In May 1985, ex-King Victor Netchaev was called by federal prosecutors to testify against Svetlana Ogorodnikova, the Soviet "femme fatale" who allegedly turned FBI agent Richard Miller. Miller would become the first FBI agent to be convicted of espionage.
This capped off a strange American trip for Netchaev. A trailblazer in his own right, the centerman was the first Soviet national to play in the NHL, debuting for Los Angeles against the New York Islanders in Nassau Coliseum on October 16, 1982.