OT: Russian Five Documentary
February 15th, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 3:11 PM ^
Freep link, notgiving them the honor of my click. What is the Russian Five?
February 15th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 9:34 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
Couldn't make it any easier than that.
February 15th, 2018 at 5:04 PM ^
it means the OP was inadequate by definition.
February 15th, 2018 at 5:16 PM ^
OP info wasn't inadequate, though. Some people just want people to know they still righteously boycott the freep without bothering to do the very modest amount of typing required to make up for that choice.
February 15th, 2018 at 9:28 PM ^
February 16th, 2018 at 1:22 AM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 3:24 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 6:38 PM ^
They were the best ever. Such a thing of beauty watching them skate. Any new ground in this film that wasn't covred in "Red Army?"
February 15th, 2018 at 3:24 PM ^
Or maybe, hopefully you are not from Michigan?
February 15th, 2018 at 3:39 PM ^
Putin's right hand
February 15th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
In the 90's they were a force for the Red Wings.
February 15th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
I assume you're either very young or not a Wings fan, but they were the best group to be called "The Wizards Of Ov" that the world has ever seen or perhaps will ever see play professional hockey. Every night, some beautiful things happened on the ice when they were out there.
February 15th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
Isn't that the truth. One of the most amazing hockey things I've ever seen. Miss those days...
February 15th, 2018 at 8:02 PM ^
count?
February 15th, 2018 at 5:22 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 3:45 PM ^
The Russian Five skated so beautifully. If the puckhandler saw a line of defenders waiting to grab him at the blue line, he'd just turn around and pass the puck back instead of dumping it in, and they'd circle around, passing the puck back and forth, leaving the other team dumbfounded and flat-footed, until a better opportunity to enter the zone presented itself. Amazing stuff.
February 15th, 2018 at 3:49 PM ^
Yes, it was a sight to behold much different than the norm at the time, which was a lot of dump and chase, subtle interference, etc. I'm not sure how successful they were at scoring, but it was sure nice to watch.
February 15th, 2018 at 3:58 PM ^
Sergi got his share past the net minder, little Slava did too.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:26 PM ^
I meant their scoring success as the Russian 5 unit. It was great to watch but I don't recall how successful they were. As ai recall, they did not play together very much.
February 15th, 2018 at 6:46 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 9:00 PM ^
They weren't a regular line, but they skated circles around everyone - literally. They kept it up inside the zone, too, and normally ended up with a really good scoring chance. And if they didn't, the other team could rarely clear the zone and ended up missing a change and getting into trouble anyway. They wer simply awesome to watch.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
"Subtle interference"? In the clutch-and-grab era? LOL, OK, sure.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
OK, bad choice of adjectives. You're right. Feel better now? Gosh, one word off...I'll try harder next time.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
It was great watching Canadians (mostly Don Cherry) freak their shit over the Russian line. It was a a helluva lot more fun to watch than the dump and chase. It was especially fun scoring goals, preventing goals and winning games. I miss the Wings.
February 15th, 2018 at 3:52 PM ^
Some decent hockey there boy.
February 15th, 2018 at 3:56 PM ^
Man it was so much fun to watch them play
February 15th, 2018 at 4:45 PM ^
This link showed up nearby when I watched that. Watch the first goal.
And the rest, for that matter.
February 15th, 2018 at 6:39 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 6:52 PM ^
NOW RETIRE HIS FUCKING NUMBER @DETROITREDWINGS
February 15th, 2018 at 7:09 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 7:39 PM ^
I miss Mike Ilitch. If he were here the swoon could end the moment he decided he was finished with sustained mediocrity and presented Steve an offer he couldn't refuse. "Come save our franchise again and here's $2 million more than anyone else in your position makes to do it."
Mr. Ilitch is gone and there is no clearer demonstration of that than the rank mediocrity on both sides of the Fisher Freeway right now.
February 15th, 2018 at 7:12 PM ^
I like that third goal, where Konstantinov's fake makes the guy drop to the ice, and he goes around. Meanwhile, another guy probably trying to check Federov hits his own guy, taking them both out, and Federov goes to the net uncovered.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
I recall watching a Wings game with a group of Michigan hockey fans. Sometime deep into the evening, one of the fans, "Hammer" (who, as a Ferris grad, also roots for Ferris in hockey) shared a story of his (I think) nephew from a couple of years earlier. It was sometime around the Stanley Cup repeat, and his young nephew had drawn a classic pinned-to-the-fridge kids picture of the Russian Five, with the players names written on the page.
The names, of course, were not always legible and not always accurate. One, in particular, caught the family's attention--a player identified in the picture as "Onov."
"Who is 'Onov?'" they wondered.
Some investigation revealed the identity of the mystery player: It was the senior statesman of the Russian Five, "Larry Onov."
As it happens, the game we were watching late into the night was game three of the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, and the triple-OT winning goal was scored by Igor Larianov himself. To the delighted cheers of "Lawrence!" from those of us in on the joke.
February 15th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 9:07 PM ^
I remember seeing a pic or video where someone had put on his locker some tape with "OV" on it.
February 15th, 2018 at 5:30 PM ^
Film Fest watches you.
February 15th, 2018 at 5:50 PM ^
UGH! NO POLITICS!
February 15th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
What a great era of Red Wing hockey! They were fun to watch
February 15th, 2018 at 6:35 PM ^
Retire number 91.
I'm sure 13 will be.
February 15th, 2018 at 6:53 PM ^
For Dennis Cholowski to never make the NHL before 13 can be retired. His departure stings too much for the time being for how it screwed the team.
February 15th, 2018 at 8:20 PM ^
It is an embarassment and quite honestly very petty of the Illitches to have not retired Fedorov's jersey a long time ago.
Fedorov was one of the top five two-way forwards in the HISTORY of the NHL. Even though #91 played his last five North American seasons in other cities, he still holds these positions in Detroit Red Wings franchise history (stats courtesy of Detroit Sports Rag):
- 10th in games played
- 4th in goals
- 7th in assists
- 5th in points
- 2nd in +/-
He won the Hart Trophy (MVP) and Selke Trophy (best defensive forward) twice! First ballot hall-of-famer. Named by the NHL as one of the best 100 players ever to put on the skates. Guess how many men on this list played 13 years or more for one team and do not have their jersey retired? That's right, only Sergei Fedorov.
Fedorov has the highest point-per-game average in the franchise’s postseason history. Ahead of both Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman. And Fedorov trails only Howe for the regular-season mark.
Without Fedorov, the Wings most likely do not win the 97, 98 or 02 Stanley Cups.
"But Sergei didn't spend his whole career in Detroit." Sergei Fedorov left as a free-agent to take less money in Anaheim AFTER Mike Ilitch pulled his offer to Sergei because he thought Fedorov was taking too much time deciding. Gordie Howe didn't spend his whole career in Detroit. Sid Abel didn't spend his whole career in Detroit. Neither did Terry Sawchuk. Maybe we should yank their jerseys down.
Who else played "only" 13 years in Detroit? Isiah Thomas. Who else? Jack Morris. Of course, the Illitches retired Morris' jersey immediately after he got elected to the HOF and his career wasn't half of what Fedorov accomplished. Making matters even worse is the fact that Richard Hamilton, Vinnie Johnson and Ben Wallace have their jerseys hanging from the rafters of LCA, but Fedorov does not.
What's really a shame is after all he has done for the Red Wings he has had to worry about getting booed when he comes back to Detroit. He should never have to pay for a meal in the city of Detroit for the rest of his life! He should own a Ford dealership (Fedorov Ford has a cool ring to it). It's a pity he didn't get to see #91 raised to the rafters at JLA and quite honestly he has handled this major slap in the face with nothing but class.
Retire #91 - now.
February 15th, 2018 at 8:31 PM ^
February 15th, 2018 at 9:35 PM ^
So do I. That is a great argument for #retire91...