http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/sports/hockey/22anderson.html
" . . . thanks to Wayne Coffey's "The Boys of Winter" (Crown), a sweet and searching recollection of Brooks and his improbable team, along with an almost shift-by-shift analysis of that game, the Soviets' reaction is finally on record.
"In particular, the former Soviet players speak out about what was, in retrospect, the turning point of the game - Soviet Coach Viktor Tikhonov's benching of the world's premier goaltender of that era, Vladislav Tretiak.
"Tretiak was pulled after Mark Johnson's sudden and surprising goal tied the score at 2-2 with one second remaining in the first period.
"'The whole team was not happy when Tikhonov made the switch,' forward Sergei Makarov told Coffey. 'It was the worst moment of Vlady's career. Tikhonov was panicking. He couldn't control himself. That's what it was - panic.'"
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