 During game six , Valeri Kharlamov was targeted by Team Canada for attention . According to Conacher , " every time they get a chance , they 're taking him for a rough ride along the boards . " Kharlamov was the target of numerous bodychecks by Brad Park . Things started to heat up in the second period . Kharlamov had knocked down Bobby Clarke , who in retaliation , rubbed Kharlamov 's face with his glove to raise Kharlamov 's temper and the two exchanged punches . Bergman then stepped in and bumped into Kharlamov and harassed him all the way back to the bench . Peter Mahovlich later elbowed Kharlamov , who retaliated by dumping Mahovlich to the ice . Later , Clarke raced down the ice to catch a streaking Kharlamov and deliberately slashed Kharlamov 's already sore ankle , injuring it and according to reports , fracturing it . Kharlamov skated over to the Canadian bench and yelled at the Canadians , before limping off the ice to the dressing room . The referees handed Clarke a minor penalty for slashing and an additional 10 @-@ minute misconduct penalty . Later , with Clarke still stuck in the box serving the misconduct , the referees also gave Dennis Hull a slashing penalty , during which Yakushev scored . On his injured ankle , Kharlamov returned to play and very nearly scored on Dryden during a power play later in the second period . 
