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in a young person.

He developed my patriotism.

For us, it's very important.

For me since I was ten, it was

very important what was in front.

The name of my team, my country.

I belong to the great nation.

If you wear the national team uniform,

that's your duty. To do your best.

To represent your country.

For the Soviets, sports were,

in a way, a kind of warfare.

The game, for them, wasn't just a game.

It was also part of what you

would call propaganda, actually.

Making it very clear

that we're the best,

and we're the best

because of the Soviet system,

because of socialism.

That's why we're the best.

At the moment, you are ahead of us.

We still have a lot of work to do

to catch up with you.

We'll do that.

We'll catch up.

We'll surpass you.

You may perhaps laugh now,

but when we overtake you,

we'll wave our hand as we say, "Capitalists!

Goodbye! Catch up if you can!"

Have you ever watched hockey?

I like playing with dolls.

Do you know what these letters mean:

K-G-B?

No.

Yeah, you were born much later.

You didn't have to deal

with this organization.

The Central Red Army prepare to travel

to North America to play

a series of games

against the best teams of the West.

One outstanding player we didn't

see in last year's junior series

was the brilliant defenseman

Viacheslav Fetisov.

When we crossed the Atlantic

to play against

the best Ontario clubs at 16 years old,

I was happy.

There was one flight per week.

Empty because nobody was flying.

Of course, regular people cannot leave

the country because that's the system.

I used to go with them

to provide security,

and to prevent any "escapes"

to the West.

The "special people"

who traveled with us,

they give your passport before you

get to passport control,

and they collect the passport

when you cross the border.

The Canadians put us

in a five-star hotel.

Chandeliers. Marble.

One room per player,

and a hundred TV channels.

Hey, right now, Loblaws is

having a huge frozen food sale.

Fruits, vegetables in the wintertime.

I've never seen it before for us.

In the Soviet Union,

we got fish only one day a week.

It was "Fish Thursday."

When people went abroad,

especially for the first time,

they were so surprised

by the differences.

We got $48.

They gave us pocket money.

I bought 2 jeans, 3 pair of shorts.

Lots of stuff which just didn't

exist in Moscow.

However, they never saw

the negative side

of the other countries.

Control was intense.

Without such intense control,

there was no point in the work at all.

I was never even thinking

about to defect.

Never. What's that mean?

It meant you were happy.

I'm happy.

Tonight, Team Canada

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