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The Summit Series, Super Series 72, [1] Canada–USSR Series (Russian: Суперсерия СССР — Канада, romanized: Superseriya SSSR — Kanada), or Series of the Century (French: Série du siècle), was an eight-game ice hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972.
Canada Russia '72 is a 2006 Canadian docudrama miniseries about the 1972 Summit Series, a series of exhibition ice hockey games between state amateurs of the Soviet Union and professional players from Canada.
Cournoyer played for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series and is part of the famous picture wherein Paul Henderson jumps into his arms after scoring the game (and series) winner. Cournoyer scored three goals during the series. Late in the third period of Game 8, his goal tied the score, making a win by Canada possible. [4]
Prior to the start of the season, the 1972 Summit Series took place. It was the first ever meeting between Soviet Union and NHL calibre Canadian ice hockey players. Canada expected to easily beat the Soviets, but were shocked to find themselves with a losing record of one win, two losses, and a tie after four games in Canada.
Finally, the 1972 Summit Series was organized, pitting the Soviet team against a team of Canadian NHL stars. Canada won the eight-game series 4–3–1 as Paul Henderson scored the winning goal late in the deciding contest. [3] The Soviets handily won a second Summit Series against the World Hockey Association (WHA) all-stars in 1974. [4]
This series, known as the Summit Series, was a chance to see how the NHL players would fare. In eight games (four in Canada, four in the USSR), the teams were close, and it took until the final 34 seconds of the eighth game for Canada to win the series, four games to three, with one tie. [11]
After his stellar 1971–72 season, Hadfield was named to Team Canada for the 1972 Summit Series. After playing sparingly in just two games, he left the team after the Swedish exhibition games and returned home to Canada, [5] drawing criticism for his move.
In fact, this was basically the same Soviet Team that played a Canadian team composed of NHL All Stars in the 1972 Summit Series that Canada narrowly won, 4–3–1. [4] After qualifying for Group A by beating Switzerland 5–3, the U.S. lost as expected to Sweden, 5–1.