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#14 Yuri Shatalov
Yuri Shatalov was a defensive rearguard who got into only 2 Summit Series
contests: Game three in Winnipeg and game six in Moscow.
But his watching from the stands gave him a bird's
eye view to witness the historic series.
"I watched the games and tried to understand
what made us different. There wasn't much difference in skills. The difference
was passion. The Canadians played every minute of every game until the final
buzzer. I don't think they ever looked at the scoreboard," he said in an
interview for the 1991 hockey card set put out by Future Trends Enterprises.
STATISTICS
Pos. GP G A P PIM
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Yuri Shatalov D 2 0 0 0 0
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Career Biography
Yuri Shatalov was a defensive defenseman who is one
of the few Soviet players during the "robotic" era who could have his
style of play described as "full of heart." He was often used against
the other team's top players because of his defensive play and his first-step
quickness.
Shatalov was captain of the Soviet club team Krylja
Sovetov, but never became a regular on the national team.
Perhaps he never became a regular on the national
team following an unusual event in Soviet hockey that occurred in 1973. Shatalov
attacked an opponent on the ice. It was a routine thing in Canadian hockey, but
very much frowned upon in Soviet hockey. In the same game Vyacheslav Anisin
struck the referee with his stick.
Both Shatalov and Anisin officially received little
more than a slap on the wrist.
Career Statistics Born: June 13, 1945 in Omsk Height: 5'8" Weight: 178lbs Position: Defense Shoots: R
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