The USSR channeled considerable funds into hockey and other sports like gymnastics because it was felt that athletic success would prove to the world the superiority of the Soviet system.
Fetisov was 10 when he began his association with the Red Army team.
The engaging documentary 'Red Army' uses his career to focus on what happened to individual lives as the USSR transformed into the Russia of today. He not only played hockey, as a defenseman he developed into one of the best the sport had ever seen. KENNETH TURAN, BYLINE: That's Slava Fetisov. It was pretty rough - no running water, no toilets. SLAVA FETISOV: I was born in the Soviet Union. It is actually the story of one of the most dominant hockey teams in the history of the game, and Kenneth Turan has that review.
Catch a ride to the movies and maybe you'll be catching 'Red Army.' It is a new documentary not about the Soviet military.
