Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Soviets sun mamaye sauran shekarun da suka gabata. Bayan 1963, ƙungiyar ba ta ci nasara ba a gasar Olympics da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na tsawon shekaru huɗu. An karya jerin su ta Czechoslovakia a gasar Olympics ta 1968. Duk da rashin nasara, Soviets har yanzu sun lashe zinariya. Wannan shi ne karo na ƙarshe da aka ƙidaya wasannin Olympics a matsayin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. A shekara ta 1969, Soviet Union da Czechoslovakia sun buga "wasanni da suka fi motsa zuciya a tarihin wasan hockey na duniya". An ba da haƙƙin karɓar bakuncin gasar ga Czechoslovakia amma an tilasta musu ƙin haƙƙin bayan mamayewar Warsaw Pact da Soviet ta jagoranta
na al'umma a watan Agusta 1968. An gudanar da gasar ne a Stockholm, Sweden, kuma tare da wadannan tashin hankali na kasa da kasa, kungiyar Czechoslovak ta yanke shawarar kayar da Soviets. Sun ci wasanninsu biyu 2<unk>0 da 4<unk>3 amma duk da waɗannan nasarorin, Czechoslovaks sun rasa wasanninsu biyu ga Sweden kuma sun sami tagulla.