Conversation so far:
What type of exhibitions were there?
In exhibitions that year, Soviet club teams went 5-3-1 against National Hockey League (NHL) teams.
What year was that?
In 1979-80.
Where were the exhibitions held?
He believed it would be the only way for the Americans to compete with the Soviets.
Was it in the Soviet union?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: What else did you find interesting?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did you find interesting in addition to Miracle on Ice exhibitions would be the only way for the Americans to compete with the Soviets?