Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Summit series reunion tour hopes to conjure longlost spirit of adversarial hockey the 87 canada cup came close, as. If you thought youd heard everything there was to know about this historic event then this book will quickly dispel those thoughts. Stapleton helped canada defeat the soviet union in the 1972 summit series, sporting a plus6 rating in seven games.
Stars of 1972 summit series promise stories and memories in road tour canadas summit series champions are going back on the road 44 years after their iconic victory. See more ideas about summit series, canada and hockey. The 1972 summit series recognized as an event of national. Eighteen million of us watched the final game of the canadiansoviet union summit series, but on. Leading scorers olympics, world championships, canada cups, 1972 summit series sergei makarov 248 points. Classic rock show will have team canada 1972 players. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute summit series. Im writing a history essay, and one of the topics is the 1972 summit series, and its significance to canada. The tour revisits the cities that hosted the canadian half of the summit series. In 20, the team formed an entity called 1972 summit series hockey team inc.
The power of teamwork to inspire every canadian with the lessons learned from the summit series, particularly those highlighting what can be achieved through teamwork. Unfollow 1972 summit series to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I hadnt known, but stapleton was a leader off the ice for team canada 1972 as the chairman of the board of directors of 1972 summit series hockey team inc. Most canadians expected the 1972 canadarussia series to be a onesided win for the nhls best professionals. Team canada offers lessons for the future, from 1972 the. Many believe this special series changed hockey forever. Prior to the beginning of the moscow part of the series, team canada playes two exhibition games against the swedish national team in stockholm. The hero of the 1972 summit series was the first to touch the puck after the display opened.
Through whats called the 72 summit series tour, various alumni will visit the different cities and have informal discussions amongst themselves before interacting with the crowd and taking questions. The players present at todays unveiling are in town to kick off the 72 summit series tour. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5. The summit series, or super series known at the time simply as the canada ussr series. That month, in russia, members of team canada went on a tour of russian cities to celebrate the anniversary. It was widely assumed that canadas pros would make short work of the soviet upstarts. The 1972 summit series between the best from russia and the best from canada turned out to be one of the most significant events, not only in hockey history, but also in canadian history. The story of the summit series, as its never been told. Intended to improve relations between the two rivals, this cold war on ice often erupted into hot blooded emotion, to a level never before and never again experienced in international competition. A group of schoolkids then swarmed the area to touch the famous piece of rubber. Because winning the summit series was like winning a battle in the cold war.
The flyers red army game, the roughest, most bizarre hockey game ever duration. What made the games so compelling was the fact they. Hendersons summit series jersey to tour country ctv news. Constituting the bands first performances in the united states following the altamont free concert in december 1969, critic dave marsh would later write that the tour was part of rock and roll legend and one of the. Instead, the 1972 summit series morphed into an epic struggle between rival philosophies, inside the rink. One of the most disappointing aspects of the 1972 summit series has to be the lack of professionalism among the referees. While a member of the boston bruins, he scored 40 or more goals in seven straight seasons and 50 or more in five straight seasons. Bobby clarke was the villain of 1972, but was he also team canadas mvp. The first weekend of september 1972 was marked by the start of the greatest hockey series ever staged. By the 1970s, several national hockey federations, such as canada, protested their use of the amateur status for players of eastern bloc teams and even withdrew from the 1972 and 1976 winter games.
It began in montreal on the 2nd exactly 44 years after game one the 72 summit series tour also appeared in front of fans in toronto, winnipeg and vancouver. Henderson was again the hero in game seven when his goal at 17. Superseriya sssr canada, known at the time simply as the canadaussr series, was an eightgame series of ice hockey between the soviet union and canada, held in september 1972. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute summit summary. While canadians took great pride in having the best hockey players in the world, the ussr had, since the. Whats more, he was a tentime allstar and represented canada in the 1972 summit series, the 1976 canada cup and the 1977 world championship. The rolling stones american tour 1972 was a muchpublicized and muchwrittenabout concert tour of the united states and canada in june and july 1972 by the rolling stones.
It was the first competition between the soviet national team and a canadian team represented by professional players. Many predicted that canada would defeat the soviets easily, but it. The 1972 canadasoviet hockey series was perhaps the most dramatic sports event in canadian history. Pages in category 1972 summit series the following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. He ranks eighth on the blackhawks alltime list for points by a defenseman with 327. Fortyfour years to the day, the legends of team canada 1972 will relive the iconic eightgame series in the four canadian cities that hosted them in 1972. Peter mahovlich was a very proud canadian after 1972. A very entertaining and informative book about the canadaussr 1972 summit series that is easytoread, and the most comprehensive book ive ever come across on the series. According to canadian experts it was a series that wasnt going to be much of a series.
Bobby clarke was the villain of 1972, but was he also team. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute summit. Phil esposito right talks during news conference to promote the 72 summit series tour along with former teammates from the left yvan cournoyer, peter mahovlich and guy lapointe on feb. The world cup of hockey, an international hockey series that will begin in toronto on sept. In september 2016, members of team canada 1972 took part in a fourcity tour of canada, retracing their steps from the first half of the summit series. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute rosters.
Stars of 1972 summit series promise stories and memories. Why was the 1972 summit series significant to canada. Before the series came into being, the soviets demonstrated that they were a tower of strength by winning 11 of 12 olympic and world championships from 1963 to 1973. How politicians used the 1972 summit series trudeau, brezhnev used hockey for political gains pierre elliot trudeau and leonid brezhnev might not have had a lot in common, but a love of sports and a belief that sports, and in greater context culture. Plaque commemorates 72 summit series ahead of cross. The 1972 summit series, also known as the super series or simply the canadaussr series, was an eightgame hockey tournament between the soviet union and canada, held in the september of 1972. Very few canadians who were alive on september 28, 1972 did not watch the game on tv or listen on radio as game eight was carried live in the midafternoon. In 1972, an eightgame hockey series took place between canada and the soviet union. The success of the 1972 summit series would lead to the development of the canada cup ice hockey world. Its easy to guess that much of northern ontario is missing some forests because of the paper needed to print all of the books that have been written. Unfortunately, most soviet fans remember clarke not for his technical skills or impressive offensive and defensive play but for his wild and violent acts against his opponents in the 1972 summit series and the 197576 red army tour in north america.
Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5 video. Nowhere was this pride perhaps more at stake than during the canadaussr hockey tournament of 1972, also known as the summit series. In hockeys 72 summit series between canada and soviet union. The first four games were played in canada montreal, toronto, winnipeg and vancouver. Later in the month, the soviet veterans will visit canada. Team canada 1972 takes a look back at the summit series, the nowlegendary hockey matchup between canada and the soviet union. If youre a baby boomer, watching the summit series reunion lets you relive the emotion and the excitement of those games with the hockey stars themselves, said the. Its become known as the summit series, though four decades ago it was simply called the canadau. The 1972 summit series between national hockey teams from canada and the ussr was the first time that canadian professional hockey players faced the soviet unions national team. This 8disc collectors edition features over 25 hours of hockey, including all eight games and an original documentary feature film on the series. Hockey, as canadas national winter sport, is a source of enormous pride for canadians. Unlike in the canada cup and world cup of hockey and in the nhl olympic tournaments, the best nhl referees, who. Despite the soviet union having won nine consecutive world championships between 19, those had come against amateur competition the soviets would have no chance against canadas best nhlers in the 1972 summit series. This september, theyll be visiting montreal, toronto, winnipeg and vancouver the same cities that hosted them in 1972 as part of the 72 summit series tour.