Russia: Information on any defection to Canada during 1991 from the Moscow Spartak Hockey Club of the Select 16 National Soviet Team
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS10435 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Information on any defection to Canada during 1991 from the Moscow Spartak Hockey Club of the Select 16 National Soviet Team, 1 March 1992, RUS10435, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0934.html [accessed 8 June 2023] |
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Please find attached some articles which mention defections of Russian hockey players which may correspond to the subject of your request.
One of the attached articles refers to the defection of defenceman Mikhail Lapin during a visit by the Select team to Lake Placid (The Toronto Star 30 Oct. 1991). The document, however, does not provide a precise date for Lapin's defection.
A December 1991 report, also attached to this response, states that "the Soviet Selects (mostly from Moscow Spartak) began a seven-game series " in Albany, New York, in mid-December 1991 (The Boston Globe 22 December 1991).
Two of the attached articles refer to the defection of Pavel Bure. One of the articles, dated 6 December 1991, states that Bure left the former Soviet Union with his family in August, although the team he played with is not mentioned (The Toronto Star 6 Dec. 1991). The other article states that Bure "has been missing in Moscow since Sept. 5" (Los Angeles Times 15 Sept. 1991). Finally, an August 1991 article attached to this Response names Sergei Fedorov as a person who defected from the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington, and names other hockey players who left the former Soviet Union (The Toronto Star 31 Aug. 1991). The source, however, does not indicate whether or when the players later moved to Canada.
Additional and/or corroborating information on the requested subject could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.
Bibliography
The Boston Globe. 22 December 1991, City Edition. "U.S. may be Big Winner in the Winter Games." (NEXIS)
Los Angeles Times. 15 September 1991, Home Edition. "Hockey." (NEXIS)
The Toronto Star. 6 December 1991, Final Edition. "Soviet Decline Saddens Bure." (NEXIS)
. 30 October 1991, Final Edition. "Young Soviet Joins T-Birds." (NEXIS)
. 31 August 1991, Saturday Edition. "Fedorov Playing for the Soviets Shows how Times have Changed." (NEXIS)
Attachments
The Boston Globe. 22 December 1991, City Edition. "U.S. may be Big Winner in the Winter Games." (NEXIS)
Los Angeles Times. 15 September 1991, Home Edition. "Hockey." (NEXIS)
The Toronto Star. 6 December 1991, Final Edition. "Soviet Decline Saddens Bure." (NEXIS)
. 30 October 1991, Final Edition. "Young Soviet Joins T-Birds." (NEXIS)
. 31 August 1991, Saturday Edition. "Fedorov Playing for the Soviets Shows how Times have Changed." (NEXIS)
