 In a poll of experts conducted by The Hockey News , not one expected the Soviets to win a single game . Journalist Dick Beddoes of Toronto 's The Globe and Mail offered to eat his words " shredded at high noon in a bowl of borscht on the steps of the Russian Embassy " if the Soviets won one game . Canadian journalists Milt Dunnell ( Toronto Star ) , Jim Coleman ( Southam ) and Claude Larochelle ( Le Soleil ) predicted results of seven wins to one for the Soviets . American journalists Gerald Eskenazi ( New York Times ) and Fran Rosa ( Boston Globe ) predicted eight wins to none , while Mark Mulvoy ( Sports Illustrated ) predicted seven wins to one for Canada . 
