Alexander Martynyuk and Tony Esposito.
By George Da Silva – National Teams of Ice Hockey
There was 13 days between Games 4 and 5, with Canada preparing for the bigger international ice surface Team Canada played two games in Sweden, winning 4-1 and tying the second game 4-4, that featured a lot of stick work by the Swedes, Wayne Cashman needed 50 stitches to close a cut in his mouth after being high-sticked and alot of rough play by international standards from the Team Canada.
Nearly 3,000 Canadian fans made the trip to Moscow, forming a red-clad island of noise in an otherwise a very quiet gathering of 15,000 people.
Game 5 @ Moscow, Soviet Union
September 22nd, 1972
GAME 5: SOVIET UNION 5, CANADA 4
The Soviet Union scored five third-period goals on just 11 shots for a stunning 5-4 victory in Game 5 to open up a 3-1-1 lead over Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series.
First Period: 1, Canada, Parise 2 (Perreault, Gilbert), 15:30.
Second Period: 2, Canada, Clarke 2 (Henderson), 3:34. 3, Canada, Henderson 3 (Lapointe, Clarke), 11:58.
Third Period: 4, USSR, Blinov 2 (Petrov, Kuzkin), 3:34. 5, Canada, Henderson 4 (Clarke), 4:56. 6, USSR, Anisin 1 (Liapkin, Yakushev), 9:05. 7, USSR, Shadrin 2 (Anisin), 9:13. 8, USSR, Gusev 1 (Ragulin, Kharlamov) 11:41. 9, USSR, Vikulov 2 (Kharlamov), 14:46.
Shots on goal: Canada 12-13-12–37. Soviet Union 9-13-11-33.
Goalies: Canada, T. Esposito 1-1-1 (33 shots on goal, 28 saves). Soviet Union, Tretiak 3-1-1 (37-33).
Attendance: 15,000
After the game 5 loss Canadian players got together and vowed not to lose another game in the 1972 Summit Series.
