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REWIND: When the Penguins Joined the Red Army
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the famed Russian Red Army hockey team needed financial help to stay afloat. The help came from an unlikely partnership with the Pittsburgh Penguins. What followed was an incredibly strange journey as Pittsburgh capitalism tried to entrench itself in the new “wild west” Russia with a cast of characters which included actor Michael J. Fox, vice president Al Gore, the Russian mafia, and the Walt Disney company!
REWIND is a series of our favorite Pittsburgh Sports Memories episodes that we will be dropping in between new episodes
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Manage episode 441404129 series 2633038
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the famed Russian Red Army hockey team needed financial help to stay afloat. The help came from an unlikely partnership with the Pittsburgh Penguins. What followed was an incredibly strange journey as Pittsburgh capitalism tried to entrench itself in the new “wild west” Russia with a cast of characters which included actor Michael J. Fox, vice president Al Gore, the Russian mafia, and the Walt Disney company!
REWIND is a series of our favorite Pittsburgh Sports Memories episodes that we will be dropping in between new episodes
Find Pittsburgh sports gear and support the show at Fanatics!
Connect with the show:
169 tập
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