Quote Originally Posted by Argoknot View Post
Berenson played two games with one assist. He may have been more useful as an off ice scout providing insight viewing from the stands. He was quoted as saying after game 5 that he saw how the Canadians could beat the Soviets. That early coaching insight would show later in his career as a coach. Disagree on Perrault, yeah he had speed so did Kharlamov. Except Kharlamov had three or four major league moves to Perrault's one. The Russians figured him out pretty quicerkly which is why he barely played.

One interesting thing is the dietary habits of the teams. Neither had really figured that out yet. A standard pre game meal for an NHLer was a big steak, ice cream and a Coke this was before carb loading with pre game meals of pasta. The Soviets (with easy availability while in Canada) devoured Cokes. It's a wonder they could skate with that much sugar in their system, obviously they were able to burn it off easily being in such good condition.

Rick Noonan, Canadian trainer assisting the USSR: The Russians trained like crazy, but they loved their Coca-Cola. They would drink it all the time: morning, at practice, after games. I’d hand out a hundred and more bottles after practice.
You forgot the after dinner "cancer stick" which many pro athletes still participated in back then.