Having just finished serving a hooking penalty, Van Impe left the penalty box and immediately placed a devastating hit on the Soviet Union's Valeri Kharlamov, knocking the latter unconscious and causing him to lay prone of the ice for a short while.
Following his penalty, Van Impe immediately attacked Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union, sending him crashing to the ice with a powerful hit that left him unconscious for a brief period.