's Challenge Cup replaced the All-Star Game. It was a best of three series between the NHL All-Stars against the Soviet Union national squad. In the United States, Game 2, which was held on a Saturday afternoon, was shown on CBS as part of "CBS Sports Spectacular". The network refused to expand "CBS Sports Spectacular" to carry the game in full so instead, the show came on during the second intermission, showed taped highlights of the first two periods, and then showed the final period live. The lead-in to "Sports Spectacular" was "The World's Strongest Man". The then-CBS affiliate in Boston, the old WNAC-TV, broadcast a local college hockey game that led into "Sports Spectacular".