Bruins star Phil Esposito takes his famous spill at introductions to the Summit Series
The 1972 Summit Series made its way to Moscow, Russia, for the country's turn to host the eight-game series. Bruins star forward Phil Esposito led the series in points but what he's possibly most popular for is his famous spill during the introductions.
The famous trip-up happened 50 years ago today! Watch it below:
And maybe this quote:
''If the Russian fans boo their players in Moscow like you people are booing us, I'll come back and apologize personally to every one of you, but I really don't think that will happen. We gave it and are doing our best. All of us guys are really disheartened. . . We came out here because we love Canada. They're a good hockey team, and we don't know what we could do better, but I promise we will figure it out. But it's totally ridiculous � I don't think it is fair that we should be booed.''
Esposito was coming off a career year of 76 goals and 76 assists, for 152 points in 76 games with the Boston Bruins the season before.
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