The signal was relayed from moscow, to london and finally to canada, therefore. Summit series 1972 scoring leaders and demographics breakdown. The 1974 summit series was the second of two competitions between soviet and canadian professional ice hockey players. 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 summit series, or super series known at the time simply as the canada ussr series. Mostly we remember the eight bitter battles between team canada and the former.
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. Team canada 1972 summit series roster quiz stats by. In hockeys 72 summit series between canada and soviet. Published in 2002 to mark the 30th anniversary of the greatest hockey series ever played, artist dainel parrys masterpiece has recreated the style and substance of team canada and its dramatic victory in the summit series. See results from the team canada 1972 summit series roster quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. Transport your wall back to 1972 with this brilliant commemorative poster. For more information on each player including his bio, career statistics and a. The first meeting between the nhl stars and the russian national team. The story of the summit series, as its never been told. Player birth country and age distributions, draft rounds of players in the 1972 tournament. Canadas top amateur clubs found themselves unable to compete with the soviet union and other top european countries and, denied the use of professional players by the. Top 10 statistics of the 1972 summit by digital memix.
Canada was represented by world hockey association players instead of the national hockey league players that played in the 1972 summit series. Team canadas roster of 35 players for the 1972 series against the soviet. Henderson would play the soviets in the 1974 summit series organized by the wha. The heartbreak of losing the 1972 summit series to team canada in the final minute of the last game was devastating for members of the soviet national team and their fans sadder still for. Things went from badtoworse for team canada in game 5. Team canada 74 roster view the team roster by jersey numbers by players position in alphabetical order. Soviet sports officials initially said the primary purpose of the series was to study canadian hockey. Rate 5 stars rate 4 stars rate 3 stars rate 2 stars rate 1 star. Forty years later, it remains seared in the canadian consciousness. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute summit. Alltime top lists hockey hall of fame members top 100 nhl players of alltime top 100 players of the 20th century wha 1972 1979.
The summit series of 1972 is considered a defining moment in canadian history the entire soviet union shut down to watch the games in russia, liam explains. Like the old team canada of 1972, they started forming a tight bond again. In order to generate the top 10 stats, please select the criteria for your search and then click the submit button below. This initial roster included many of the bestknown players in the nhl, although a few like dave keon were conspicuously absent. It was widely assumed that canadas pros would make short work of the soviet upstarts. The summit series was played in 1972 between the soviet union and a canadian team which consisted of nhl allstars. While canadians took great pride in having the best hockey players in the world, the ussr had, since the. Canada summit not active international hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at. Remembering the 1972 summit series ontario minor hockey. Sports quiz team canada 1972 summit series roster random sports or nhl quiz can you name the 1972 canadian summit series roster. Soviet union to engage in an eightgame summit series in september, 1972. Game 8 of the 1972 summit series between canada and the soviet union.
Team canada 1972 summit series roster quiz by hockeyman18. Soviet goalie vladislav tretiak was so impressive that the montreal canadiens drafted him in 1983, but the move was blocked by the soviet government. Many believe this special series changed hockey forever. Hockey put canadas cold war perceptions on ice the. It was the first competition between the soviet national team and a canadian team represented by professional players.
Unfollow 1972 summit series to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. For more information on each player including his bio, career statistics and a brief overview of his performance in the 1972 summit, please click on the players name in the team roster above. Qualifying round placed teams into final and consolation roundrobin pools. But from the start, the 1972 summit series was all about politics.
Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute rosters and. One of canadas top players was deliberately left off the team canada roster for the 1972 summit series. Ussr, stats, lies and videotape, the untold story of hockeys series of the century bendell, richard j, patskou, paul, macaskill, robert on. 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. Five players of team canada 1972 would play for montreal awrey, cournoyer, dryden, lapointe and savard. Player birthdate, birthplace, height and weight information for team canada. Paul henderson was among those team canada players who considered turning down the invitation to play. To win the summit series canada now needed to win games 6, 7 and 8. After building a 41 lead, canada watched helplessly as the soviets scored four unanswered goals to win the game 54 and take a commanding 311 lead in the series. Eleven of the soviet 1972 team players would play against the montreal canadiens in the december 31, 1975 game of the super series 76. 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.
Instead, the 1972 summit series morphed into an epic struggle between rival philosophies, inside the rink. The soviets named 31 players for its roster on august 11. Unfollow 1972 summit series poster to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Bobby hull had jumped to the world hockey association. Ed was the teams third goalie dressing as the backup for most of the series and starting the second game in stockholm. According to canadian experts it was a series that wasnt going to be much of a series. Harry sinden on 12 july 1972, during a press conference in toronto. Team canadas 1972 summit series application form while hockey fans may have missed it among all the lockout doom and gloom, sunday was an important anniversary in hockey history. Team canada 1972 canadas team of the century summit. When it seemed it might end in a 332 tie, they announced theyd win the series. In 20, the team formed an entity called 1972 summit series hockey team inc.
I created some strat hockey cards for the classic 1972 summit series. The greatest rivalry in hockey, played out over the month of september, four games in canada, four in moscow. If you thought youd heard everything there was to know about this historic event then this book will quickly dispel those thoughts. Six members of the montreal canadiens yvan cournoyer, serge savard, guy lapointe, ken dryden and frank and pete mahovlich temporarily shed the ch and donned the maple leaf to. Hockeygods strives to untie hockey fans from across the globe covering all types. Bobby clarke was the villain of 1972, but was he also team. Paul henderson the goal team canada summit series 1972. At the end of this greatest series came the greatest goal paul hendersons gamewinner with less than a minute to play.
The entire hockey world, such as it was available to them at that time in 1972, were watching and waiting for the results of the summit series, to hear how the canadian pros were. Team canadas roster of 35 players for the 1972 series against the soviet union was announced by coach and general manager harry sinden on 12 july 1972, during a press conference in toronto. For sheer drama, it was the greatest hockey series of alltime canada vs. Bobby clarke, alexander ragulin, yevgeny poladjev, vladislav tretiak and an unknown official during game 2 of the summit series on 4 september 1972 at maple leaf gardens in toronto, ontario, canada. Canadas most dangerous hockey player was there in russia watching game 8 of the summit series, but he wasnt on the ice. 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. Hockey hall of fame team canada 1972 tribute rosters.