Canada vs U.S.S.R 1987 Bench clearing brawl

Canada Russia Hockey Fight

• The "Punch-up in Piestany" erupted halfway through the final game of the 1987 world junior hockey championship. Canada was assured a medal, and would have moved ahead of Finland for the gold if they had beaten the Soviets by at least five goals.
• The blow-up began as a fight between Pavel Kostichkin and Theoren Fleury. Four Soviet players left their bench to join the brawl, and then all the players on both teams swarmed onto the ice.

Excerpt from cbc.ca.

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[pchoooooooo]

Can we all just acknowledge the fact that the NHL's Vice President of Hockey and Business Development and head disciplinarian (Brendan Shanahan) is in this brawl.

[ilke k]

LOL You do realize that most of your golds are derived from immigrant blood? That being a completely seperate issue, one look @ your profile made me laugh so much. You are addicted to lashing out online, so much so that you made a profile about it. I'm really sorry that you are such a waste in real life... I hope one day you'll achieve something worthwhile and not be such a disappointment to your family, and yourself.

[TheKiT1979]

Пизди кленовых!!!!

[joe curtis]

well this could of started WW3.

[TheBronx1313]

russians got OWNED... as usual..

learn how 2 fight u pussy ass cowards..

[Shanethefilmmaker]

Not wanting to sound too smug or over patriotic, but this fight is a clear example of why no one fucks with Canada. These guys are just Hockey players, give them a gun or some kind of blade and watch what happens. 

[Shanethefilmmaker]

One of the world's first.

[BEPrimAnim]

Is it because you enjoy seeing your team getting beat up? :_D

[Charles Zymurgy]

I had a lot of difficulty trying to figure out which team was which, given that it was not Hight Definition TV: LOL. I guess that the Canucks had some white on their shirts . . .

[danielfootball54]

Gay

[ByReload]

This Is Why Im Proud To Be Canadian

[wayne000111999]

That looks wild, and quite raw. I think USSR won the physical side of this game.