NHL.com’s John Kreiser notes that today is an auspicious day in hockey history:
1995: The Red Wings under coach Scotty Bowman make history by playing five Soviet players (Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Fedorov and Vyacheslav Kozlov) as a unit during a 3-0 road win against the Calgary Flames. All five had played for the Central Red Army in the Soviet Union. The “Russian Five” become a fixture in Detroit and help the Red Wings win the Stanley Cup in 1997.
