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Russian skaters sweep world titleBLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) | —The Unilcd States but not hard enough, allowing Russia to complete a Ihreegame sweep of the second annual World Cup Hockey Tournament with a 13-3 victory Tuesday night.The Russians jumped to a 5-0 first period lead, and held a commanding -i advantage after two.Russia’s first line of Vladimir Pelrov, Valeriy Kharlamov and Boris Mikhailov cleaned up against the less experienced Americans.. Petror notched three goals and three assists, while Kharlamov and Mikhai-:lov each scored tw0 goals and two assists.Yuri ixrhedev also scoredtwice for Russia, with Aleksandr Maltsev, Aleksandr Yakushev, Alcksnndr Bodunov and Vladimir Vikulov each scoiing lone goals.Chuck Ness of the Universly of Micncsota-Dululh openedscoring for the United States, with teammates Earl Anderson of North Dakota and Paul O’Neil of Boston University adding tallies in the third period.U.S. coach Bob Johnson said he feels his learn could he a powerhouse if it was kept together.A lot cf our players are freshmen and sophomores in college,” Johnson said. Tf we kept this team together in, say the Central League for three years, it would be a helluvalearn.Johnson said ho was pleased with performances of several team members Tuesday night.“A tot of our players played well ‘.orighV he said. “Lock at Doug PalauarU-he was excellent. He scored four goals against Wisconsin earlier this year in one game and tonight was the first time I ever saw him miss a breakaway.While lb* bustling center from Colorado College and Eve-leth, Minn., did miss on a breakaway, Soviet goalie Aleksandr Sidtlnikov deserves nosl of the credit for never flinching and leaving nothing to shoot at.“I saw films of the Russians beating the U.S. Olympic team 13-3 last year in this tournament, Johnson said, and we played belter tonight than that team did last year. Whit you need against the Russians Is an oulslanding goalien-dcr ... and a helluva lot of luck.Toe U S. finished tournament action without a victory. Ccch-Oilovakia, the defending champion, ended this year’s games with a 2-1 record, while Canada was 1-2,■It lock Delroit Tiger pitcher Mickey Lolich eight seasons to reach the 20-game victoryclass.
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Winona Daily News
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Wed, Jan 03, 1973
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