The series would have a lasting impact on hockey in canada and abroad. Its become known as the summit series, though four decades ago it was simply called the canadau. Though there were 3,000 canadian fans in moscow and national tv coverage. 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. Doc extended essay how did the 1972 summit series affect. The summit series, or super series 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. Mostly we remember the eight bitter battles between team canada and the. Henderson would play the soviets in the 1974 summit series organized by the wha. The amazing canadasoviet hockey series of 1972, just rereleased as an ebook along with his. Eleven of the soviet 1972 team players would play against the montreal canadiens in the december 31, 1975 game of the super series 76. The canada russia summit series of 1972 adam fischer. Media opinion is divided on the effect it had on the outcome of the series. Forty years have passed since canada and the soviet union met in a landmark eightgame series that changed hockey forever, and the effects are still evident.
The 1972 summit series recognized as an event of national. Why was the 1972 summit series significant to canada. The 1972 summit series between national hockey teams from canada and the ussr was the first time that canadian professional hockey. The 1972 summit series between the canadian national ice hockey team and the u. Hist 324 the cultural signifcance of the 1972 summit series. Click through the timeline to learn more about the series. Team canada s interpreter shares a few interesting stories from his involvement in the 1972 summit series. Nothing ever in the history of mankind will rival the summit series in 1972 for impact, drama, and how it ended. Im writing a history essay, and one of the topics is the 1972 summit series, and its significance to canada. I know how it helped prove dominance over the soviet union and all that, but i need some strong points. Intended to improve relations between the two rivals, it ended up as the closest thing to open conflict ever experienced between the two nations.
The amazing canadasoviet hockey series of 1972, just. Hockey series between canada and ussr was a defining moment for canadians. 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, can. The reaction to canadas win in the summit series illustrates just how much the world has changed in the past 40 years. When the cold war became hot the summit series between the. Pm pierre trudeau sends telegram to canadians after summit series. Hockey put canadas cold war perceptions on ice the globe and. The reaction to canadas win in the summit series illustrates just how much the. Melanie alexandra ngai 0030880019 cold war during the 1970s how did the 1972 summit series affect international relations between canada and the. In 1972, an eightgame hockey series took place between canada and the soviet union. Team canada fought back and in the final seconds of the deciding game leafs player paul henderson scored the winning goal. Reexamining the 1972 summit series the hockey writers. As canadas preeminent hockey historian, liam maguire is unequivocal about the importance and impact of the summit series.
His goal is considered by many to be one of the top 5 moments in canadian history not just sporting history but all history. Five players of team canada 1972 would play for montreal awrey, cournoyer, dryden, lapointe and savard. A recap of the canada russia summit series and how it effected canadians from sea to sea to sea. 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. It was in these conditions that canadian sports executive, joe kryczka, announced the canadaussr series. In hockeys 72 summit series between canada and soviet union. The summit series, or super series known at the time simply as the canada ussr series, was an eightgame series of ice hockey between the soviet union and canada, held in september 1972. I think we had in our minds an idea that it had an effect on canada, but we had. Summit series 1972 scoring leaders and demographics breakdown. Hendersons heroics in the 1972 summit series will be talked about as long as hockey is played in canada in other words forever. 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. Canada evened the series with a 41 game 2 win in toronto, but a 44 tie in winnipeg and a 53 loss in vancouver left the canadians in a. Hockey put canadas cold war perceptions on ice the. While canadian and american hockey teams alike took notes from the summit series, there was also an immense impact on culture and unity in.
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