When the NHL announced in early 1976 that its two worst teams, the
Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts, would travel to Japan
for a four-game exhibition series dubbed the Coca-Cola Bottlers'
Cup, fans and media were baffled. The Capitals and the Scouts were
both expansion teams, with a combined 46 wins, 236 losses and 38
ties in their first two seasons--stats made more dismal when
considering seven of those wins were against each other. Yet
lagging so hopelessly behind the rest of the NHL, they were perfect
for a one-off event on the other side of the globe. The series was
an eye-opening success. Players skated on an Olympic swimming pool
ringed with rickety boards hung with fishing nets that boomeranged
pucks into their faces, as curious Japanese fans gasped at the
gap-toothed Canadians wrestling on the ice. Filled with rare photos
and player recollections, this book tells the story of how two
league doormats became hockey heroes half-way around the world.
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