The explosive Russian forward Valeri Kharlamov---affectionately dubbed “the Spaniard“ due to his flamboyant skating and stickhandling as well as his mother's Basque heritage---barely looks like he's moving as he slashes through a bushelful of New York Rangers en route to this goal. This clip comes from the first game ever played between an NHL club and Moscow's Central Red Army team at Madison Square Garden on December 28, 1975. Red Army walloped the Blueshirts 7-3 in a contest that wasn't as close as the
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