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The Summit Series, or Super Series[1] (in Russian Суперсерия СССР — Канада; Superseriya SSSR — Canada), known at the time simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), known as Team Canada. It was the first international ice hockey competition for Canada after Canada had withdrawn from international ice hockey competitions in a dispute with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The series was organized with the intention to create a true best-on-best competition in the sport of ice hockey. The Soviets had become the dominant team in international competitions, which disallowed the professional players of Canada. Canada had had a long history of dominance of the sport prior to the Soviets' rise.
originally posted by: intrepid
a reply to: SocratesJohnson
I wonder how that team would have done against the '72 team.
www.chidlovski.com...
I'd wager Serge Savard and Bobby Orr could shut down Gretzky and Lemieux. Hell, Gilbert Pereault was the original Lemieux.
originally posted by: intrepid
a reply to: SocratesJohnson
I wonder how that team would have done against the '72 team.
www.chidlovski.com...
I'd wager Serge Savard and Bobby Orr could shut down Gretzky and Lemieux. Hell, Gilbert Pereault was the original Lemieux.