The Russian Five [Sub: Eng]
In the late 1980s, the Detroit Red Wings worked to finally break their decades long Stanley Cup drought by extracting players from the Soviet Union, and in the process, changed the way North American hockey is played.
23 January 1969, Mimico, Ontario, Canada
26 January 1961, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
December 3, 1960 in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
December 13, 1969 in Pskov, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
18 September 1933, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
March 19, 1967 in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
5 February 1934, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
20 April 1958, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
April 1, 1972 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

