if you were around when this kid rolled the dice to defect...and then the way he performed? he's a legend and should be in the hall.

The way Sergei says no, gives you chills. "I still have family living there."

the guy was amazing ....76 goals in one year. 40 pts in WJC....classic Soviet left handed shot on the RW. So good.

Mogilny, Fedorov & Bure. what a line that was.

Mogilny paved the way for other Russian players like Bure, Fedorov, etc. But Mogilny was the first with the balls to make this move. Imagine if Mogilny wasn't drafted. I wonder how long it would have taken russian players to make this move to the NHL. Mogilny Is a brave hero and should be in the HOF!

Mogilny shoud be in the hof

I met Mogilny & Yashin at a hockey game in the early 90s and got their autographs!

YES! This is the content we need. Can you make this a series? There are other examples too. Petr Nedved, Vaclav Nedomansky, the Stastny brothers

Considering Mogilny is currently a president of a KHL hockey club i do not blame him for not appearing.

Damn this was gripping, intense and suspenseful. Would be great for a movie. Great documentary. Every Russian player should thank this guy.

You know I'm no expert, but it seemed like Sergei Fedorov wasn't telling the whole story!

A buddy and I went to see a Sabres/Kings game in the early 90's. Afterwards we hit the bar strip for a few. As soon as I walked in I see a guy at the bar with a lady on each side of him and he's having a cigarette. It was Mogilny. He didn't play that night for whatever reason. Then about a half hour later in walks a bunch of Kings players and Gretzky as well. Soon the Buffalo Jills were there too. What a night. Can't believe we got back over the border.

Great video! Mogilny was an elite player in the NHL! Over 400 goals!

Rip Colby Cave

I have a vintage Canucks jersey that I got Mogilny and his number sewn on the back. Did that about 10 years ago and I’m only 27 now, he’s definitely made his mark

Enjoyed watching him with New Jersey, great season in 00-01.

AMAZING!!! Simply put, the best international intrigue story, either fictional or the truth, ever told!!! The courage of everyone involved is immense!!! It blows me away that a TEENAGER would exhibit such trust in a foreign nation, not to mention the biggest enemies amongst nation's in HUMAN HISTORY!!! As a lifelong Buffalo Sabres fan(because I played goalie for the best competitive team in the state-[Utah, I know, not the ice hockey juggernaut Ottawa, or Toronto is, but still] and The Sabres drafted Tom Barrasso straight out of HIGH SCHOOL!!!) I must say, the line of Pat La-La-Lafontaine, Dave Andreychuk, and Alexander Mogilny are, in my opinion, the greatest line in Sabres history!!! Better than the FRENCH CONNECTION (although those two lines are among the top 3(!!!) in all of hockey history)... Anyway, this video is amazing, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING IT!!!

HE NEEDS TO BE IN THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME ASAP!

Mogilny not being in the hall is an absolute joke

Him and Sundin were amazing to watch together

Fascinating - Like a Mission Impossible episode!

No movie made for this guy story,I see basketball and football players with movies non of them compare to what he did and risked DEATH! He also took the NHL by the horns. It was a honor to meet him when I was a young kid not knowing his brave story.

Great Documentary would love more of these 👍

This would make for a great movie.

This would be a great movie

And still not in the HHOF. Alfie and Sedins are not better than Mogilny. He's 1.04 points per game in the dead puck era!

Fedorov is hilarious. " Do u remember Alex leaving to Buffalo: Yes of Course, " can u talk about it" No LOL

It's actually offensive how this guy isn't in the hall of fame yet

Wow this doc was aired like in 2014

And somehow isn't in the Hall of Fame

How in the hell is he not in the hall of fame?

Wonder why they couldnt get a interview with Mogilny for this?

Thats sad he had to defect. But glad he had success in the NHL.

Tihkonov's confidante sounds like a classic, bitter old Soviet bastard. Controlling players lives totally worked out so well. That's why people were defecting, what a joke.

Now the Wild are going to need to do the same thing with Kirill Kaprizov, in 2022..

1989 i was 19 years old, and for the younger folk here let me just write this, you never hear about politics as heavily as they did back then, from 1970's to 1990 more or less politics were a way of life ALL OVER the world nonstop, movies were always about politics, glad its over...more or less...

Imagine what was a line Mogilny, Fedorov, Bure, scaring! Mogilny, Bure more than point per game, Fedorov about 1 point. Hope we will see other great line, Mcdavid, Mackinnon, Marner.

I think about a young mogilny and LaFontaine being on that 1999 sabres stanley cup final team

Gilles Léger, Quebec Nordiques and the Stastny brothers another great story

SPORTSNET should have not put this out without Alex Mogilny!

Sergei Federov’s brother Fedor Federov owns my hockey rink. They look exactly like each other. Have heard them speaking to each other over the fun, he’d speak Russian and then say something about concessions and back to Russian.

What a story.

Changed the face of hockey forever

Would make for a great movie!!! Here on recommendation from Jeff Marek 😁

HALL OF FAME!!!

***IMP NOTICE*** I've got a mssg from Tom yet again Nice video keep up the great content

How hes not in the HOF in 2024, blows my mind

Odd man rush did this a long time ago

There was a fascinating piece CBC did prior to game 1 of the ‘96 World Cup Of Hockey (yea I realize 🇨🇦 didn’t win - thanks for nothing Mike Richter). It focused on the divide in the ‘current’ (back in ‘96) 🇷🇺 program. It looked at the forced reuniting of players who defected from the USSR and those who didn’t, leading to fractioning of their national program. (As of writing - July 1, 2023 - USSR/RUS is currently 1-13 in best on best tournaments all time.)

8:18 devils organization :o

Interesting to see how rigid Fedorov was with the question about Mogilny’s defection. Some guys are still upset with him for leaving.

Is there a movie about this??

I remember this story...it was a huge deal

Really interesting... would love to see one of these about Malkin.

Sportsnet has nothing better to do than upload a 5-6 year old documentary and add it to the other 5969406 other channels with the same documentary.

Lol Alexander Mogeldy

Gerry sent me

Malkin would be great for one of these

Government is your friend :)

The dislikes are Soviet Communists 🤣

As soon as NHL games made trades a thing Mogilny and Lafontaine were my new second line.

This documentary is many years old, I guess Sportsnet is getting desperate

Why isn’t peter Klima mentioned he was one of the first to defect and the Red Wings helped him

Are Russian players going to have to start doing this again?

Odd man rush did it better

Don't understand Federov being so cagey about Molgilny defecting, couple of years earlier and Federov did the exact same thing. SMDH

First watch this then watch Lebron James the decision then proceed to vomit.

How bad is Russia that he wanted to go to Buffalo

Wheres the McDavid Documentary already!?

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Love him hockey wise, but to go back to Russia and make it seem nothing happened.... sounds weird to me. He got his money and fame and then bolted. Not as bad as it seems in Russia once you have money and power. Just sayn.

Freedom seems like the thing people want not slavery and communism

Funny how everything good went away with the end of the Soviet Union including the Big Red Machine. Maybe that's a sign that life was better with the Soviet Union...

89th comment.

Could do without the idiotic ambient music.

1st comment

Overdramatic..

He belongs in the HOF.