The Super Series were exhibition games between Soviet teams and NHL teams that took place on the NHL opponents' home ice in North America from 1976 to 1991. The Soviet teams were usually club teams from the Soviet hockey league . The exception was in 1983, when the Soviet National Team represented the Soviet Union . A total of 18 series were held; the Soviet teams won 14 and the NHL won 2, with the remaining two series tied. 98 games were played across the 18 series, with Soviet teams posting an overall record of 55–33–10.
34-468: The Red Army won a series against NHL teams, with 2 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were: The Wings won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were: Spartak won a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 2 losses. The scores were: Soviet Wings won a series against NHL teams with 2 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were: Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL team with 2 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss. The scores were: Red Army won
68-454: A central government news agency. The TASS acronym was, by this point, well-recognized around the world and so was retained after being redefined as the Telegraph agency of communication and messages (Russian: Телеграфное агентство связи и сообщения , romanized : Telegrafnoye agentstvo svazi i soobshcheniya ). The agency as a whole was referred to as "ITAR-TASS". In September 2014,
102-694: A journalist and translator, and reported on ice hockey at the Olympic Games , the Ice Hockey World Championships and Canada Cup tournaments. His other work includes published books and television screenplays. As an ice hockey administrator he sat on International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) committees, and acted as a press secretary for the Russian Superleague and its successor the Kontinental Hockey League . He received
136-611: A member of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation in 1966, and then a member of the International Sports Press Association in 1969. He was originally a freelancer and a correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda , before he worked at TASS for 22 years. He later worked for RIA Novosti and Sport Express . Canadian journalist Matthew Fisher and The Hockey News have referred to Kukushkin as
170-537: A potential 2007 revival of the Summit Series. He commented that the event was profit-driven by ticket sales and broadcasting rights, but noted that Russian players wanted to participate for pride rather than just money. He was surprised that original proposals were discussed by René Fasel of the IIHF and Bob Nicholson of Hockey Canada . Ultimately the 2007 Super Series was arranged using junior players, and coincided with
204-496: A series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were: Soviet journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin reported in his 2016 book The Red Machine , that the nickname for the Soviet national team came into usage during the 1983 series, when a headline in a Minneapolis newspaper read "The Red Machine rolled down on us". The USSR won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were: Red Army won
238-548: A series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 2 ties, 2 losses. The scores were: Vsevolod Kukushkin Vsevolod Vladimirovich Kukushkin (Russian: Всеволод Владимирович Кукушкин ; born 3 May 1942) is a Russian journalist, writer and ice hockey administrator. He has written for Komsomolskaya Pravda , TASS , RIA Novosti and Sport Express . He traveled with the Soviet Union national ice hockey team as both
272-482: A series against NHL teams with 5 wins, 0 ties, and 1 loss. The scores were: Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL teams with 2 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss. The scores were: Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 1 tie, and 2 losses. The scores were: The NHL teams won a series against Dynamo Riga with 4 wins, 1 tie, 2 losses. The scores were: Khimik Voskresensk tied a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 0 ties, 3 losses. The scores were: The NHL teams won
306-474: A series against Soviet Wings with 3 wins, 1 tie, 1 loss. The scores were: Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 4 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were: Dynamo Moscow won a series against NHL team, with 3 wins, 0 ties, and 2 losses. The scores were: Khimik Voskresensk tied a series against NHL teams with 3 wins, 1 tie, 3 losses. The scores were: The Red Army won a series against NHL teams with 6 wins, 0 ties, 1 loss. The scores were: Dynamo Moscow won
340-528: A smaller collection known as "Red Tass". These collections were made available only to Soviet journalistic and political leaders, and to top journalists and political leaders, respectively. In 1961, Ria Novosti was created to supplement TASS, mainly in foreign reporting and human-interest stories. After 1971, TASS was elevated to the status of State Committee at the Government of the Soviet Union . The agency
374-665: A vector for Soviet active measures . In January 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union , a Presidential Decree signed by Boris Yeltsin re-defined the status of TASS and renamed it the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia . In May 1994, the Russian Government adopted a resolution " On approval of the Charter of the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia ", under which it operates as
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#1732844976299408-559: Is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide. TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise , owned by the government of Russia . Headquartered in Moscow, it has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), "along with 56 global branches in 53 countries". In
442-446: Is headquartered in a building in the Soviet brutalist style built in 1977. In November 2021, an association of Russian architects criticized plans by Moscow city authorities to renovate the building without due regard for the preservation of its historic appearance. TASS has been cited as a source of disinformation as part of Russian influence operations . As of March 2022, examples of propagation of disinformation in relation to
476-510: The Paul Loicq Award in 2000 from the IIHF for contributions to international ice hockey. Kukushkin was born on 3 May 1942, in Biysk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union. His love for ice hockey began as a boy playing ball hockey . He developed an appreciation for goaltenders by playing the position in school, and his understanding of the inherent physical demands and frequent injuries. He learned
510-543: The Paul Loicq Award in 2000 from the IIHF for contributions to international ice hockey. He was the third recipient of the award, and the first Russian. He stated that he was very surprised to be honored with the award, which he received at the IIHF Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the 2000 IIHF World Championship hosted in Saint Petersburg , Russia. TASS The Russian News Agency TASS , or simply TASS ,
544-431: The Soviet Union national ice hockey team as both a reporter and translator. He had access to the team's locker room and the opportunity to speak directly with the players and be part of their daily life. Kukushkin translated early discussions for the event which became the 1972 Summit Series . He was present at the 1972 Izvestia Cup when Alan Eagleson and John Ziegler Jr. made the suggestions to Andrey Starovoytov ,
578-666: The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Телеграфное агентство Советского Союза, Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza, TASS) was established by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet , and took over the duties of the ROSTA as the country's central information agency. TASS enjoyed "exclusive right to gather and distribute information outside the Soviet Union, as well as the right to distribute foreign and domestic information within
612-453: The "dean of European hockey writers". He has published books in addition to reporting on ice hockey, and written screenplays for television documentaries on sports, ice hockey and popular science. Kukushkin's career includes reporting on ice hockey at the Olympic Games from 1968 to 2002, each Ice Hockey World Championships in the same time frame, and every Canada Cup tournament played. Due to his knowledge of English, he traveled with
646-477: The English language as a young adult on the advice of his parents, and wanted to become a journalist. His father, a writer of Soviet literature under the pseudonym Vladimir Nikolaev, urged his son to study mechanical engineering in case a journalism career failed. Kukushkin followed that advice and graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1965. Kukushkin began his career in sports journalism becoming
680-644: The IIHF's 100th anniversary. In 2008, the Russian Superleague was reorganized into the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Kukushkin remained in his advisory role, and stated that "we see the league as a challenge to the NHL in the future". He felt the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash would deter players from the KHL, stating it was "a horrible blow and a colossal loss for the league", and suggested more diligence by teams in chartering flights. In 2015, he cautioned against
714-571: The KHL expanding due to a lack of good players. He instead suggested the KHL be divided into three levels based on play ability, and stated "we shouldn't copy the NHL, because sometimes the copy becomes a parody, and it doesn't do any good". Kukushkin is part of the selection committee for the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame as of 2016. Kukushkin was made a laureate of the International and All-Union Sports Film Festivals in 1972. He received
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#1732844976299748-581: The Russian people were upset at losing the nation's best players to the National Hockey League (NHL), and not playing on the Russian national team. Kukushkin sat on International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) committees which included the championship bid committee and the IIHF Hall of Fame committee from 1998 to 2003, the evaluation committee and the IIHF Hall of Fame committee from 2003 to 2008, and
782-848: The Soviet Union, and manage the news agencies of the Soviet republics". Official state information was delivered as the TASS Report (Russian: Сообщение ТАСС , Soobshchyeniye TASS ). TASS included affiliated news agencies in all 14 (in 1940–56, 15) Soviet republics in addition to Russia: RATAU ( Ukrainian SSR , now Ukrinform ), BelTA ( Byelorussian SSR ), ETA ( Estonian SSR ), Latinform ( Latvian SSR , now LETA ), ELTA ( Lithuanian SSR ), ATEM ( Moldavian SSR , now Moldpres ), Armenpress ( Armenian SSR ), Gruzinform ( Georgian SSR ), Azerinform ( Azerbaijan SSR , now AZERTAC ), UzTAG ( Uzbek SSR , now UzA ), KazTAG ( Kazakh SSR , now Kazinform ), KyrTAG ( Kyrgyz SSR , now Kabar ), Turkmeninform ( Turkmen SSR , now TDH ) and TajikTA ( Tajik SSR , now Khovar ). Over
816-626: The Soviet period, it was named the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union ( Телеграфное агентство Советского Союза , Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza ) and was the central agency of the Soviet government for news collection and distribution for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , it was renamed Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) ( Информационное телеграфное агентство России (ИТАР-ТАСС) , informatsionnoye telegrafnoye agentstvo Rossii (ITAR-TASS) ) in 1992, but reverted to
850-627: The agency reverted to its former name as the Russian News Agency TASS . TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise , owned by the Government of Russia . Headquartered in Moscow, TASS has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as 68 bureaus around the world. TASS multi-media press center is a communication floor in the heart of Moscow. Every year it hosts some 300 events featuring high-ranking Russian officials, foreign heads of state, leaders of main political parties, representatives of
884-566: The general secretary of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation . Kukushkin authored books on the Canada Cup tournaments, and Soviet national team coach Viktor Tikhonov . Kukushkin's book The Red Machine revealed that the nickname for the Soviet national team came into usage during the 1983 Super Series , when a headline in a Minneapolis newspaper headline read "The Red Machine rolled down on us". The Soviet national team
918-404: The history other affiliates existed, e.g. KarelfinTAG for the short-lived Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–56). In addition to producing reports for general consumption, TASS produced packages of content for non-public use. Western news reports and potentially embarrassing domestic news would be compiled daily into a collection known as "White Tass", and particularly sensitive news would be compiled into
952-567: The main supplier of journalists. As the demand for non-business news began during the first battles of the Russo-Japanese War in February 1904, the agency changed its name to the St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA). As there was no change of headquarters and almost no change in its staff and function, it was a mere rebranding. In August 1914, one day after St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd, SPTA
986-557: The simpler TASS name in 2014. Currently, on a daily basis TASS is "publishing nearly 3,000 news items in six languages and about 700 photographs and videos from correspondents in Russia and across the world". The origin of TASS dates back to December 1902 when it began operations as the Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnoe Agentstvo) under the Ministry of Finance, with Torgovo-Promyshlennaya Gazeta's staff being
1020-602: The strategic consulting group from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the press secretary for the Russian Superleague . He stated that NHL players were attracted to playing in Russia before the 2004–05 NHL lockout happened, and that Russian team owners were spending more on salaries. He noted that taxation in Russia was favorable to expatriate players, and expected the trend to continue despite uncertain profitability. Kukushkin and Ice Hockey Federation of Russia president Vladislav Tretiak participated in discussions with NHL representatives Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr , for
1054-400: The world of arts and culture, scientists and sporting personalities as well as managers of Russian and foreign business enterprises. TASS press centers also operate in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. TASS is a media partner of high-profile conferences, forums and exhibitions in Russia and abroad. The agency organized the first News Agencies World Congress (NAWC) in 2004. TASS
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1088-650: Was frequently used as a front organization by the Soviet intelligence agencies, such as the NKVD (later KGB ) and Main Intelligence Directorate , with TASS employees serving as informants abroad. In 1959, Alexander Alexeyev was dispatched to Cuba on a fact-finding mission, ostensibly working for TASS. Former Georgetown University professor James David Atkinson stated that TASS was an "effective propaganda medium" but that it concentrated "more heavily on espionage than on other activities." TASS frequently served as
1122-874: Was renamed the Petrograd Telegraph Agency (PTA). It was seized by the Bolsheviks in November 1917 and by December was renamed as the Central Information Agency of the Soviet Russian Council of People's Commissars . On 7 September 1918, the presidium renamed PTA and the Press bureau into the Russian Telegraph Agency ( ROSTA ), which became "the central information agency of the whole Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic". In July 1925,
1156-488: Was succeeded by the Russia men's national ice hockey team after the breakup of the Soviet Union. When the new national team struggled in 1994, Kukushkin said that "The people are upset. Russia is a nation of critics." He reported that the Russian team was struggling with finances to support training, no funding was received from the national level, and professional teams in Russia were struggling to stay afloat. He also reported that
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