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Russian Coach i Lauds U.S. '6', Duluth Fans• MINNEAPOLIS W - The Soviet and U.S. National hockey teams meet tonight here at: Met Sports Center in a rematch' of the Russians 5-3 win at Du-luth, Sunday,l! like the American team very much/’ said Soviet Coach Arkadi Chemishov through an interpreter, “The U.S. always puts on a good showing in the Olympic years.! This one is young and quick,! but looks like it- needs more time together.”The current Soviet team has j seven players from the 1963 j Olympic championship squad, j “I wasn’t particularly upset! when we were behind 2-0. Sun-! day,” Chernishov satd,“It was difficult to adjust to j the time zone change for our first game in the U.S. For us, it was like playing early in the morning. We were sleepy.” I Tlie coach went on, “I liked!! the enthusiasm of the Duluth 'crowd. It's not very often you find an objective crowd like that. They sympathized with whichever team deserved it.” U.S. Coach Murray Williamson hopes for an upset tonight. . “We used to play the Russians 1 just to try to hold the score down,” he said. “But Sunday it really hurt to lose.” ,
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Winona Daily News
Winona, Minnesota, US
Tue, Dec 19, 1967
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