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Because of the team being made up exclusively of World Hockey Association players, the calibre of Team Canada was somewhat lower than it might have been. The WHA would later produce stars such as Wayne Gretzky , Mark Messier , and Mike Gartner but in 1974 it was still largely composed of players scavenged from the minor leagues mixed with a few NHL stars and aging veterans, such as 46-year old Gordie Howe (not to mention his sons Mark and Marty ). This said, the Canadian team acquitted itself very well against the Soviet Red Army squad which so challenged the NHL in 1972, and it first indication that the World Hockey Association was approaching the National Hockey League in the calibre of its players. SCORING LEADERS # Bobby Hull , CAN (7g, 2a, 9pts) # Alexander Yakushev , URS (5g, 3a, 8pts) # Ralph Backstrom , CAN (4g, 4a, 8pts) # Gordie Howe , CAN (3g, 4a, 7pts) # Valery Kharlamov , URS (2g, 5a, 7pts) # Vladimir Petrov , URS (1g, 6a, 7pts) # Andre Lacroix , CAN (1g, 6a, 7pts) # Boris Mikhailov , URS (4g, 2a, 6pts) # Mark Howe , CAN (2g, 4a, 6pts) # John McKenzie , CAN (2g, 3a, 5pts) See also External links |
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