Rendez-vous '87

Rendez-vous '87 was an ice hockey exhibition series between the Soviet national ice hockey team and a team of All-Stars from the National Hockey League, held in Quebec City. It replaced the NHL's All-Star festivities for the 1986–87 NHL season. The Soviet team was paid $80,000 for their appearance in Rendez-vous '87, while the NHLers raised $350,000 for the players' pension fund.
Rendez-vous '87 was designed as a follow-up to the Challenge Cup series in 1979, hoping that the team of NHL All-Stars could beat the Soviet team, unlike before. To this end, the series was a two-game affair instead of a three-game affair in 1979. The two-game series took place during five days of festivities starting on February 9, 1987 and finishing on February 13. The series was very successful, with some, including Wayne Gretzky, calling for more international hockey, especially between Canada and the Soviet Union, the two top powers of hockey at the time. The teams split the series, with the NHLers winning the first game, 4-3, followed by a Soviet 5-3 victory two nights later which gave the Soviets an overall 8-7 victory.
== Game One - February 11, 1987 ==
NHL All-Stars won the game 4–3, thanks in part to the line of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen.
 	NHL All-Stars 	U.S.S.R.
Final Score 	4 	3
Head Coach 	Jean Perron (Montreal Canadiens) 	Viktor Tikhonov (CSKA Moscow)
Assistant Coach(es)	Michel Bergeron (Quebec Nordiques) Bob Johnson (Calgary Flames)	Igor Dmitriev (Soviet Wings)
Lineup 	
* 1 - G Clint Malarchuk (Quebec Nordiques)
* 3 - D Mike Ramsey (Buffalo Sabres)
* 4 - D Rod Langway (Washington Capitals, Alternate)
* 5 - D Rick Green (Montreal Canadiens)
* 6 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins, Alternate)
* 8 - D Ulf Samuelsson (Hartford Whalers)
* 9 - LW Glenn Anderson (Edmonton Oilers)
* 10 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Winnipeg Jets)
* 11 - C Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers)
* 14 - RW Kevin Dineen (Hartford Whalers)
* 15 - RW Esa Tikkanen (Edmonton Oilers)
* 16 - RW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques)
* 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers)
* 19 - LW Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils)
* 20 - C Dave Poulin (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 24 - D Doug Wilson (Chicago Blackhawks)
* 25 - D Chris Chelios (Montreal Canadiens)
* 28 - RW Tomas Sandstrom (New York Rangers)
* 31 - G Grant Fuhr (Edmonton Oilers)
* 32 - RW Claude Lemieux (Montreal Canadiens)
* 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins)
* 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers, Captain)	
* 1 - G Sergei Mylnikov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
* 2 - D Viacheslav Fetisov (CSKA Moscow, Captain) 
* 4 - D Igor Stelnov (CSKA Moscow)
* 5 - D Vasily Pervukhin (Dynamo Moscow)
* 6 - D Mikhail Tatarinov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 7 - D Alexei Kasatonov (CSKA Moscow)
* 8 - D Alexei Gusarov (CSKA Moscow)
* 9 - RW Vladimir Krutov (CSKA Moscow)
* 11 - C Igor Larionov (CSKA Moscow)
* 12 - D Sergei Starikov (CSKA Moscow)
* 13 - F Valeri Kamensky (CSKA Moscow)
* 14 - D Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 15 - LW Andrei Khomutov (CSKA Moscow)
* 16 - RW Sergei Svetlov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 18 - C Alexander Semak (Dynamo Moscow)
* 19 - RW Mikhail Varnakov (Torpedo Gorky)
* 20 - G Evgeny Belosheikin (CSKA Moscow)
* 22 - LW Sergei Priakhin (Soviet Wings)
* 24 - LW Sergei Makarov (CSKA Moscow)
* 27 - C Viacheslav Bykov (CSKA Moscow)
* 29 - LW Yuri Khmylev (Soviet Wings)
* 30 - C Anatoli Semenov (Dynamo Moscow)
Scoring Summary 	
* Kurri (Gretzky, Tikkanen) 5:23 first
* Anderson (M. Lemieux) 17:00 second
* Dineen (Poulin, Hawerchuk) 7:03 third
* Poulin (M. Lemieux, Wilson) 18:45 third (GWG)	
* Kasatonov (Makarov) 18:42 second
* Bykov (Khomutov, Starikov) 2:03 third
* Semenov (Tatarinov, Varnakov) 8:04 third
Penalties 	
* C. Lemieux 10:30 first
* Bourque 15:34 first
* Hawerchuk 12:28 second
* Tikkanen 8:18 third	
* bench (served by Kamensky) 14:37 second
Shots on Goal 	11–9–7–27 	5–9–10–24
Win/Loss 	W - Grant Fuhr 	L - Evgeny Belosheikin
* Referee: Sergei Morozov
* Linesmen: Ron Finn, Ray Scapinello
== Game Two - February 13, 1987==
The Soviets won the contest 5–3. This game featured the emergence of the young Soviet forward line consisting of Valeri Kamensky, Viacheslav Bykov, and Andrei Khomutov. After the game, the players on each team exchanged hockey sweaters as part of the hockey tradition.
 	NHL All-Stars 	U.S.S.R.
Final Score 	3 	5
Head Coach 	Jean Perron (Montreal Canadiens) 	Viktor Tikhonov (CSKA Moscow)
Assistant Coach(es)	Michel Bergeron (Quebec Nordiques) Bob Johnson (Calgary Flames)	Igor Dmitriev (Soviet Wings)
Lineup 	
* 1 - G Clint Malarchuk (Quebec Nordiques)
* 3 - D Mike Ramsey (Buffalo Sabres)
* 4 - D Rod Langway (Washington Capitals,Alternate)
* 5 - D Rick Green (Montreal Canadiens)
* 6 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins,Alternate)
* 8 - D Ulf Samuelsson (Hartford Whalers)
* 9 - LW Glenn Anderson (Edmonton Oilers)
* 10 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Winnipeg Jets)
* 11 - C Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers)
* 14 - RW Kevin Dineen (Hartford Whalers)
* 15 - RW Esa Tikkanen (Edmonton Oilers)
* 16 - RW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques)
* 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers)
* 19 - LW Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils)
* 21 - D Normand Rochefort (Quebec Nordiques)
* 20 - C Dave Poulin (Philadelphia Flyers)
* 24 - D Doug Wilson (Chicago Blackhawks)
* 25 - D Chris Chelios (Montreal Canadiens)
* 31 - G Grant Fuhr (Edmonton Oilers)
* 32 - RW Claude Lemieux (Montreal Canadiens)
* 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins)
* 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers, Captain)	
* 1 - G Sergei Mylnikov (Traktor Chelyabinsk)
* 2 - D Viacheslav Fetisov (CSKA Moscow, Captain) 
* 4 - D Igor Stelnov (CSKA Moscow)
* 5 - D Vasily Pervukhin (Dynamo Moscow)
* 6 - D Mikhail Tatarinov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 7 - D Alexei Kasatonov (CSKA Moscow)
* 8 - D Alexei Gusarov (CSKA Moscow)
* 9 - RW Vladimir Krutov (CSKA Moscow)
* 10 F Viacheslav Lavrov, (SKA Leningrad)
* 11 - C Igor Larionov (CSKA Moscow)
* 12 - D Sergei Starikov (CSKA Moscow)
* 13 - F Valeri Kamensky (CSKA Moscow)
* 14 - D Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 15 - LW Andrei Khomutov (CSKA Moscow)
* 16 - RW Sergei Svetlov (Dynamo Moscow)
* 18 - C Alexander Semak (Dynamo Moscow)
* 20 - G Evgeny Belosheikin (CSKA Moscow)
* 21 C Sergei Nemchinov, (Soviet Wings)
* 22 - LW Sergei Priakhin (Soviet Wings)
* 24 - LW Sergei Makarov (CSKA Moscow)
* 27 - C Viacheslav Bykov (CSKA Moscow)
* 29 - LW Yuri Khmylev (Soviet Wings)
Scoring Summary 	
* Messier (Kurri, Gretzky) 3:32 first (PPG)
* Wilson (Gretzky, Goulet) 7:33 third (PPG)
* Bourque (Lemieux, Gretzky) 19:23 third	
* Kamensky (Khomutov, Bykov) 3:13 second
* Krutov (Fetisov, Larionov) 5:41 second
* Kamensky (unassisted) 19:41 second
* Krutov (Larionov) 9:19 third (GWG)
* Khomutov (Kamensky) 12:59 third
Penalties 	
* Anderson 9:50 first
* C. Lemieux 11:33 first 	
* Nemchinov 3:22 first
* Krutov 9:50 first
* Fetisov 17:04 first
* Nemchinov 6:05 third
* Kasatonov 11:46 third
* Priakhin (minor and misconduct) 17:20 third
Shots on Goal 	6–13–12–31 	7–9–13–29
Win/Loss 	L - Grant Fuhr 	W - Evgeny Belosheikin
* Referee : Dave Newell
* Linesmen : Ron Finn, Ray Scapinello
* Tournament MVP's, NHL All-Stars Wayne Gretzky; Team USSR Valeri Kamensky
== External links ==
* Canada Versus the Soviet Union The heyday of the battle for world hockey supremacy (1972–1987)
* http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/search/label/Rendez%20Vous%20'87 Rendez Vous '87
Category:1987 in hockey
Category:NHL All-Star Games