Valery Kharlamov induction into the hall of fame

[Ian9Rush]

one of the best players ever lived

[wg390]

I totaly respect NHL to add Mr. Valeriy Kharlamov into Hall of Fame

Even Mr. Kharlamov did not play even one game in NHL

He was one of the greatest hockey player who ever was born on a surface of our small planet Earth.

[quincee33]

@wg390 Yup. so was Tretiak! glad they're both in the Hall Of Fame!

[BBQFanNo1]

The Philadelphia Flyers and Buffalo Sabres knew how to beat the pants off of the Central Red Army team in 1976 and 1979.

But all hatred aside, Vladislav Tretiak and Valeri Kharlamov were the only two Russians players I liked and respected.

[Lurvy1963]

My question is: What happened to Valery Kharlamov? How did a great Russian hockey player like him die?

[Draugh39]

@Lurvy1963

It was a car crash when he was travelling with his wife. His wife was driving and the road was wet and she might have lost controll sending thr car into oncoming trafic. Both Valeri and his wife died. They had two young children. It was a black day for ise hockey.

[Lurvy1963]

@Draugh39 I know it has been since 1981 when Valery Kharlamov and his wife died in an automobile accident, but I'm very sorry to hear that. It must have been extremely tough for the kids to live through their whole lives without both parents around to be with them. RIP Valery Kharlamov. Thankfully his memories on the ice will live on.

[Draugh39]

@Lurvy1963

I agree. What I really think is a tribute to his skill as a player is that hockey fans from all over the world agree in this despite all the problems with the cold war and "national pride". I'm Swedish and even when we were hammered by the CCCP we still could enjoy the brilliant hockey.

Just a thought experiment. If it had been possible, would you have like to see the "troika", Kharlamov, Petrov and Mikhailov play as a lineup for your own club-side?

[Lurvy1963]

@Draugh39 Kharlamov, Petrov and Mikhailov line play on my club-side. It would be something. There was a time in the early 1990s, the NHL's Vancouver Canucks tried one time to have the entire line of Bure, Federov, and Mogilny (the dominate Russian line at the time) play for them. At least they did have The Russian Rocket himself, Pavel Bure play on their roster and he used to scare the hell out of the opposition with his explosive skating and goalscoring.

[Draugh39]

@Lurvy1963

Bure was brilliant too. So you are a Vancouver fan? We have one of "our" (Brynäs IF) players coming your way soon I have heard, Anton Rödin. I haven't seen him play myself as I now live in Australia (a distinct lack of hockey here) but I hope he does you proud.

[M26MASH]

Amazing player. Im glad N. America extended the class to a truly great player who deserves to be honored amongst the greats.

[MrCool63]

He had SOOOOO much skill it was unbelievable.... shame what happened...

[avaxtakaka]

I only saw Valeri Kharlamov play about

3-4 times, due to the Cold War being in-

effect at that time. But, without a doubt, he

was a GREAT player! Had he been able to

compete in the NHL, he would have made

his mark on the record book.

[MrTIESTOOO]

sochi RUSSIA 7 :  0 CANADA

[slivovich]

Too bad Canada won Russia today 3-7 destroy!

[OLEGfmRUS]

такому ЧЕЛОВЕКУ нужно памятник воздвигнуть, вместе с Валерой признание за океаном получил и весь русский хоккей. спосибо Валера

[tadisfast777]

This guy was gonna be better dan any hockey player known to man kind

[sageSPH]

nah, man. i know i'm Canadian and i have a great deal of respect for Kharlamov, but Gretzky is the greatest hockey player ever. period. he holds every single record and has more points than anyone in any professional league anywhere.

[xXNoobHunter91Xx]

yah whatever nhl maybe world class no kharlamov is better by faaaaaaaar

[sageSPH]

what evidence do you have to support that claim?

[v3rtic4L5miL3]

As a canadian how dare you think your point of view has a fucking piece of objectivity?

No one fucking cares about your words.

I'm not canadian even not russian, as I try to be objective, Canadians are way too arrogant about Hockey. You're trolling on every fucking not pro-canadian video.

Now a shitload of ppl like me who would be neutral are tired by the "Canadian hockey" arrogance and want to see your ass kicked fair & square

Now, you get back to your NHL videos & stop trolling

[sageSPH]

wow ur raging. i was just saying that i'm Canadian and trying to make my opinion seem less biased. you'll notice i said i have a lot of respect for Kharlamov and the country of Russia. stop being a xenophobic prick. and what makes you think i care about what you say if you're talking about my nation this way. as i said i was showing no disrespect towards Kharlamov OR Russia i was just saying who i thought was the greatest hockey player. get the stick out of your ass.

[v3rtic4L5miL3]

I didn't see you were a kid... You could be my son. I don't want to argue with you. You're absolutely right, I'm a prick etc,etc.... sorry for the bad words, End of story.

[sageSPH]

ok...

[leafsgirl41]

What year was this

[ubercanuckle]

Kharlamov was twice as talented as any Canadian in the 72 lineup...

period.

anyone who wonders why he is in the HHOF..

buy the 72 series 8 game dvd and watch it...have your rewind ready...!

[GueorguiJoukov]

Well, if someone asked me ten years ago which was the best player in hockey history, I would have said Gretzky.

And until I saw Kharlamov here, on the net, I would have said Lemieux.

Now that I have seen Kharlamov, I have to say he is the ONE. He was so fast and explosive all the others looked like turtles on the ice.

Kharlamov had WAY more speed and hand skill than both of them. He was at least 20 years before his time.

[kewlnsimpguy]

@ubercanuckle till he got dirty slashed -_-

[MadcapLaugh3]

@ubercanuckle I couldn't agree more!

[ubercanuckle]

1972 was the first year Canada could use its NHL players...

if Canada used NHL players all the time, we would have as many or close to what Russia has for world chamionships..which is a lot!

in1974 some Canadian players had it in their contract that they could drink beer between periods!!- we were lazy before the 72 series..

both countries are the best...I will always have respect for the big red machine...

Canada and Russia are forever "cousins" ...from hockey...

cheers

[ubercanuckle]

Kharlamov...

the nest player ever not in the NHL

fucking KGB!! booo!!

Kharlamov... was simply...

AMAZING!!

p.s. I m a proud Canadian but 72 was very very lucky....and the Bobby Clarke slash was disgusting and un-honourable.

I have Kharlamov jersey and I wear it proudly when I have it on!

[IgorB79]

ubercanuckle.

You badly know Kharlamov. It never would go to play NHL. It was the patriot of the country. KGB? ha-ha. Hollywood kills a brain.

[anthonytaftaf]

the Russia is the first hockey nation of the world the canada is good but the russians had revolution the hockey schematique and technique...canada is only the origine not the better...

[Maxie1111]

Those guys won was because of their heart, which is one thing Tarasov didn't teach as the "Father of Russian Hockey". So ya, Canada makes a battle out of a game, while the Russians play the easy way to victory. No use for using their own refs on that part.

[chapaev36]

More Soviet players should be inducted .. Kharlamov was one of the first - he deserved it, but shoudn't have been named in front of the likes of Bobrov, Firsov, Makarov and Vasiliev. Maltsev also should be in the hall, along with Mikhailov and Starshinov. These guys were hockey superstars and the hockey hall of fame should consider rewarding them for their greatness.

[lobzdik]

the fact is that peple dont like russians overe there...

by right there should be more cccp players in the hall

[Maxie1111]

They will, in due time, Glenn Anderson should have been in long ago, isn't. Bobrov and all those guys will be in since they have Petr Stasney on the selection committee now. The reason Kharlamov got in was because of media pressure, but my opinion, he should have been in a long time ago.

[chapaev36]

I also forgot to mention Sologubov .. just as good as Fetisov, maybe even better.

[dome1972]

These guy's are too busy living in the bottle. It's the Russian way.

[wg390]

how about most queit man in Russian team: Yakushev?

He just tear apart Canada in 1972 series

[nickcat0]

The Russian's record of gold medals from the mid 50's until the breakdown of the Communist bloc in the early 90's was astonishing , and if Canada chose not to send their best players , then that is their problem .

When the "best" Canadians did play the Russians in 1972 , the result was close enough to prove that many Russians could easily have made it in the NHL .

[nickcat0]

tacular3 ... you let yourself down with that Hitler comment .

For the record , Kharlamov is worthy of his place in the Hall of Fame . Until the late 80's it was not possible for the Russians to come to the NHL . It is only in the last 20 years that the NHL has become a showcase for the world's best players . Before that the best Russian players played in Russia , and the only time the rest of the world got to see them was at Olympic Games , World Championships etc .

[tacular3]

Why are these Idiots "zheka1780" coming on here claiming the russians are the best??? they never won DICK..... Claiming the "super series" wins were legitimate as Canada Cups, World Cups or Olympics(When the best actually showed up, Not before 1998, because that was a joke!) You cry babies won the Canada cup ONCE! we won it 4 out of 5 times and the world cup and olympic gold in 02. Canada OWNS hockey!!!

[zheka1780]

Calm down,cuntface! and stop crying like bitch... I say it again,,, THE SOVIET HOCKEY TEAM WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST and your fucked up Canada does not own a shit... just face it, dickhead... If my explanations do not convince you then go to jerk off at your canadian flag or something

[tacular3]

Thats really to bad... Hitler should have gased your grandparents not the jews! So your worthless piece of shit family wouldnt have been born. KISS MY ASS!

[zheka1780]

I knew you were gay...

[uutari]

True, team canada won / tied the games mostly with their own referees..

[Maxie1111]

Then how many refs of their own were on the ice when Canada won their 24 World Championships then?

[chapaev36]

Most of those came before WWII.

[Maxie1111]

And yet, you have not surpassed us.

[wg390]

It is absolutly TRUE

After WWII Canada start faced real hockey teams

Canada waited 33 yrs to get a next worldchapionship from 1961 to 1994

Canada should forget that they are best team in the world. It is too many teams now who can beat Canada anytime and anyplace.

I love Canadians here on youtube who so ignorat about it

To bad Canada is not a power anymore in ice hockey. Just one of the best among the best

[wg390]

zheka dont pay attention to assholes like tacular3

The whole world knows that USSR team was best and never be replicated team in a world

Russians was simply best hockey team at that time and it is only dream to have a team like USSR had these days

[igorzee]

These "very weak european competition" were so weak that they left Canada at 4th and USA at 7th places in 1984. 1976 -- USA at 5th, oops where was Canada? 1981 Canada Cup -- I wonder who was beaten by Soviets in finals? 1980 -- "Miracle on Ice" by USA, where was Canada -- did they make to the medal round at all?! 1972 -- Canada is not on the list again -- were they "playing chicken" in front of "very weak european competition"?

[tacular3]

Oops! why dont you look back in history we didnt send shit to the olympics or world champ. till now! your excuse is pathetic. Look at the "Best on best" seriies 1972 Canada #1 1976 Canada #1 1981 Ruskies #1 1984 Canada #1 1987 Canada #1 1991 Canada #1 1996 Usa #1 1998 Czech #1 2002 Canada #1 2004 Canada #1 2006 Sweeden #1 HMMMMM let me see Canda has won 7 out of 11 tournaments! NICE TRY

[tacular3]

Why the fuck is HE in the hall of fame.... just like his comrad tretiak. 72 series hype ....

[igorzee]

Valery Borisovich Kharlamov (Russian: Валерий Борисович Харламов; January 14, 1948 - August 27, 1981) was a star ice hockey player from the Soviet Union. He is considered by many to have been the greatest player to have been produced by the Soviet Union.He died in a car accident.

[tacular3]

" He is considered by many to have been the greatest player to have been produced by the Soviet Union" By who? He didnt play in the NHL!

[igorzee]

NHL? It was just another hockey league at the time. Don't judge everything from your tower. Try to think historically

[igorzee]

At Montreal, Canada, in game one of the eight game international series against the best professionals from Canada, a virtually unknown Valery Kharlamov astonished Canadian fans and their star hockey team with his explosive speed, agility, and goal scoring prowess. Kharlamov was voted the game's MVP after he scored two goals while leading his team to an upset victory that shook the foundations of North American professional ice hockey to the core. In game six of the fiercely fought series.

[igorzee]

Canada's Bobby Clarke, of the Philadelphia Flyers, slashed Kharlamov on his left ankle. Although he bravely continued in game six, he was unable to play in game seven and was ineffective in the final game. Some observers believe that this injury was a crucial incident which turned the tide of the series in Canada's favour. Some believe that constant slashing of Kharlamov was retaliation for the goals that he scored.

[igorzee]

This was your way of playing hockey back then. You should be thankful that European players taught you how to play intelligent, combinational game and not be the bunch of goons worrying about how to slash and injure someone instead of playing the puck.

[tacular3]

You name any russian at any position i can name 2 canadians that were better!

[tacular3]

Shrimnov!!!! i dont what your getting at??? Russian have won 1 BEST OF BEST tourney. What the hell are you trying to say? you must be drinkin too much "shmirnov" WHAT IS YOUR POINT!?!?!?!?! PLEASE TELL ME!!!!!

[igorzee]

Oh, well. I see you stubborn -- it is good -- it got you as far as semi-professional team. You remind me the soviet communist apparatchik with the slogan -- "It is better because it is OURS!". You just need to be a little bit wiser. Statistics is vital. Nothing proves better than that. Let's look at the numbers?

[igorzee]

USSR came to the international world of hockey in 1954. So I'll give you numbers from 1954-1991.

World Championship (G-S-B)

USSR 19-7-4

Canada 4-5-6

Olympics

USSR 7-1-1

Canada 0-1-1

Total games between USSR and Canada during Olympics 5-1 in favor of USSR (Canada had home advantage once -- USSR none)

[igorzee]

Your beloved Canada Cap (Summit Series)

USSR 2-2

Canada 5-2

Total games 10-6-10 (even, though Canada had home advantage all the time)

Soviet team had participated in 18 Super Series with NHL teams

Score in Super Series (14-2-2 in favor of Soviets)

Total games (55-10-22 in favor of Soviets)

[igorzee]

* (55-10-33)

[igorzee]

Numbers are deadly. There is no place for your whining or excuses. We can always find millions of reasons why we did not win but the result will be remembered in history and your tears will be forgotten tomorrow. Your players might have been good but they did not prove it hard enough. USSR had cruel but the best system to train the BEST team and history logged it into its annals. "What if" games are left for losers.

[tacular3]

Never spoke with someone with soooooo many excuses! We won we continued to win and we still win. You go anywhere in the world and say the word "hockey" everybody thinks CANADA! The only thing that matters is The "BEST ON BEST" even put the canada cups aside and look at the world cups and last 3 olympics no home advantage. CANADA = #1 ......

[igorzee]

Wake up and clear your head. Are we still talking about Valerij Kharlamov and team USSR vs Canada? You are getting lost, my friend... You asked for reasons Kharlamov is being honored - we tried to explained... You just not getting it. The only player who can stand up to Kharlamov's fame is Wayne Gretzky.

Canada is back on top because, there is no Soviet system of training and USSR red machine is gone...

[tacular3]

EXCUSES!!!!!!.............. CANADA IS #1 EVERYBODY KNOWS IT!

We should have a poll on here to see what everybody thinks

[tacular3]

Your "excuses" again......... nothing to do with interational competition "Canada VS USSR" Club teams vs soviet National teams obvious outcome. How about team canada goes to Russia and plays club teams. It would be 15 - 0 EVERY GAME!

[igorzee]

Oh, boy... I'm talking about apples; he turns away and talks about oranges. I'm not denying that Russian hockey team sucks nowadays. Look at the title of the video... Think when this guy was playing... Are you still getting lost? I see you are one of those people who talks nonsense when has no arguments... Rest in peace... May god enlighten you some day...

[tacular3]

Yup..... you one up keep dreaming GOOD BYE!

[tacular3]

Once again..... We have to tell you we didnt send our best team.....

[igorzee]

Again and again - the same blow... Your best wasn't good enough against USSR's best. Check the super series. And do me a favor, read my posts - you migth learn something: total games played in Summit Series-Canada Cup between Canada and USSR - 10 lost, 6 tied, 10 won.

[Maxie1111]

In the 40 games he played against the nhler's, he scored 48 points, was physical when he had to be as well, not bad.

[tacular3]

he was the best ruskies had... He couldnt hold Bobby Orrs jock!

People on here saying Canadians were goons!! ya we had a few russians kicked us with skates!!!!!! WTF is that. We had just as much talet if not more than they did.

[igorzee]

Good, good, good... We are getting somewhere... "We had just as much talet..." is a very good statement. I agree with on that :)

[Maxie1111]

So you're going to base a player's whole career just on ONE series? You're a joke.

[igorzee]

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak MSM (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Третья́к; born April 25, 1952 in the village Orudyevo in Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union, now Russia), was a goaltender on some of the most successful hockey teams of the Soviet Union and is considered one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of hockey.

[tacular3]

"and is considered one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of hockey." They both played against very weak european competition.... so what if they played good for 7 games against Canada! that shouldnt make the hall of fame

[igorzee]

"Many NHL clubs were in a frenzy to sign up Valery Kharlamov for his impressive showing in that game. They had just seen him once and were already considering him the finest winger they had ever seen. Everyone realized that any one of these Soviets could make the NHL." He was offered $ 1,000,000 to play in NHL. I believe that W. Gretzky got only about $250,000 for his first year...

[tacular3]

that sounds like allot of crap.... where do you get this stuff er i mean make it up. LOL

[igorzee]

The truth is that, if I name any of my sources you would disregard them because it came from me. Thus, I think it pointless to name them. They are openly available in English and Russian versions of the internet. For starters, go to Google and search on Valery Kharlamov. I have the feeling that you have not done even the basic homework, before opening your mouth.

[tacular3]

Cant belive everything you see on the internet...

[zheka1780]

Why are you so stupid dude???? Go ask your parents about Soviet Ice Hockey Team. Maybe they'll educate you some more...

Igor, Krasavcheg.... Molodec, a to ya inogda xueyu ot etix pridurov Kanadskix,,,

[tacular3]

haha... stupid eh. Jiri Bulba (im a friend of the family) says Kharlamov was good but not that great! Jiri played against him over 100 times. 76 Canada up, world champs and so on. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE! owned!

[zheka1780]

Damn man, you are dumb!!! You forgot to mention 74, 79,81,and 87(cccp vs all NHL stars) Get real man, soviet team was the best... if you don't trust to Internet, go to the library and check info there...

[tacular3]

87 eh (he was really good in that series!)ahahaha you obvioulsy dont know what the hell your talking about! He was dead in 81! nice try.... STILL OWNED!

[zheka1780]

I was talking about soviet hockey team, idiot. As for Kharlamov there was no any canadian/american player those days who'd play nearly like Kharlamov... Who is Jiri Bulba??? I've never herd of that dude. He was probably sitting on the bench whatchin' #17 play...

[tacular3]

your head is way to far up your ass (IDIOT).... FUCK OFF!

[tacular3]

Hey Igor, Long time no speak! i was on the TSN website and theres a great article about how Canada has had the thier best year in hockey. Though you might want to have a peakskee "Was 2007 Canada's best hockey year ever?"

[DimulyaNeP]

good video

[Maxie1111]

They should have inducted him years ago.