In the late 1980s, the Detroit Red Wings worked to finally break their decades long Stanley Cup drought by extracting players from the Soviet Union, and in the process, changed the way North American hockey is played.
December 13, 1969 in Pskov, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
20 April 1958, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
26 January 1961, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
5 February 1934, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
April 1, 1972 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
18 September 1933, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
December 3, 1960 in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
23 January 1969, Mimico, Ontario, Canada
January 18, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 19, 1967 in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

