<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - AmaSoviet abusa ingxenye esele yaleyo minyaka eyishumi. Ngemuva kuka-1963, iqembu alizange lehluleke emincintiswaneni yama-Olympic neWorld Championship iminyaka emine. Umlando wabo waphulwa yiCzechoslovakia kuma - Olympic asebusika ka - 1968. Naphezu kokulahlekelwa, amaSoviet aqhubeka ewina igolide. Kwakuyisikhathi sokugcina lapho ama-Olympic ayebalwa futhi njengama-World Championships. Ngo-1969, iSoviet Union neCzechoslovakia badlala imidlalo eyayigcwele imizwelo kakhulu emlandweni we-hockey yamazwe ngamazwe. Amalungelo okubamba lo mqhudelwano ekuqaleni ayenikezwe iCzechoslovakia kodwa baphoqeleka ukuba benqabe amalungelo kulandela ukuhlaselwa kweSoviet-led Warsaw Pact  <response>: sesizwe ngo-August 1968. Lo mqhudelwano wawubanjelwe eStockholm, eSweden, futhi ngenxa yalokhu kucindezeleka kwamazwe ngamazwe, iqembu laseCzechoslovakia lalizimisele ukunqoba amaSoviet. Bawine imidlalo yabo yomibili ngo-2-0 no-4-3 kodwa naphezu kwalokhu kunqoba, abaseCzechoslovakia balahlekelwa yizo zombili imidlalo yabo eSweden futhi banqoba ithusi. 