53:08,010 --> 00:53:10,012 I wanted to backboard Kris Draper 1001 00:53:10,056 --> 00:53:12,493 because he had a four-inch dent in the side of his face. 1002 00:53:18,064 --> 00:53:19,761 And he just said, "Like hell you are." 1003 00:53:22,938 --> 00:53:25,506 And he got up and skated to the dressing room. 1004 00:53:26,986 --> 00:53:28,553 But that's what hockey players do. 1005 00:53:34,863 --> 00:53:37,344 To see a teammate and a friend like that 1006 00:53:37,388 --> 00:53:40,173 be that injured, it took the wind out of our sails. 1007 00:53:44,308 --> 00:53:49,617 STRADER: The Wings really didn't mount much of a fight after that hit. 1008 00:53:49,661 --> 00:53:53,273 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 1009 00:53:53,317 --> 00:53:55,928 Three to one, Colorado. 1010 00:53:57,973 --> 00:54:00,889 You win 62 games, set a league record that would never be broken, 1011 00:54:00,933 --> 00:54:02,978 and they're out in the conference finals. 1012 00:54:08,984 --> 00:54:11,291 Yeah, that'll ruin your spring and summer. 1013 00:54:16,775 --> 00:54:19,647 DRAPER: I took, obviously, a pretty nasty hit. 1014 00:54:19,691 --> 00:54:22,302 The guys didn't really know the extent of my injuries. 1015 00:54:22,346 --> 00:54:24,304 Everything was magnified 1016 00:54:24,348 --> 00:54:26,437 because of the fact that they're going on the Stanley Cup finals 1017 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:27,612 and we're not. 1018 00:54:27,655 --> 00:54:31,180 I think, you know, it fired up a lot of guys. 1019 00:54:31,224 --> 00:54:33,966 He was obviously trained to keep them from behind 1020 00:54:34,009 --> 00:54:35,750 using some cheap shots in the league. 1021 00:54:35,794 --> 00:54:38,318 They should take some serious measurements against this guy 1022 00:54:38,362 --> 00:54:39,798 This player shouldn't be in the league. 1023 00:54:42,366 --> 00:54:45,673 OSGOOD: That hurt, losing that series, 'cause we felt like that was our time. 1024 00:54:45,717 --> 00:54:47,240 And then when it wasn't, 1025 00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:50,635 you start to get worried. "Wow, is it passing us by and..." 1026 00:54:50,678 --> 00:54:53,246 Steve Yzerman's been there since the dog days in Detroit 1027 00:54:53,290 --> 00:54:54,813 so the pressure's mounting on him. 1028 00:54:54,856 --> 00:54:56,423 You never know how much time you're gonna have. 1029 00:54:56,467 --> 00:54:57,772 Who let them down 1030 00:54:57,816 --> 00:55:00,209 was Hockey Night in Canada'sfabulous five. 1031 00:55:00,253 --> 00:55:02,299 You know, the one that we featured every time. 1032 00:55:02,342 --> 00:55:04,126 Sure. You know, the five Russians and everything? 1033 00:55:04,170 --> 00:55:06,128 You know why they don't play good in the playoffs? 1034 00:55:06,172 --> 00:55:08,653 I'm gonna tell you why. It's game. Bang. 1035 00:55:08,696 --> 00:55:11,960 Game. Bang. And they don't like to be it. 1036 00:55:12,004 --> 00:55:14,441 And they folded like a tent, and it's too bad 1037 00:55:14,485 --> 00:55:17,009 when something like that happens with Stevie Yzer... 1038 00:55:17,052 --> 00:55:18,750 And I said it before. 1039 00:55:18,793 --> 00:55:21,622 Too many Russians. It was the same thing as I said last year 1040 00:55:21,666 --> 00:55:23,189 against New Jersey. 1041 00:55:23,232 --> 00:55:26,148 Russians were at fault again. 1042 00:55:26,192 --> 00:55:27,324 [LAUGHS] 1043 00:55:30,022 --> 00:55:31,589 RICK ROGOW: When the lost to Colorado, 1044 00:55:31,632 --> 00:55:34,505 I remember the Russian Five coming in to the restaurant. 1045 00:55:34,548 --> 00:55:38,030 And the conversation was all Russian that night. 1046 00:55:38,073 --> 00:55:40,380 It was led by the professor. 1047 00:55:40,424 --> 00:55:42,382 And I had Papa Bear. 1048 00:55:42,426 --> 00:55:43,992 They got so close. 1049 00:55:44,036 --> 00:55:47,213 And they really felt that they all betrayed themselves. 1050 00:55:48,519 --> 00:55:51,870 The whole unit as a Russian Five 1051 00:55:51,913 --> 00:55:53,480 were here to do one thing. 1052 00:55:53,524 --> 00:55:54,655 And it didn't work that way. 1053 00:55:57,092 --> 00:56:02,228 People often said with Russians, that the Stanley Cup really 1054 00:56:02,271 --> 00:56:04,186 wasn't in their focus. 1055 00:56:04,230 --> 00:56:07,581 The dream of winning a Stanley Cup is the biggest thing in hockey. 1056 00:56:07,625 --> 00:56:10,279 And probably more so in Detroit. 1057 00:56:12,934 --> 00:56:16,068 McCARTY: Colorado went on to win the Stanley Cup final. 1058 00:56:16,111 --> 00:56:19,288 Usually, you try to have one of those, well... 1059 00:56:19,332 --> 00:56:23,205 "Well, it's okay 'cause the champions beat us so, maybe we're sec..." 1060 00:56:23,249 --> 00:56:26,557 No. It was like, "Fuck them. 1061 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,124 "That's ours. We got work to do." 1062 00:56:36,828 --> 00:56:41,310 You know, I really thought we would get it done quicker. 1063 00:56:41,354 --> 00:56:44,096 And you know, when it doesn't happen, 1064 00:56:44,139 --> 00:56:46,315 you're a little disappointed 1065 00:56:46,359 --> 00:56:50,581 that you haven't been able to kind of get it all together. 1066 00:56:50,624 --> 00:56:55,063 It seems that you're measured when you win a championship. 1067 00:56:56,978 --> 00:57:00,417 GAVE: The way Scotty deployed the Russian Five was beautiful. 1068 00:57:00,460 --> 00:57:04,508 But, the more they played together, the easier they became to defend. 1069 00:57:04,551 --> 00:57:07,598 LEWIS: And Scotty put the five together, and you knew what you were gonna get. 1070 00:57:07,641 --> 00:57:09,687 And if you didn't like that or didn't wanna do that, 1071 00:57:09,730 --> 00:57:11,210 he would break them up. 1072 00:57:11,253 --> 00:57:12,994 OSGOOD: When he split them up, 1073 00:57:13,038 --> 00:57:15,823 it opened up all of our eyes to a different way of playing. 1074 00:57:19,087 --> 00:57:21,263 If we do have the puck, you're always on attack. 1075 00:57:21,307 --> 00:57:22,743 So you don't have to defend. 1076 00:57:22,787 --> 00:57:25,833 I think it became contagious as the year went on. 1077 00:57:25,877 --> 00:57:28,053 One of the things I noticed when I came from Hartford 1078 00:57:28,096 --> 00:57:30,142 to Detroit that year was 1079 00:57:30,185 --> 00:57:31,752 just how good the practices were. 1080 00:57:35,147 --> 00:57:38,193 We just started to realize that if you scrimmaged against these guys, 1081 00:57:38,237 --> 00:57:40,457 it was very, very frustrating. 1082 00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:44,504 And it was no fun. But that made us better as group, 1083 00:57:44,548 --> 00:57:45,723 realizing what we had to do. 1084 00:57:47,333 --> 00:57:50,336 LARIONOV: When you train everyday against the best, 1085 00:57:50,379 --> 00:57:54,514 like Brendan Shanahan and Stevie Y., Chris Draper, you're getting better. 1086 00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:58,039 OSGOOD: Igor told everybody that you're better than what you think you are. 1087 00:57:58,083 --> 00:58:00,433 It evolved our game. 1088 00:58:00,477 --> 00:58:02,348 You see that and you see their effort 1089 00:58:02,391 --> 00:58:04,176 just uh, it rubs off on you. 1090 00:58:04,219 --> 00:58:07,309 There was a culture shift going on. 1091 00:58:07,353 --> 00:58:10,008 DRAPER: Sometimes, it was two hours before our playing in a game. 1092 00:58:10,051 --> 00:58:13,446 You got the Russian Five, and they're kind of kicking the soccer ball around 1093 00:58:13,490 --> 00:58:15,448 and the next things you know, 1094 00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:17,189 you know, we've probably had three-quarters of our team before games, 1095 00:58:17,232 --> 00:58:18,756 you know, warming up playing soccer, 1096 00:58:18,799 --> 00:58:20,714 and truly having fun with it. 1097 00:58:20,758 --> 00:58:23,935 YZERMAN: It's a special group of guys putting all egos aside 1098 00:58:23,978 --> 00:58:26,677 and really enjoying the whole process. 1099 00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:29,854 And now we were becoming a really tremendous team. 1100 00:58:32,117 --> 00:58:35,468 McCARTY: That year, we geared it down a little bit. 1101 00:58:35,512 --> 00:58:36,774 We didn't have the best record. 1102 00:58:39,646 --> 00:58:42,040 We saved guys. 1103 00:58:42,083 --> 00:58:45,609 The regular season wasn't the finish line. 1104 00:58:45,652 --> 00:58:48,873 DANIELS: This was a team built for blue-collared town like Detroit. 1105 00:58:48,916 --> 00:58:54,443 They were gonna do whatever they needed to do to get this thing done. 1106 00:58:54,487 --> 00:58:57,098 YZERMAN: If we wanted to beat Colorado, we had to take our game to the next level. 1107 00:59:02,582 --> 00:59:03,975 [CROWD CHEERS] 1108 00:59:04,018 --> 00:59:07,587 McCARTY: 1997, Vladimir Konstantinov 1109 00:59:07,631 --> 00:59:10,024 became scud missile. 1110 00:59:10,982 --> 00:59:12,810 Just relentless. 1111 00:59:12,853 --> 00:59:14,463 'Cause he'd just keep coming and he didn't care who you were. 1112 00:59:14,507 --> 00:59:16,248 Wayne Gretzky who? 1113 00:59:16,291 --> 00:59:17,902 That'd be Vladdy's answer. 1114 00:59:19,730 --> 00:59:22,689 GRETZKY: I hated him. [LAUGHS] Oh, it's a compliment. 1115 00:59:22,733 --> 00:59:24,561 Whenever I say I hate a guy, 1116 00:59:24,604 --> 00:59:26,867 that means I wanted him on my team. 1117 00:59:26,911 --> 00:59:29,391 I'm not sure who came up with "The Vladinator", 1118 00:59:29,435 --> 00:59:32,003 but obviously, when you think of the Terminator and what he did, 1119 00:59:32,046 --> 00:59:35,267 and you think about Vladdy, you realized how he played. 1120 00:59:35,310 --> 00:59:36,877 Hasta la vista, baby. 1121 00:59:40,968 --> 00:59:44,711 I think the fans in Detroit love a player that won't back down. 1122 00:59:44,755 --> 00:59:48,323 I would think the fans identified with that rugged warrior mentality 1123 00:59:48,367 --> 00:59:51,849 that we all wish we had on an everyday basis. 1124 00:59:51,892 --> 00:59:54,939 DANIELS: Everybody at their core in Detroit 1125 00:59:54,982 --> 00:59:58,769 sort of feels like that's who they are. 1126 00:59:58,812 --> 01:00:01,728 When you see the intensity of professional sports, 1127 01:00:01,772 --> 01:00:06,211 you can see how hard it is to get to the top. 1128 01:00:10,824 --> 01:00:12,913 And blue-collar people understand that. 1129 01:00:12,957 --> 01:00:14,828 The mid-west understands that. 1130 01:00:14,872 --> 01:00:16,613 [CROWD CHEERING] 1131 01:00:18,963 --> 01:00:21,356 LARIONOV: We gotta face again, Colorado Avalanche. 1132 01:00:21,400 --> 01:00:25,056 Seemed like they were playing the best hockey against us. 1133 01:00:25,099 --> 01:00:28,712 We lost them three times, I believe, in a course of the year. 1134 01:00:28,755 --> 01:00:30,975 DEVELLANO: Claude Lemieux, he hated him. 1135 01:00:31,018 --> 01:00:33,107 And for what he did to Draper, 1136 01:00:33,151 --> 01:00:34,761 we were mad at the League. 1137 01:00:34,805 --> 01:00:37,372 They only suspended him for two games. 1138 01:00:37,416 --> 01:00:39,113 Pierre Lacroix didn't like me. 1139 01:00:39,157 --> 01:00:41,115 I didn't like Pierre Lacroix. 1140 01:00:41,159 --> 01:00:43,683 So there was hatred there. 1141 01:00:43,727 --> 01:00:46,251 COMMENTATOR: The Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings, 1142 01:00:46,294 --> 01:00:48,253 set to face off, here on... 1143 01:00:48,296 --> 01:00:49,689 BRENDAN SHANAHAN: It was a bit of an elephant in the room 1144 01:00:49,733 --> 01:00:51,517 that nothing had been done yet. 1145 01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:55,782 about Lemieux and the incident with Draper the year before. 1146 01:00:55,826 --> 01:00:57,218 McCARTY: Something was gonna get done. 1147 01:00:58,176 --> 01:00:59,612 Nothing was said. 1148 01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:02,310 But everybody knew. Everybody knew in the world. 1149 01:01:02,354 --> 01:01:04,225 COMMENTATOR: Here is Larionov. 1150 01:01:04,269 --> 01:01:07,141 Avalanche holding the Red Wings in their own zone. 1151 01:01:07,185 --> 01:01:10,405 Larionov with Forsberg away from the play. 1152 01:01:11,624 --> 01:01:13,365 Never in my life I had any fights. 1153 01:01:14,583 --> 01:01:16,803 Forsberg with an extra hit to the head. 1154 01:01:16,847 --> 01:01:18,762 And Igor objects. 1155 01:01:18,805 --> 01:01:21,678 LARIONOV: Certain time when you gotta stand up for yourself and... 1156 01:01:21,721 --> 01:01:22,983 You know, do something. 1157 01:01:23,027 --> 01:01:24,419 COMMENTATOR: And it's an offence... 1158 01:01:26,813 --> 01:01:29,903 And now Darren McCarty 1159 01:01:29,947 --> 01:01:32,689 gets in, chucks in at Claude Lemieux. 1160 01:01:32,732 --> 01:01:35,343 Look who came all the way out to try to help. 1161 01:01:35,387 --> 01:01:37,606 SHANAHAN: I don't think Igor started the fight with Forsberg. 1162 01:01:37,650 --> 01:01:39,608 Because Lemieux was on the ice. 1163 01:01:39,652 --> 01:01:41,523 It happened organically. 1164 01:01:41,567 --> 01:01:44,657 I'll even tell you the difference between sucker punch and a cold-cock. 1165 01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:46,920 Sucker punch is from behind when he's not looking. 1166 01:01:46,964 --> 01:01:50,924 Cold-cock's when you're looking right in the eyes and hit him as hard as you can. 1167 01:01:50,968 --> 01:01:53,710 COMMENTATOR: Oh, my goodness! 1168 01:01:53,753 --> 01:01:55,755 He told me later that's the hardest he's ever been hit. 1169 01:01:55,799 --> 01:01:57,148 He said he knew internally he was out. 1170 01:01:57,191 --> 01:02:00,020 I just was trying to take his head off with my fist. 1171 01:02:00,064 --> 01:02:02,153 I wanted to seriously invoke pain in him. 1172 01:02:02,196 --> 01:02:04,024 COMMENTATOR: You never know when to expect it, 1173 01:02:04,068 --> 01:02:05,852 Darren McCarty said before. 1174 01:02:05,896 --> 01:02:08,072 SHANAHAN: A second later, I saw Patrick Roy, 1175 01:02:08,115 --> 01:02:09,638 the hash marks, in full stride. 1176 01:02:10,509 --> 01:02:12,163 It's an unbelievable scene. 1177 01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:15,079 And what happened next with all this jumping into the air. 1178 01:02:15,122 --> 01:02:16,733 it was like The Matrix. 1179 01:02:16,776 --> 01:02:18,430 COMMENTATOR: And look at who stepped in on Patrick Roy. 1180 01:02:18,473 --> 01:02:21,476 The whole game was a war. Like war all night. 1181 01:02:22,129 --> 01:02:23,565 Vernon and Roy! 1182 01:02:24,958 --> 01:02:26,960 FEDOROV: Well, it was personal after that. 1183 01:02:27,004 --> 01:02:29,658 And now we have that family approach. 1184 01:02:29,702 --> 01:02:32,879 Families fighting against each other. 1185 01:02:32,923 --> 01:02:37,492 COMMENTATOR: 301 days since they hit on Kris Draper, 1186 01:02:38,406 --> 01:02:39,930 and in the best time, 1187 01:02:41,061 --> 01:02:45,152 to seek, if you will, revenge, 1188 01:02:45,196 --> 01:02:48,503 is maybe when your opponent least expects it. 1189 01:02:48,547 --> 01:02:51,158 McCARTY: I remember going into the penalty box, 1190 01:02:51,202 --> 01:02:53,813 and Igor's in there, and I go, 1191 01:02:53,857 --> 01:02:56,816 "Way to go, little buddy. Way to start that stuff." 1192 01:02:56,860 --> 01:03:00,951 Clean-up time, as you can see by the Red Wings bench. 1193 01:03:00,994 --> 01:03:02,648 SHANAHAN: Five-to-three for Colorado, 1194 01:03:02,691 --> 01:03:04,824 maybe 10 or 12 minutes left in the game. 1195 01:03:04,868 --> 01:03:06,434 None of this matters 1196 01:03:06,478 --> 01:03:07,696 unless we win. 1197 01:03:08,828 --> 01:03:12,963 COMMENTATOR: Now back, Fedorov... 1198 01:03:13,006 --> 01:03:15,792 And the Red Wings at 4...[BUZZER SOUNDS] 1199 01:03:15,835 --> 01:03:17,706 Our score is 5-4. 1200 01:03:18,403 --> 01:03:19,447 FEDOROV: Wow. 1201 01:03:21,449 --> 01:03:25,540 COMMENTATOR: Looking to the side of Roy, he scores! 1202 01:03:25,584 --> 01:03:28,413 It's in. It went off the skate of Patrick Roy. 1203 01:03:28,456 --> 01:03:29,806 and the game is tied. 1204 01:03:29,849 --> 01:03:31,633 YZERMAN: We scored two goals to tie it up. 1205 01:03:31,677 --> 01:03:33,984 And we went into overtime. 1206 01:03:34,027 --> 01:03:36,856 And now the Red Wings with their fresher legs. 1207 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:40,294 And it is shown, Larionov... Look at that play. 1208 01:03:40,338 --> 01:03:41,513 He scores! 1209 01:03:41,556 --> 01:03:43,123 The Red Wings win! 1210 01:03:43,167 --> 01:03:45,909 The Red Wings have defeated Colorado. 1211 01:03:45,952 --> 01:03:48,389 And the Wings with 6-5. 1212 01:03:52,437 --> 01:03:56,310 What a piece of artistic work by number 8, Igor Larionov. 1213 01:03:56,354 --> 01:03:59,226 Head up, makes the pass, and she's over. 1214 01:04:00,749 --> 01:04:05,276 It's Hollywood. That whole game was Hollywood. 1215 01:04:05,319 --> 01:04:09,715 COMMENTATOR: It was a night that certainly belonged to the entire Red Wings team. 1216 01:04:09,758 --> 01:04:13,545 We just knew that we did something special that night for us. 1217 01:04:19,725 --> 01:04:21,727 LARIONOV: We're doing well and before the playoffs, 1218 01:04:21,770 --> 01:04:23,424 we decided to have a nice meal together. 1219 01:04:23,468 --> 01:04:25,949 So, we got the music going. We got the Russian food. 1220 01:04:25,992 --> 01:04:28,125 We got the vodka. 1221 01:04:28,168 --> 01:04:29,953 LIDSTROM: It usually happens, there's a lot of toasts 1222 01:04:29,996 --> 01:04:31,780 when you go to big Russian dinners. 1223 01:04:31,824 --> 01:04:33,739 There's a lot of vodkas involved. 1224 01:04:33,782 --> 01:04:37,047 LARIONOV: We have some toasts, obviously, you know, in Russia. 1225 01:04:37,090 --> 01:04:40,354 So, every time, you can't really just have a quiet dinner. 1226 01:04:40,398 --> 01:04:41,790 [MUSIC PLAYING] 1227 01:04:41,834 --> 01:04:43,923 You mean toasting every single, like, half hour. 1228 01:04:43,967 --> 01:04:45,925 'Cause it's a tradition for those guys. 1229 01:04:45,969 --> 01:04:47,187 Yeah, that was good. 1230 01:04:47,231 --> 01:04:48,623 [CHEERING] 1231 01:04:48,667 --> 01:04:50,016 It's an advantage. 1232 01:04:50,060 --> 01:04:51,800 I mean, I grew up with Italians. 1233 01:04:51,844 --> 01:04:54,760 So, I know that Italian dinner table 'and stuff like that. 1234 01:04:54,803 --> 01:04:56,980 It's just a big celebration. 1235 01:04:57,023 --> 01:04:59,069 YZERMAN: It was unique 'cause we hadn't really done that. 1236 01:04:59,112 --> 01:05:03,334 One, never been to really a traditional Russian-style restaurant before. 1237 01:05:03,377 --> 01:05:04,726 We're always going to a steakhouse. 1238 01:05:06,424 --> 01:05:09,209 This was an opportunity to do something different. 1239 01:05:09,253 --> 01:05:11,603 McCARTY: Just to get a taste of their world, 1240 01:05:11,646 --> 01:05:13,779 I tried borscht. Loved borscht. 1241 01:05:13,822 --> 01:05:16,129 I didn't realize it was beets. I love beets. 1242 01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:18,436 They sort of let us in. 1243 01:05:19,916 --> 01:05:22,353 The game was forgotten. The practices were forgotten. 1244 01:05:22,396 --> 01:05:26,052 And we're just in that moment, having a blast together, becoming closer. 1245 01:05:26,096 --> 01:05:28,837 McCARTY: Everybody was one the same page. 1246 01:05:28,881 --> 01:05:31,797 There wasn't no nationalities, no countries, no colors, 1247 01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:34,887 no anything, except bunch of hockey players 1248 01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:37,672 trying to win a big silver trophy. 1249 01:05:43,635 --> 01:05:45,550 OSGOOD: I think going into that playoff year, 1250 01:05:45,593 --> 01:05:47,378 we felt like it was our time. 1251 01:05:47,421 --> 01:05:48,683 That was our year to win. 1252 01:05:48,727 --> 01:05:50,598 [CROWD CHEERING] 1253 01:05:50,642 --> 01:05:53,471 COMMENTATOR: Larionov... Score! 1254 01:05:53,514 --> 01:05:55,647 [CROWD CHEERING] A power play goal! 1255 01:05:57,649 --> 01:06:00,304 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 1256 01:06:00,347 --> 01:06:02,784 Back passed to Konstantinov, Kozlov again, he shoots. 1257 01:06:02,828 --> 01:06:05,439 Score! Score! 1258 01:06:05,483 --> 01:06:07,006 The Red Wings have won it. 1259 01:06:09,530 --> 01:06:11,837 SHANAHAN: Everything was leading up to Colorado. 1260 01:06:15,058 --> 01:06:17,234 We lost Game 1. 1261 01:06:17,277 --> 01:06:18,670 They were calling us losers. 1262 01:06:19,758 --> 01:06:21,455 They were saying we were jokers. 1263 01:06:23,283 --> 01:06:26,286 They were Stanley Cup champs, and they were right. 1264 01:06:26,330 --> 01:06:31,335 But that game in March gave us such a psychological edge. 1265 01:06:31,378 --> 01:06:33,424 And we won the next three games. 1266 01:06:33,467 --> 01:06:35,078 [CROWD CHEERING] 1267 01:06:39,517 --> 01:06:42,607 COMMENTATOR: Sergei Fedorov has had lots tonight. 1268 01:06:42,650 --> 01:06:44,870 He has been Detroit's best player. 1269 01:06:47,742 --> 01:06:48,787 MAN: Yeah! 1270 01:06:49,309 --> 01:06:50,919 Yeah! 1271 01:06:50,963 --> 01:06:54,314 Final score, 4-2 Detroit. 1272 01:06:54,358 --> 01:06:55,750 OSGOOD: We weren't afraid of anything. 1273 01:06:57,796 --> 01:06:59,580 We felt great about ourselves. 1274 01:07:05,717 --> 01:07:07,849 You gotta have a great team to win the Stanley Cup, 1275 01:07:07,893 --> 01:07:09,851 if you have to have some great players 1276 01:07:09,895 --> 01:07:12,854 take over critical moments of games with pure talent. 1277 01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:15,770 [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1278 01:07:15,814 --> 01:07:19,644 COMMENTATOR: Another win for Detroit. 1279 01:07:19,687 --> 01:07:23,082 CHERRY: I'll tell you boy, this is going to be a dandy, as I've always said... 1280 01:07:23,126 --> 01:07:26,477 Detroit has looked absolutely dynamite. 1281 01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,132 They've got to come out get that first goal. 1282 01:07:29,175 --> 01:07:31,482 Colorado has looked absolutely awful. 1283 01:07:31,525 --> 01:07:34,137 It's gonna be a dynamite game, I'll tell you. 1284 01:07:34,180 --> 01:07:36,400 LARIONOV: We came to Detroit for six, we knew... 1285 01:07:36,443 --> 01:07:38,141 We gotta finish them off here. 1286 01:07:38,184 --> 01:07:41,013 COMMENTATOR: We are under way. Colorado wins it, there's a game 7. 1287 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:45,496 Detroit wins it, they're going for Stanley Cup finals against the Flyers. 1288 01:07:45,539 --> 01:07:48,412 OSGOOD: Whether you were Viacheslav Fetisov, a hall-of-famer, 1289 01:07:48,455 --> 01:07:51,067 Yzerman, Fedorov, everybody was the same. 1290 01:07:51,110 --> 01:07:54,809 And that's what it takes to win is when everybody's playing the same direction. 1291 01:07:54,853 --> 01:07:56,507 YZERMAN: We were one. 1292 01:07:56,550 --> 01:07:59,684 Without any one of them we wouldn't have been able to win. 1293 01:07:59,727 --> 01:08:02,469 COMMENTATOR: ...to get it. He took a hit from Fedorov. 1294 01:08:02,513 --> 01:08:05,820 [WHISTLE BLOWS] We played five and a half minutes and Sergei Fedorov 1295 01:08:05,864 --> 01:08:08,519 is down behind the Avalanche net 1296 01:08:08,562 --> 01:08:10,695 after that collision with Aaron Miller. 1297 01:08:16,657 --> 01:08:20,226 At the end of the first period, Sergei had left the bench. 1298 01:08:20,270 --> 01:08:22,968 It almost just starts to trickle down, like the telephone game. 1299 01:08:23,011 --> 01:08:24,100 Guy are whispering. 1300 01:08:24,143 --> 01:08:25,753 Sergei's got his equipment off. 1301 01:08:25,797 --> 01:08:29,061 Game 6 at home. We don't wanna go to Colorado for Game 7. 1302 01:08:31,672 --> 01:08:34,022 Sergei had injured ribs. 1303 01:08:34,066 --> 01:08:35,546 DR. FINLEY: He said he couldn't breathe. 1304 01:08:35,589 --> 01:08:38,549 I said, "He's gonna need a rib block." 1305 01:08:38,592 --> 01:08:41,334 STRADER: With everything that Sergei Fedorov had accomplished in his career, 1306 01:08:41,378 --> 01:08:44,555 there was still some doubt about whether he would play 1307 01:08:44,598 --> 01:08:46,383 through, you know, real pain. 1308 01:08:46,426 --> 01:08:47,906 SHANAHAN: Vladdy gets up, 1309 01:08:47,949 --> 01:08:49,908 [FOOTSTEPS] 1310 01:08:49,951 --> 01:08:53,085 Vladdy marches right through the center of the room past all of us, 1311 01:08:54,391 --> 01:08:56,523 and he marched into the training room, 1312 01:08:56,567 --> 01:08:57,916 [DOOR SLAMS] 1313 01:08:57,959 --> 01:09:00,962 And we hear in a high-pitched Russian scream, 1314 01:09:01,006 --> 01:09:03,835 someone yelling at Sergei. 1315 01:09:03,878 --> 01:09:07,186 And then Vladdy came walking right back with that stoic face again 1316 01:09:07,230 --> 01:09:08,840 and went and sat down. 1317 01:09:08,883 --> 01:09:13,584 Vladdy told him it's the last, like, 10 days of hockey. 1318 01:09:13,627 --> 01:09:16,891 And he have a summer ahead of you to get healed. 1319 01:09:16,935 --> 01:09:19,590 DR. FINLEY: We strapped him up, and protected him, 1320 01:09:19,633 --> 01:09:21,766 and he was able to get back on the ice. 1321 01:09:25,378 --> 01:09:29,077 FEDOROV: At some point, you have to put your mark in the history of the game. 1322 01:09:29,121 --> 01:09:31,993 COMMENTATOR: Swinging it off, Fedorov scores! 1323 01:09:32,037 --> 01:09:33,560 [CROWD CHEERS] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1324 01:09:35,127 --> 01:09:37,695 LARIONOV: We were so close, and the team needed you 1325 01:09:37,738 --> 01:09:40,437 You scored the winning goal. That says a lot about Sergei. 1326 01:09:42,308 --> 01:09:44,267 FEDOROV: What doesn't kill us make us stronger. 1327 01:09:50,882 --> 01:09:54,755 COMMENTATOR: The Wings and the Flyers in a Stanley Cup showdown. 1328 01:09:56,714 --> 01:10:01,501 STRADER: A huge part of the psyche of Detroit is the sports teams. 1329 01:10:01,545 --> 01:10:05,026 Maybe because a lot of what Detroit has gone through as a city, 1330 01:10:05,070 --> 01:10:09,074 they appreciate a good team that's willing to battle to get to whatever 1331 01:10:09,117 --> 01:10:12,425 level it is that allows them to be a champion. 1332 01:10:12,469 --> 01:10:14,210 OSGOOD: As you can see the fans and the excitement, 1333 01:10:14,253 --> 01:10:16,777 you can see the pain sometimes, 1334 01:10:16,821 --> 01:10:18,039 You can sense it. 1335 01:10:25,003 --> 01:10:26,309 LARIONOV: We're talking about Detroit. 1336 01:10:26,352 --> 01:10:28,920 I'd say resilience of the city 1337 01:10:28,963 --> 01:10:30,878 relates to the Russian Five. 1338 01:10:30,922 --> 01:10:33,664 It's our time to give them what they've been waiting for for a long time. 1339 01:10:39,670 --> 01:10:41,585 [HORN TOOTS] 1340 01:10:41,628 --> 01:10:45,980 REPORTER: These two cowboys from Detroit drove this Zamboni 1341 01:10:46,024 --> 01:10:48,026 out of Joe Louis Arena 1342 01:10:48,069 --> 01:10:51,290 and arrived just before the game tonight 1343 01:10:51,334 --> 01:10:55,381 here at the CoreStates Center. 1344 01:10:55,425 --> 01:10:58,471 When you haven't won a Stanley Cup for 42 years, 1345 01:10:58,515 --> 01:11:01,996 I don't care how much talent you may or may not have on your roster, 1346 01:11:02,040 --> 01:11:03,346 you're an underdog. 1347 01:11:03,389 --> 01:11:06,871 COMMENTATOR: Jackson 5. Russian 5. Out in 5. 1348 01:11:06,914 --> 01:11:08,481 [PEOPLE CLAPPING] 1349 01:11:08,525 --> 01:11:10,918 JOEY KOCUR: We were not favorite. 1350 01:11:10,962 --> 01:11:13,965 Everybody had us losing in five or six games. 1351 01:11:14,008 --> 01:11:16,881 It was the Legion of Doom and the Philadelphia Flyers' 1352 01:11:16,924 --> 01:11:18,317 time to win the Stanley Cup. 1353 01:11:28,675 --> 01:11:31,983 DEVELLANO: Now we've gotta make it happen. 1354 01:11:32,026 --> 01:11:36,292 Because we just disappointed, you know, too often. 1355 01:11:36,335 --> 01:11:38,772 COMMENTATOR: The Legion of Doom line is on for the start 1356 01:11:38,816 --> 01:11:40,731 of the Stanley Cup final series. 1357 01:11:40,774 --> 01:11:44,256 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 1358 01:11:44,300 --> 01:11:47,738 I went into that building and they dictated how the games were gonna be played. 1359 01:11:51,307 --> 01:11:52,482 [CROWD CHEERS] 1360 01:11:55,789 --> 01:11:57,138 We were quicker, 1361 01:11:58,749 --> 01:12:01,273 meaner, and hit harder. 1362 01:12:02,318 --> 01:12:04,015 COMMENTATOR: Detroit... 1363 01:12:04,058 --> 01:12:07,148 Shanahan is coming up there, winding up, score! 1364 01:12:07,192 --> 01:12:08,541 [CROWD CHEERS] 1365 01:12:08,585 --> 01:12:12,066 Only the second shot on goal for Detroit. 1366 01:12:12,110 --> 01:12:14,286 They get an early lead. 1367 01:12:14,330 --> 01:12:17,333 YZERMAN: Now we really had some excitement building 1368 01:12:17,376 --> 01:12:19,247 because they were going back to Joe Louis Arena 1369 01:12:19,291 --> 01:12:20,597 with a 2-nothing lead in the series. 1370 01:12:22,381 --> 01:12:24,992 COMMENTATOR: We are ready for Game no. 3. 1371 01:12:25,036 --> 01:12:26,298 Let's see if they can tie it. 1372 01:12:26,342 --> 01:12:28,953 Pass it out to Yzerman, score! 1373 01:12:28,996 --> 01:12:30,476 [CROWD CHEERS] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1374 01:12:31,782 --> 01:12:35,176 Yzerman ties it just like that. 1375 01:12:36,526 --> 01:12:38,745 And again, score! [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1376 01:12:43,010 --> 01:12:46,362 And the crowd take the energy from the position team, 1377 01:12:46,405 --> 01:12:49,626 and you can feel the fans give you so much... 1378 01:12:49,669 --> 01:12:52,237 COMMENTATOR: Shanahan, and Kozlov... 1379 01:12:52,280 --> 01:12:54,848 In front, Fedorov scores! 1380 01:12:54,892 --> 01:12:56,110 [CROWD CHEERS] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1381 01:12:58,504 --> 01:13:01,681 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 1382 01:13:01,725 --> 01:13:06,773 Coming now... Oh, Konstantinov! 1383 01:13:06,817 --> 01:13:09,994 Biggest hit in the series, right there. 1384 01:13:10,037 --> 01:13:11,996 COMMENTATOR 2: There's nothing wrong with the hit. 1385 01:13:12,039 --> 01:13:14,259 SHANAHAN: Vladdy, he threw a lot of hard hits, 1386 01:13:14,302 --> 01:13:16,087 but the most memorable for me, 1387 01:13:16,130 --> 01:13:18,568 it had thrown off the Philadelphia Flyers so much, 1388 01:13:18,611 --> 01:13:20,483 it led to a goal later on that shift. 1389 01:13:20,526 --> 01:13:23,355 A nice goal. 1390 01:13:23,399 --> 01:13:25,705 Shanahan tipping up the net. 1391 01:13:25,749 --> 01:13:28,360 Now he centers it. Score! 1392 01:13:28,404 --> 01:13:30,188 [CROWD CHEERS] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1393 01:13:33,887 --> 01:13:37,195 YZERMAN: After Game 3, you couldn't help but think about the fact 1394 01:13:37,238 --> 01:13:40,067 that there was a chance for this long Stanley Cup drought to end. 1395 01:13:40,111 --> 01:13:42,156 And it was gonna end at the Joe Louis Arena. 1396 01:13:45,072 --> 01:13:47,814 Man, the game's gonna be exciting. I can't wait till the game starts. 1397 01:13:47,858 --> 01:13:50,164 We're definitely gonna win. I think it's gonna be a sweep. 1398 01:13:50,208 --> 01:13:53,951 American, Canadian, Swedish, Russian, they're all Red Wings! 1399 01:13:56,736 --> 01:13:57,868 [CROWD CHEERS] 1400 01:13:57,911 --> 01:14:00,131 REPORTER: This is the city of Detroit. 1401 01:14:00,174 --> 01:14:02,133 The fans here have their brooms out. 1402 01:14:02,176 --> 01:14:05,353 And their homemade Stanley Cups on hand. 1403 01:14:05,397 --> 01:14:07,530 Because inside this building tonight, 1404 01:14:07,573 --> 01:14:11,621 they may have an opportunity that hasn't been here for 42 years. 1405 01:14:11,664 --> 01:14:14,972 The chance to see the Stanley Cup. 1406 01:14:15,015 --> 01:14:16,408 [CROWD CHEERS] 1407 01:14:19,237 --> 01:14:22,849 FEDOROV: I can only imagine Steve felt every year like... 1408 01:14:22,893 --> 01:14:26,070 mountain of Everest of pressure. 1409 01:14:26,113 --> 01:14:29,421 YZERMAN: People are chanting and they've already got their home-made Stanley Cups, 1410 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,423 and I was like, "Probably, we should win this game tonight. 1411 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:33,773 "It's gonna be disappointing if we don't." 1412 01:14:33,817 --> 01:14:36,602 COMMENTATOR: Yes, here we go, Game 4! 1413 01:14:36,646 --> 01:14:39,823 Around the net... 1414 01:14:39,866 --> 01:14:42,086 Flyers are skating a lot better tonight. 1415 01:14:42,129 --> 01:14:45,437 And it's causing a few problems here for Detroit. 1416 01:14:45,481 --> 01:14:48,266 DANIELS: We'd been disappointed so many times. 1417 01:14:48,309 --> 01:14:51,661 We spend all year and when it doesn't happen, 1418 01:14:51,704 --> 01:14:54,620 you just don't wanna get your heart broken again. 1419 01:14:56,535 --> 01:14:59,756 But the deeper they went, the more you got pulled in. 1420 01:14:59,799 --> 01:15:02,193 Until then, they were right up next to the Stanley Cup 1421 01:15:02,236 --> 01:15:03,455 and you're just going, 1422 01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:06,414 "Go ahead, break my heart again. I'm in." 1423 01:15:06,458 --> 01:15:10,070 COMMENTATOR: It's kept in by Maltby, to the line... Shot scored! 1424 01:15:10,114 --> 01:15:11,507 [CROWD CHEERING] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1425 01:15:11,550 --> 01:15:13,509 Lindstrom. One-nothing. 1426 01:15:13,552 --> 01:15:15,989 Detroit, the... 1427 01:15:16,033 --> 01:15:19,036 It's like a huge relief to get that goal. 1428 01:15:19,906 --> 01:15:21,125 [CROWD CHEERING] 1429 01:15:21,168 --> 01:15:24,389 COMMENTATOR: Coming in there... Scores! 1430 01:15:24,432 --> 01:15:26,478 [CROWD CHEERS] [BUZZER SOUNDS] 1431 01:15:27,827 --> 01:15:29,437 Beautiful goal! 1432 01:15:30,090 --> 01:15:31,918 Two-nothing. 1433 01:15:32,353 --> 01:15:34,573 Detroit. 1434 01:15:34,617 --> 01:15:38,795 I'd beat one guy one-on-one in my whole career, I tell everybody, "It's all timing. 1435 01:15:38,838 --> 01:15:40,536 "Just gonna have to do it at the right moment." 1436 01:15:40,579 --> 01:15:42,886 I remember the play vividly. 1437 01:15:42,929 --> 01:15:45,279 Going, "Oh, my God, I got him beat." 1438 01:15:45,323 --> 01:15:47,281 And I look, like "Don't miss the net." 1439 01:15:48,282 --> 01:15:50,241 Explain to me Darren McCarty's goal. 1440 01:15:50,284 --> 01:15:53,940 And I'll explain to you some of the impact that the Russian Five had. 1441 01:15:53,984 --> 01:15:55,507 COMMENTATOR: We begin the third period. 1442 01:15:55,551 --> 01:15:59,859 The crowd sensing that this is the time. 1443 01:15:59,903 --> 01:16:01,557 We shall see. 1444 01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:03,384 DANIELS: Please win it here. 1445 01:16:03,428 --> 01:16:06,300 I'm here. I brought my son. 1446 01:16:06,344 --> 01:16:08,259 Asking a lot, but still. 1447 01:16:08,302 --> 01:16:11,697 [INDISTINCT COMMENTARY] 1448 01:16:11,741 --> 01:16:13,830 Shot, Vernon came back and covered it up. 1449 01:16:15,048 --> 01:16:17,573 He was close. If they get a goal here, 1450 01:16:17,616 --> 01:16:19,444 then all of a sudden, we got a finish. 1451 01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:22,708 I feel a tap on my shoulder with, like, two minutes to go, 1452 01:16:22,752 --> 01:16:24,841 And it's Atanas Ilitch. He goes, "Come on." 1453 01:16:24,884 --> 01:16:27,757 And I grab Ben. Game isn't even over yet. 1454 01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:30,281 COMMENTATOR: It looks like... 1455 01:16:31,238 --> 01:16:33,110 Philadelphia. 1456 01:16:33,153 --> 01:16:35,982 DANIELS: He walks me down through a hallway, under the stands, 1457 01:16:36,026 --> 01:16:37,593 now we're in the locker room. 1458 01:16:37,636 --> 01:16:39,507 And there's 30 seconds left in the game. 1459 01:16:40,726 --> 01:16:44,164 Long shot for the line. They score! 1460 01:16:44,208 --> 01:16:46,427 Philadelphia Flyers get a goal. 1461 01:16:46,471 --> 01:16:49,082 Eric Lindros got the rebound. 1462 01:16:49,126 --> 01:16:51,694 STRADER: It's two-nothing. It seems like it's gonna end that way. 1463 01:16:51,737 --> 01:16:54,305 But then the Flyers score. And you look at the clock and you go, 1464 01:16:54,348 --> 01:16:55,872 "There's enough time for this." 1465 01:16:55,915 --> 01:16:59,527 COMMENTATOR: Detroit, 2. Philadelphia, 1. 1466 01:16:59,571 --> 01:17:02,922 This is kind of way we always seem to do things. We can't do it easy. 1467 01:17:02,966 --> 01:17:05,621 Please win it here. Here, now, tonight. 1468 01:17:05,664 --> 01:17:07,492 Please, I'm begging you. 1469 01:17:07,535 --> 01:17:10,582 But looking around the building it's like, 1470 01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:12,149 "There's no way we're gonna screw this up." 1471 01:17:23,421 --> 01:17:24,683 [CROWD CHEERS] 1472 01:17:36,129 --> 01:17:39,002 It was so loud, it was silent. 1473 01:17:47,532 --> 01:17:52,929 We finally won our cup 15 years after I had arrived. 1474 01:17:52,972 --> 01:17:57,281 And I'd promised Marian Ilitch we'd win it in eight years, so... 1475 01:17:57,324 --> 01:18:00,240 It was good that I able to hang around to see it done. 1476 01:18:00,284 --> 01:18:02,155 [LAUGHS] 1477 01:18:02,199 --> 01:18:04,244 INTERVIEWER: Jimmy D, congratulations. What do you think? 1478 01:18:04,288 --> 01:18:06,464 Well, we finally did it this year. 1479 01:18:06,507 --> 01:18:08,335 And I'm just thrilled. 1480 01:18:08,379 --> 01:18:10,642 Some people think that the Russians and the Europeans 1481 01:18:10,686 --> 01:18:12,122 don't care about the Stanley Cup. 1482 01:18:12,165 --> 01:18:15,429 Your actions obviously show that is not true, right? 1483 01:18:15,473 --> 01:18:16,909 This is not true. 1484 01:18:16,953 --> 01:18:18,041 [BOTH LAUGH] 1485 01:18:22,480 --> 01:18:25,831 ANNOUNCER: Congratulations to Mike and Marian Ilitch. 1486 01:18:29,966 --> 01:18:34,622 It's my pleasure to present the Stanley Cup to Steve Yzerman. 1487 01:18:41,891 --> 01:18:43,719 YZERMAN: I wasn't sure if this was ever gonna happen. 1488 01:18:45,242 --> 01:18:48,114 This is what we dreamt about our whole life. 1489 01:18:48,158 --> 01:18:50,726 COMMENTATOR: There's the skate they've been waiting for. 1490 01:18:50,769 --> 01:18:53,206 The captain, Steve Yzerman. 1491 01:18:53,250 --> 01:18:57,558 Remember, it was Steve's 14th year? So, he'd been through a lot. 1492 01:18:57,602 --> 01:18:59,822 Organization had been through a lot. 1493 01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:08,047 COMMENTATOR: Steve will pass the cup to his teammates. 1494 01:19:08,091 --> 01:19:10,484 Where the Stanley Cup goes next 1495 01:19:10,528 --> 01:19:13,183 tells you a lot about the team. 1496 01:19:13,226 --> 01:19:16,055 He turned, and he passes to Slava Fetisov. 1497 01:19:16,099 --> 01:19:20,016 COMMENTATOR: How appropriate, a roaring Joe Louis 1498 01:19:20,059 --> 01:19:23,889 for two members of the former Soviet Red Army team... 1499 01:19:23,933 --> 01:19:27,937 LARIONOV: It was like really special to us, 1500 01:19:27,980 --> 01:19:32,768 and a very, very good by Stevie, so they are doing this to two old Russians. 1501 01:19:32,811 --> 01:19:36,293 FETISOV: Winning the cup at 39. It's almost end of the career. 1502 01:19:36,336 --> 01:19:39,687 It probably was a gift from above. 1503 01:19:39,731 --> 01:19:43,039 The happiest day in my life. I've been playing hockey for 30 years, 1504 01:19:43,082 --> 01:19:46,172 this is a great trophy and I'm so happy for everybody. 1505 01:19:46,216 --> 01:19:47,217 And for this town of Detroit. 1506 01:19:48,784 --> 01:19:51,003 [TRIUMPHENT MUSIC PLAYING] 1507 01:20:13,547 --> 01:20:15,898 Pandemonium here in the locker room, as you can see. 1508 01:20:15,941 --> 01:20:17,508 Thank you! 1509 01:20:17,551 --> 01:20:19,771 [ALL SHOUTING] 1510 01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:22,556 Jeff Daniels is with us. What's this? What are you doing here? 1511 01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:24,167 What am I doing here? [LAUGHS] 1512 01:20:24,210 --> 01:20:25,690 I'm like the token actor. 1513 01:20:25,733 --> 01:20:27,561 [BOTH LAUGH] Actor, right? 1514 01:20:27,605 --> 01:20:29,041 Yeah, big actor. Yeah. 1515 01:20:30,390 --> 01:20:31,827 Big, big famous actor. 1516 01:20:31,870 --> 01:20:34,612 Yeah, he's driving a little motorcycle, right?Yeah. 1517 01:20:34,655 --> 01:20:36,701 I'm very happy for my teammates. 1518 01:20:36,744 --> 01:20:39,095 They helped me win Stanley Cup and... 1519 01:20:40,618 --> 01:20:42,272 Now I feel very good. 1520 01:20:42,315 --> 01:20:45,144 I want to say thank you to you, partner, 1521 01:20:45,188 --> 01:20:48,278 for your great play, for being a big part of it. Congratulations. 1522 01:20:48,321 --> 01:20:50,410 Thanks. And have a great summer. 1523 01:20:50,454 --> 01:20:51,934 Okay? Bye, partner. Okay. Thanks. 1524 01:20:51,977 --> 01:20:53,979 [CROWD CHEERING] 1525 01:20:54,023 --> 01:20:56,242 Russian Five changed the Detroit Red Wings, 1526 01:20:56,286 --> 01:20:59,115 changed the NHL, changed the international hockey. 1527 01:20:59,158 --> 01:21:02,770 And we had a chance to see firsthand what great people they were. 1528 01:21:02,814 --> 01:21:06,252 FEDOROV: I'd like to thank Ms. Ilitch, man Ilitch. 1529 01:21:06,296 --> 01:21:09,299 to get me, and help me to get here to play 1530 01:21:09,342 --> 01:21:13,216 in best hockey league I ever played in my life. 1531 01:21:14,391 --> 01:21:16,262 [CROWD CHEERS] Thank you, guys. 1532 01:21:21,224 --> 01:21:25,402 Thank you. I just wanna say thanks for everybody. 1533 01:21:25,445 --> 01:21:29,449 Especially you guys, because you wait this cup so long, 1534 01:21:29,493 --> 01:21:30,624 and you deserve it. 1535 01:21:30,668 --> 01:21:33,366 This goes cup for you guys, thank you. 1536 01:21:34,106 --> 01:21:36,282 [CROWD CHEERS] 1537 01:21:36,892 --> 01:21:38,110 I'll be back. 1538 01:21:46,075 --> 01:21:48,947 DEVELLANO: We know about how good they were. 1539 01:21:48,991 --> 01:21:53,952 We know that they were the last missing piece for us to win. 1540 01:21:53,996 --> 01:21:59,305 But for me, I think, "Holy cow! I grew up with all this propaganda, 1541 01:21:59,349 --> 01:22:01,655 "The Russians are the enemy." 1542 01:22:01,699 --> 01:22:04,136 And here, we bring the enemy over 1543 01:22:04,180 --> 01:22:05,790 they become our friends. 1544 01:22:07,096 --> 01:22:09,576 And they make it all good for Detroit. 1545 01:22:25,984 --> 01:22:29,466 Few days later, the phone rings, 1546 01:22:29,509 --> 01:22:32,643 and it'sThe Detroit News. [VOICE BREAKS] 1547 01:22:38,127 --> 01:22:40,694 REPORTER 1: Breaking news tonight, two of our hockey town heroes 1548 01:22:40,738 --> 01:22:43,175 are in the hospital and they're in pretty serious condition. 1549 01:22:43,219 --> 01:22:45,482 REPORTER 2: A limousine carrying Konstantinov, 1550 01:22:45,525 --> 01:22:50,313 his teammate Slava Fetisov, and team masseur, Sergei Mnatsakanov, 1551 01:22:50,356 --> 01:22:53,229 veered off the road and crashed into a tree 1552 01:22:53,272 --> 01:22:55,840 in suburban Detroit. 1553 01:22:55,883 --> 01:22:58,582 FEMALE REPORTER: How badly did the people appear to be injured? 1554 01:22:58,625 --> 01:23:00,410 Not moving around too much. 1555 01:23:00,453 --> 01:23:02,412 A tragic ending to a great week. 1556 01:23:02,455 --> 01:23:04,980 It was gonna be the last day we were gonna be together as a team 1557 01:23:05,023 --> 01:23:07,895 and we just decided to have a golf outing at The Orchards 1558 01:23:07,939 --> 01:23:10,898 so most of the guys, they know where it was. 1559 01:23:10,942 --> 01:23:13,249 and so we just decided to take all limos. 1560 01:23:15,033 --> 01:23:17,557 MALE REPORTER: Their limo driver fell asleep, left the roadway, 1561 01:23:17,601 --> 01:23:18,950 and ended the celebration. 1562 01:23:23,563 --> 01:23:26,653 FETISOV: I remember it was acceleration of the speed. 1563 01:23:26,697 --> 01:23:28,786 And then it was the big hit. 1564 01:23:28,829 --> 01:23:31,789 And I look... Vladdy was lying next to me and... 1565 01:23:31,832 --> 01:23:33,704 there was blood all over the car. 1566 01:23:36,054 --> 01:23:37,882 FEDOROV: I'm not crazy about this subject at all. 1567 01:23:37,925 --> 01:23:41,277 I'm not crazy about this question about the limo accident. 1568 01:23:46,195 --> 01:23:47,979 MAN: Nice shaker... 1569 01:23:48,023 --> 01:23:49,067 MAN 2: Nice. 1570 01:23:53,376 --> 01:23:54,899 Oh, so sweet. 1571 01:23:54,942 --> 01:23:57,249 FETISOV: This was last day before everybody was going. 1572 01:23:57,293 --> 01:24:00,252 And we went to the golf charity game. 1573 01:24:01,819 --> 01:24:04,169 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1574 01:24:04,213 --> 01:24:06,084 We're not golfers, you know, and... 1575 01:24:06,128 --> 01:24:07,477 We were thinking not to go. 1576 01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:10,697 But this is the last day we can be together 1577 01:24:10,741 --> 01:24:13,048 as a team, then everybody was going home. 1578 01:24:13,091 --> 01:24:14,875 KONSTANTINOV: Hey, move your car, guys. 1579 01:24:15,615 --> 01:24:17,095 [COUGHING] What? 1580 01:24:17,139 --> 01:24:18,488 Move your car. 1581 01:24:18,531 --> 01:24:20,446 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1582 01:24:20,490 --> 01:24:22,231 We have the right-of-way. 1583 01:24:22,274 --> 01:24:24,407 LIDSTROM: We know we're gonna have a few beers on the golf course. 1584 01:24:24,450 --> 01:24:26,539 So we all decided to get out a bunch of limos. 1585 01:24:26,583 --> 01:24:30,978 So no one's gonna have a few beers and drive after the gold game. 1586 01:24:31,022 --> 01:24:33,503 Whoa! [LAUGHS] 1587 01:24:33,546 --> 01:24:37,463 I pulled into the club just as a limousine was pulling out. 1588 01:24:37,507 --> 01:24:40,336 And then the limousine stopped and the window rolled down. 1589 01:24:40,379 --> 01:24:42,338 And I said, "Where you guys going?" 1590 01:24:42,381 --> 01:24:44,992 You know, like the night's just starting. 1591 01:24:45,036 --> 01:24:47,082 And they said, "Too much partying all week." 1592 01:24:47,125 --> 01:24:48,866 "Too tired." Not very many words. 1593 01:24:48,909 --> 01:24:50,346 And they drove off. 1594 01:25:11,062 --> 01:25:13,673 REPORTER: Slava Fetisov is in fair condition with a chest injury, 1595 01:25:13,717 --> 01:25:15,632 and a bruised lung. 1596 01:25:15,675 --> 01:25:18,417 Sergei Mnatsakanov has a significant head injury. He's in surgery at this hour. 1597 01:25:18,461 --> 01:25:19,766 He's the team masseur. 1598 01:25:19,810 --> 01:25:22,117 Vladimir Konstantinov in intensive care. 1599 01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:23,901 Life-threatening injuries. 1600 01:25:23,944 --> 01:25:25,120 Will continue to watch the situation there at the hospital. 1601 01:25:25,163 --> 01:25:27,774 Vladdy had torsion at his brain stem 1602 01:25:27,818 --> 01:25:30,777 which is the worst closed head injury you can have. 1603 01:25:30,821 --> 01:25:32,692 I was told that night 1604 01:25:32,736 --> 01:25:37,393 that there was less than a 10 percent chance of survival. 1605 01:25:37,436 --> 01:25:41,832 YZERMAN: The early prognosis on Slava Fetisov was pretty good. 1606 01:25:41,875 --> 01:25:44,704 Well, I'm happy to be going home. 1607 01:25:44,748 --> 01:25:49,187 Vladimir and Sergei still need your thoughts and prayers. 1608 01:25:49,231 --> 01:25:51,711 REPORTER: Is Mr. Konstantinov on a ventilator? 1609 01:25:52,886 --> 01:25:54,323 I mean, we're hearing rumors about... 1610 01:25:54,366 --> 01:25:57,282 Please, just quelch the rumors if you can. 1611 01:25:57,326 --> 01:26:00,024 Let's have some facts to quelch the rumors at least. 1612 01:26:00,067 --> 01:26:01,373 [MURMURING] 1613 01:26:01,417 --> 01:26:03,636 MAN: Is Vladimir Konstantinov on a ventilator? 1614 01:26:03,680 --> 01:26:07,684 Yes, Mr. Konstantinov is on a ventilator at this time. 1615 01:26:09,033 --> 01:26:11,905 In a matter of couple of hours, 1616 01:26:11,949 --> 01:26:16,171 like, the greatest moments of all of our careers were completely changed 1617 01:26:16,214 --> 01:26:18,434 and became very, very irrelevant. 1618 01:26:18,477 --> 01:26:21,785 Our entire organization, I think that the entire city feels the same 1619 01:26:21,828 --> 01:26:24,701 that we're devastated by 1620 01:26:24,744 --> 01:26:27,182 the accident that occurred last night. 1621 01:26:27,225 --> 01:26:30,359 Obviously, we have great concern for our teammates and our trainer. 1622 01:26:30,402 --> 01:26:32,317 These players were beloved. 1623 01:26:32,361 --> 01:26:37,192 And maybe nobody was more beloved than Vladimir Konstantinov. 1624 01:26:37,235 --> 01:26:40,325 And he was lying unconscious in a coma. 1625 01:26:40,369 --> 01:26:42,719 REPORTER: Since the accident, family members and teammates 1626 01:26:42,762 --> 01:26:44,982 have been at his side doing what they can 1627 01:26:45,025 --> 01:26:46,592 to help him recover. 1628 01:26:46,636 --> 01:26:48,594 FEDOROV: I remember all those days in the hospital. 1629 01:26:49,856 --> 01:26:52,119 We don't know we're gonna win or lose. 1630 01:26:52,163 --> 01:26:54,339 I came in almost every day. I tried to help, 1631 01:26:54,383 --> 01:26:56,341 because the doctor said they wanna give some hope 1632 01:26:56,385 --> 01:26:58,561 like, there's people around, so they can hear you. 1633 01:26:58,604 --> 01:27:02,173 A lot of times we would play, you know, We Are The Champions 1634 01:27:02,217 --> 01:27:05,437 'cause that was... Vladdy really liked that song after we won. 1635 01:27:06,786 --> 01:27:11,487 He'd sing it in broken English and make us all laugh. 1636 01:27:11,530 --> 01:27:15,317 REPORTER: Fans have maintained an around-the-clock vigil near the crash site. 1637 01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:18,755 Sergei Fedorov stopped by here last night about 2:40 in the morning. 1638 01:27:18,798 --> 01:27:21,105 He appreciated us being out here and... 1639 01:27:21,148 --> 01:27:22,715 It was a real good feeling. 1640 01:27:27,590 --> 01:27:30,114 DANIELS: There was such a love for that team. 1641 01:27:30,157 --> 01:27:32,464 For the Russian Five. 1642 01:27:33,335 --> 01:27:34,988 For Konstantinov. 1643 01:27:35,032 --> 01:27:38,209 That it was as if a member of your own family had been 1644 01:27:38,949 --> 01:27:40,516 severely injured. 1645 01:27:43,083 --> 01:27:45,869 And you can't believe it. You just... 1646 01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,133 [SIGHS] You just can't believe it. 1647 01:27:57,097 --> 01:28:00,013 OSGOOD: Throughout the course of the summer there was an obvious cloud 1648 01:28:00,057 --> 01:28:02,320 over the Stanley Cup and the celebrations. 1649 01:28:02,364 --> 01:28:07,282 And even a sense of guilt in wanting to celebrate. 1650 01:28:07,325 --> 01:28:11,198 KOCUR: I remember going to training camp that fall, and it felt like... 1651 01:28:11,938 --> 01:28:14,680 A hangover. 1652 01:28:14,724 --> 01:28:17,553 McCARTY: [CHUCKLES] I think we might have skated for an hour a day. 1653 01:28:19,642 --> 01:28:21,905 Eh... just bitter. 1654 01:28:24,299 --> 01:28:29,216 FETISOV: One thing to happy for yourself, you still can walk at least. 1655 01:28:29,260 --> 01:28:32,089 Same moment, realize it's gonna be... 1656 01:28:33,786 --> 01:28:35,571 Not the same now on. 1657 01:28:37,529 --> 01:28:40,053 Kind of feel like I could play for both of us. 1658 01:28:40,837 --> 01:28:42,447 Maybe another year. 1659 01:28:42,491 --> 01:28:45,145 That's kind of mission I was put in my mind. 1660 01:28:51,108 --> 01:28:53,589 LARIONOV: You doing your thing like you got your life. 1661 01:28:53,632 --> 01:28:58,942 And then your couple of team members are fighting for their lives. 1662 01:28:58,985 --> 01:29:00,378 It's not easy. 1663 01:29:00,422 --> 01:29:02,685 ANNOUNCER: Two important members of our team 1664 01:29:02,728 --> 01:29:04,121 cannot be with us tonight. 1665 01:29:04,164 --> 01:29:06,602 But here on behalf of their husbands 1666 01:29:06,645 --> 01:29:12,477 are Irina Konstantinov and Ilina Mnatsakanov. 1667 01:29:12,521 --> 01:29:17,047 to show that Vladimir and Sergei remain 1668 01:29:17,090 --> 01:29:20,311 in our thoughts and prayers each day. 1669 01:29:20,355 --> 01:29:22,922 DEVELLANO: Vladdy got out of the coma 1670 01:29:22,966 --> 01:29:25,795 and we knew he wasn't gonna play again. 1671 01:29:25,838 --> 01:29:30,930 To have your life stripped away like that was an awful thing. 1672 01:29:39,286 --> 01:29:44,117 IRINA KONSTANTINOV: I'd like to thank the community of Detroit 1673 01:29:44,161 --> 01:29:47,251 for great support and love. 1674 01:29:48,383 --> 01:29:52,256 It's a family decision we've made 1675 01:29:52,299 --> 01:29:57,348 that we'd like to transfer Vladimir at this point 1676 01:29:57,392 --> 01:30:00,395 to a different rehabilitation center 1677 01:30:00,438 --> 01:30:02,962 which is not within the Michigan. 1678 01:30:03,006 --> 01:30:07,445 And we do believe that the better weather condition 1679 01:30:07,489 --> 01:30:13,843 will help to stimulate his recovery. 1680 01:30:13,886 --> 01:30:17,107 LIDSTROM: Every day you're at the rink, you get reminded of what happened 1681 01:30:17,150 --> 01:30:19,239 'cause Vladdy's locker's right next to mine. 1682 01:30:19,283 --> 01:30:22,242 And the guy that should've been with you, you know, can't be with you. 1683 01:30:24,767 --> 01:30:29,598 I think the only release the players had was when they stepped on the ice. 1684 01:30:29,641 --> 01:30:32,775 That was their away time from looking at Vladdy's empty locker. 1685 01:30:32,818 --> 01:30:34,429 COMMENTATOR: Larionov looks to Murphy 1686 01:30:34,472 --> 01:30:36,256 Now to Lindstrom. Will he shoot? No, Lapointe. 1687 01:30:36,300 --> 01:30:38,737 Lindstrom, now shoots. Goal! 1688 01:30:41,348 --> 01:30:45,004 There was like an anger about us. Anger mixed with determination. 1689 01:30:45,048 --> 01:30:47,485 COMMENTATOR: Front of the net, Fetisov, back to Lapointe, 1690 01:30:47,529 --> 01:30:50,967 Moving in, centers, score! Kozlov. 1691 01:30:51,010 --> 01:30:52,751 Wow! 1692 01:30:52,795 --> 01:30:54,840 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1693 01:31:04,328 --> 01:31:05,938 McCARTY: Getting it done for your brother. 1694 01:31:07,070 --> 01:31:08,637 We don't really need to say anything. 1695 01:31:08,680 --> 01:31:12,118 We had that... intuition with each other. 1696 01:31:14,120 --> 01:31:15,731 OSGOOD: We went though the '98 season, 1697 01:31:15,774 --> 01:31:19,648 and eventually we got to the Stanley Cup. 1698 01:31:19,691 --> 01:31:22,738 STRADER: The Red Wings marched through the first three games of the series. 1699 01:31:22,781 --> 01:31:26,132 You just felt that they were gonna roll over this Washington team. 1700 01:31:26,176 --> 01:31:27,656 COMMENTATOR: For the Detroit Red Wings, 1701 01:31:27,699 --> 01:31:30,920 the opportunity to take the Stanley Cup home again. 1702 01:31:30,963 --> 01:31:33,226 Is tonight the night? 1703 01:31:34,489 --> 01:31:36,099 BOWMAN: You don't know the future. 1704 01:31:36,142 --> 01:31:39,494 What happens with these type of things, you never know. 1705 01:31:39,537 --> 01:31:44,847 And I just said, "We worked all year for this moment. 1706 01:31:44,890 --> 01:31:46,152 "Make sure you seize it." 1707 01:31:57,642 --> 01:32:00,123 YZERMAN: When we got to Game 4, there was probably 1708 01:32:00,166 --> 01:32:03,430 10,000, maybe more Red Wing jerseys in the building. 1709 01:32:03,474 --> 01:32:07,522 And at one point, there was a whole section of people stood up and cheered. 1710 01:32:07,565 --> 01:32:10,960 And we were watching that and it was Vladdy up there. 1711 01:32:11,003 --> 01:32:13,179 [CROWD CHEERING] 1712 01:32:20,317 --> 01:32:23,886 Seeing the other team's players give him a standing ovation too, 1713 01:32:23,929 --> 01:32:25,540 clapping their sticks, 1714 01:32:25,583 --> 01:32:28,586 to show their respect they have for Vladdy. 1715 01:32:28,630 --> 01:32:31,458 Kind of took everything beyond the game of hockey. 1716 01:32:42,252 --> 01:32:43,949 LARIONOV: Back to back, I say it's not easy. 1717 01:32:43,993 --> 01:32:45,864 Everybody knew how hard for him, 1718 01:32:45,908 --> 01:32:47,649 how easy for us. 1719 01:32:47,692 --> 01:32:51,348 So that's why people kind of give their extra effort or him. 1720 01:32:51,391 --> 01:32:55,570 It's our chance. We have to win that game no matter what. 1721 01:33:06,711 --> 01:33:08,321 We just keep coming at it. 1722 01:33:08,365 --> 01:33:11,542 Keep scoring. Keep assisting each other. 1723 01:33:11,586 --> 01:33:13,849 Shift in, shift out. 1724 01:33:13,892 --> 01:33:16,068 Because we knew Vladdy was in the stands. 1725 01:33:24,337 --> 01:33:26,557 [CROWD CHEERING] 1726 01:33:45,358 --> 01:33:47,622 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1727 01:34:03,028 --> 01:34:04,726 [CROWD CHEERING] 1728 01:34:12,342 --> 01:34:14,170 McCARTY: It's way beyond hockey. 1729 01:34:15,432 --> 01:34:17,869 It's the life in-between. 1730 01:34:17,913 --> 01:34:20,872 And that's the whole point of all of it. 1731 01:34:27,400 --> 01:34:29,315 I gotta tell you, I cried. 1732 01:34:29,751 --> 01:34:31,491 I cried. 1733 01:34:31,535 --> 01:34:35,321 FETISOV: This is the moment when you're not gonna be shy of your tears. 1734 01:34:35,365 --> 01:34:36,758 And that this is the moment of... 1735 01:34:38,411 --> 01:34:40,500 This is kind of man tears, you know. 1736 01:34:42,328 --> 01:34:43,678 You cannot be ashamed of this. 1737 01:34:50,423 --> 01:34:53,339 McCARTY: As I sit here today in my life, 1738 01:34:53,383 --> 01:34:57,300 you know, I couldn't imagine any one of the Russian Five 1739 01:34:57,343 --> 01:34:58,780 not being in it. 1740 01:34:58,823 --> 01:35:00,607 'cause they're all such an integral part. 1741 01:35:01,260 --> 01:35:03,610 [CROWD CHEERING] 1742 01:35:05,787 --> 01:35:08,006 YoubetCash.vip Agen Judi Online Aman & Terpercaya