 Kompalla gave an interview with newspaper General @-@ Anzeiger after the series . " When I recall these matches , my flesh creeps . Ten more such games and I would age several years . I am very glad that I got back home uninjured . " He went on to state that the Canadians played " very crudely , purposely using foul methods that endanger the lives of their rivals . " He complained that the Canadian team threw " cucumbers and other leftovers " at his colleague Franz Baader on the flight from Moscow to Prague and harassed visitors in hotels . Bobby Hull also criticized Team Canada , stating that the fighting and gestures of the Canadian players " were a bad example to young players and diplomatically harmful . " 
