 After the series , Team Canada played an exhibition game against the Czechoslovak national team ; at the time , the world champions . The game took place on September 30 at the <unk> hala in Prague and ended in a 3 – 3 tie . Canada took the lead in the first period on goals by Serge Savard and Peter Mahovlich . The Czechoslovakian team tied it with two goals in the second by Bohuslav Stastny . Jiri <unk> scored at 2 : 28 of the third and the lead nearly held up until the end . Canada pulled its goalie and Savard scored his second goal with four seconds left . 
