Tonight's guest on The Daily Show is Viacheslav Fetisov and the topic on the Nightly Show will be marijuana with panelists Adam Carolla, Michelle Buteau, Roland Martin, and Carl Hart.
Viacheslav Fetisov
is a retired Russian professional ice hockey defenseman. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played with the New Jersey Devils and won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings. After retiring from his playing career, he became the assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils. Having a very successful four years, he helped get the team to two Stanley Cup finals and one Stanley Cup victory. Fetisov was instrumental in breaking the barrier that had previously prohibited Soviet players from leaving the Soviet Union to join the NHL. His actions not only resulted in a number of top Soviet players joining the NHL, but encouraged many of the best players from all over Europe to go to America. Internationally, he was a long-time captain for the Soviet Union national team and won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics. Fetisov was part of the Soviet team that lost to the United States in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid - the game that came to be known as the 'Miracle on Ice'.
He is on the show tonight to promote the movie
Red Army
The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
Slava Fetisov: KGB is to blame for Miracle on Ice
Fetisov — in the new documentary Red Army which is the subject of a feature in this week's Sports Illustrated — says then-CCCP coach Tikhonov was beholden to the KGB and favored Moscow Dynamo players such as goalie Vladimir Myshkin over Red Army players.
Dynamo represented the KGB. Fetisov and Tretiak played for CSKA Moscow, which represented the Red Army.
Of course, Tikhonov famously and inexplicably — until now — pulled Tretiak in favor of Myshkin after one period of the 4-3 loss.
"Three out of four goals was scored on a Dynamo player defensively," Fetisov says. "It's a KGB organization. Three goals out of four. I didn't allow one goal in this game."
If true, the move backfired on Tikhonov.
"Tikhonov tried to kill Red Army," Fetisov says. "If Tikhonov would have won Olympic gold in Lake Placid, I guarantee, no (bleeping) Russian Five would exist. Dynamo would have dominated from then on. The loss of the Olympics in '80 helped me to become who I am."
This actually seems like an entertaining movie. I may have to see it despite not being a fan of sport.
Adam Carolla
is an American comedian, radio personality, television host and actor. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness World Records.
Michelle Buteau
is an actress and comedian, known for Lip Service , Enlisted and China, IL.
Roland Martin
is an American journalist and syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and author. He is a commentator for TV One and the host of News One Now, a one-hour weekday morning news show on the network.
Carl Hart
is an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Hart is known for his research in drug abuse and drug addiction. Hart was the first tenured African American professor of sciences at Columbia University.
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