Fifteen years after they shared the ice surface in the closing seconds of one of most iconic games in the history of their sport, they shared locker space next to one another in the Detroit Red Wings’ dressing room.One wore the red, white and blue of the young, rag-tag American team, the other wore all red, with the hammer and sickle, symbol of one of the most powerful nations — and hockey clubs — on earth.”Do you believe in miracles?” broadcaster Al Michaels screamed as the final few seconds ticked off.Mike Ramsey did after he and an eclectic group of college kids completed a stunning upset of the mighty Soviets and went on to win the Olympic gold medal at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York.But Slava Fetisov? He just goes silent and shakes his head. Soviet Russia’s hockey players didn’t usually need miracles. They just won.And when they didn’t? Well, that’s what the film “Red Army” is about as it explores Russia’s soul through the sport of hockey. The 85-minute documentary/biopic attempts to do that in a story told by Fetisov, one of the most decorated athletes in the history of Soviet-Russian sports.The film opens tonight… Read full this story
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