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Back in the early ’80s, Glen Sather loved Paul Coffey’s offence, but was always thrilled by Paul Coffey’s defence. Coffey silenced a nation with the play of the 1984 Canada Cup with Sather coaching when he broke up that 2-on-1 Russian attack by Vladimir Kovin and Mikhael Varnakov halfway through OT at the Saddledome.

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