Sport tipster Bobby Clark about Kharlamov`s injury in the 1972 super series: yes, I hit. But it doesn`t bother me. For such a series and everything that happened in it does not apologize

Bobby Clark refused to apologize for the injury inflicted by Valery Kharlamov. Clark spoke out that he struck the club Valery Kharlamov in the ankle in the 1972 Super Series match, which led to a fracture.
- John Ferguson, assistant to the head coach, before the incident with Kharlamov allegedly told you from the side: you need to hit this guy on the ankle. This is true? He even said it himself.
- no. John simply defended me and tried to take the blame for what I did. We were good friends. I thanked him for this, but said: you did not have to say it. What I did, I did.
- there was still a cynical joke from Phil Esposito in our conversation: it is a pity that Clark did not do it in the first game.
- Ha, and I heard the same from him!
- Scotti Bownean told me that Kharlamov was far from the only hockey player who Klar hit so much. He was a tough player and did the same in the NHL. Like Esposito, who claimed that he received such blows in the league analyzed by sport tipsters dozens of times, including from you.
- Yes, it was. You must try to win, and this can be done in every way.
- What do you think, did Canada help the absence of Kharlamov in the seventh match and playing through pain in the eighth?
- I don`t think so. In general, it does not seem to me that the presence or absence of one player could change the winner in that match, regardless of the team. Even without Kharlamov, the tips were still good enough to win.
Or, let`s say, if we did not have Ivan Kurnuaye, this would not hurt us to win. It just happened as it happened.
-I asked the Soviet players if you personally apologized to Kharlamov or one of them for that blow, and they said: no, never.
- Never. This is true.
- Maybe you are ready to do it now?
- No, not ready. For such a series and everything that happened in it does not apologize. Yes, I hit. But it did not bother me then, does not bother me now. An apology is not needed, "said the former player of the national team of Canada Bobby Clark.
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