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The Punch-up in Piestany was a bench-clearing brawl between Canada and the Soviet Union during the final game of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Piešťany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) on January 4, 1987. The incident resulted in the ejection of both teams from the tournament, and while the Soviets had already been ...
The officials, unable to break up the brawl, walked off the ice and tournament officials eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the International Ice Hockey Federation declared the contest null and void. An emergency meeting was held following the brawl that ended with the delegates voting 7 ...
The Globe and Mail writer Bruce Dowbiggin credits TSN, along with Canada's strong performance at the tournament, for turning it from an obscure non-event when it acquired the rights in 1991 (which had started to grow in prominence due to the 1987 Punch-up in Piestany) to one of Canada's most beloved annual sports events, and at the same time ...
The Punch-up in Piestany was a notable instance of fighting in international play. A 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships game between Canada and the Soviet Union was the scene of a bench-clearing brawl that lasted 20 minutes and prompted officials to turn off the arena lights in an attempt to stop it, forcing the IIHF to declare the game ...
Runner–up Venue Host city Attendance References 1996 Canada: 4–1 Sweden: Conte Forum: Boston, United States 5,781 1997 Canada: 2–0 United States: Patinoire des Vernets: Geneva, Switzerland 4,269 1998 Finland: 2–1 (OT) Russia: Hartwall Arena: Helsinki, Finland 13,665 1999 Russia: 3–2 (OT) Canada: Winnipeg Arena: Winnipeg, Canada 13,225 ...
1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships; 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships; 1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships; 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships; During the final game of the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships between Canada and the Soviet Union, a bench-clearing brawl known as the Punch-up in Piestany took place ...
The 4 Nations Face-Off begins in four days, and Canada and the USA are dealing with a few injuries. Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby missed Friday's game with an upper-body injury, ending ...
Günther Sabetzki (4 June 1915 in Düsseldorf, German Empire – 21 June 2000) was a German executive for several ice hockey leagues and organizations. Sabetzki was one of the founding members of the German Ice Hockey Federation in 1963. He would become the organization's first co-president along with Ludwig Zametzer.