"I told them that they wouldn't get paid for the game,'' Snider said. "And Clarence looked at me and said, 'Hell, we were supposed to settle up for the whole series after this game.' I said, 'Tell them they're not getting their money.' They were supposed to get $50,000 for each game, so a total of $200,000 was on the line, plus we paid for all of their expenses and whatnot. That was a lot of money at the time, especially in Russia. So they huddled together and went back and forth and finally said very clearly, 'We will play,' and back onto the ice they went.''