Rendez-vous '87
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| Location(s) | Quebec City: Colisée de Québec | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 8–11, 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | NHL All-Stars: Glenn Anderson (2008) Ray Bourque (2004) Chris Chelios (2013) Paul Coffey (2004; did not play) Grant Fuhr (2003) Michel Goulet (1998) Wayne Gretzky (1999) Dale Hawerchuk (2001) Mark Howe (2011; did not play) Jari Kurri (2001) Rod Langway (2002) Mario Lemieux (1997) Mark Messier (2007) Doug Wilson (2020) Soviet Union: Viacheslav Fetisov (2001) Igor Larionov (2008) Sergei Makarov (2016) Coaches: Bob Johnson (1992) | ||||||||||||
| Networks | CBC (Canada) SRC (French Canada) ESPN (United States) | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Don Wittman and John Davidson (CBC) René Lecavalier, Charles Thiffault, and Guy LaFleur (SRC) Ken Wilson and Bill Clement (ESPN) | ||||||||||||
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| Date | February 11, 1987 | |||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 15,398 | |||||||||||||||
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| Date | February 13, 1987 | |||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 15,395 | |||||||||||||||
Rendez-vous '87 was a two-game international ice hockey series of games between the Soviet Union 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. (4-2) (4-5) (0-6) 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 games, with the NHL winning the first game, 4–3, followed by a Soviet 5–3 victory two nights later, with the Soviet Union outscoring the NHL team 8–7 on aggregate.