Sykur
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- Apr 11, 2011
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The old Soviet teams would NEVER pull their goalie when down a goal late in the third and that was a longstanding policy of Russian hockey for decades. They didn't even pull their goalie in the Miracle On Ice.
Because as with most things in Russia, optics was more important than results. To them, a loss by 1 goal looked better than a potential loss by more (even though taking the risk had a greater chance of tying).
Because as with most things in Russia, optics was more important than results. To them, a loss by 1 goal looked better than a potential loss by more (even though taking the risk had a greater chance of tying).