From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, to celebrate Russia Day, we focus on one hockey’s most unique tournaments ever, and one of the Soviet Union’s final Gold Medal victories, at the 1990 Goodwill Games.

🇷🇺 Soviet Union 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (SO)
Goodwill Games Gold Medal Game
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma 🇺🇸
Sunday, 05 August 1990

The Soviet Union needed a penalty-shot shootout to beat the United States, 4-3, at the Tacoma Dome and win the Goodwill Games hockey gold medal.
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