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When I was in school in Montreal the 'Red Army' came to North America and beat an NHL all-star team 6-0.
CSKA Moscow, the famous Red Army team, bested the New York Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden while the Soviet Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4. In perhaps the most famous game of the series, the Red Army had a New Year's Eve date with a Montreal Canadiens team on the cusp of winning the next four Stanley Cups. Montreal outshot the Soviets 38-13, but the magnificent play of goalie Vladislav Tretiak earned them a 3-3 draw.
The Broad Street Bullies, as the Flyers were then known, managed to exact a measure of revenge with a 4-1 victory.
The Flyers, known for their physical, domineering approach, stunned the Soviets with their aggression, and they left the ice in protest 10 minutes into the first period. When they did return to play, the Flyers didn't back off. The crowd roared when Flyers defenceman Ed Van Impe leveled a ferocious hit against Russian star Valeri Kharlamov, whose ankle had previously been shattered by Flyers captain Bobby Clarke in the 1972 series. Still, when the final whistle blew, relations between the teams improved, with players from both sides sharing drinks in the locker room after the Flyers' win.
1979, the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team defeated the NHL All-Stars 2 games to 1 in the Challenge Cup. The games were played at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
It was the Soviet National national team, not Red army