Biopic of Russian ice hockey legend Valeri Kharlamov from early childhood, rising to the pinnacle of the sport and his untimely death.
The film "Legend No. 17" tells about a significant fact from the life of the famous CSKA striker Valeriy Kharlamov. He experienced his finest hour on September 2, 1972. On this day, at international competitions in Montreal, the hockey players of the USSR national team were supposed to fight on the ice arena with Canadian professionals from the NHL in two games. And in both they won with a significant advantage.—Bazza the Beast