The Russian Mafia's NHL Extortion Play

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

When the Soviet Union collapsed in the late 80's and early 90's, both gangsters and hockey players headed to America (and Canada!) for new opportunities, making use of the skills they had developed back home. It didn't take long before both groups were on a collision course. As a bunch of 20-something Russian and Ukrainian players started earning more money than they had ever dreamed of, some of their equally ambition countrymen wanted to make sure they got a taste as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.5	NFL draft by the Los Angeles Kings in 1991. Born in Kyiv in 1972, he had just
1:10.4	spent two years playing in the Soviet Championship League
1:13.0	and would spend another year there before heading to the states to play in the
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