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CBC had a great documentary on Russian/Soviet era hockey with a lot of interviews, and old footage. Really made me appreciate the love and passion the 'Soviets' had for the game. They were great skaters and puck movers, really a beautiful form of the game we all love. Certainly gave us Canadians a well deserved 'wake up call'. I'll always root for Canada, and I miss these old days of hockey. Now, everyone plays the same (NHL) no matter where you are from, and it's rather boring to watch. 'Gretzky to Lemieux, he scores!' Thank you Russia for being the most awesome competitors. We'll always remember being enemies on the ice, but brothers of the sport of Hockey.
+SonOfTamriel Absolutely. I think this series woke many people up. The thought that you could roll off your summer bunk after drinking beer all summer, practice for a couple of weeks with makeshift lines and hope to get into shape by playing did not work. Canada won but they were damned lucky to win. In fact the winners of this were the 70s Montreal Canadiens and the 80s Edmonton Oilers who played hockey - not the American-style goonshow.
Great comment here.. seems like everyone is playing the same type of hockey hence it will ultimately come down to who has better players! Whereas in those "black/white" days there were different concepts of how the hockey was played..
This game was the eye opener. Canada greatly underestimated The Soviet team. Especially after early 2-0 lead. Agreed they resorted to rough physical hockey to win series. Herb Brooks finally figured that you have to try and match speed to try and defeat The Soviets.
Kharlamov, Maltsev Petrov and others were amazing players, but it also the great coach Tarasov. For many years it was the question if USSR team can play Canadian profi. Tarasov started to work on that earlier.He was the great visionary. The game in Canada was the ultimate test of his career.
It was not because Canada have 650000 hockey players! Ovechkin's Russia have only 80000-100000 hockey players! USA have 550000 hockey players! Canada and USA should have 15 guys who have scored over 800 goals like Ovechkin today!! Ovechkin ERA only 5,3-6 goals per game NHL! Gretzky's time time 8 goals per game!, if Ovechkin had played high scoring 1980s he would had scored over 1300 goals easily!! Soccer game have 250 million players! That means The Soccer All Stars would beat Orr Gretzky Lemieux easily 100 game Series 93-7! Soccer have 4 billion fans around the world! Cricket have 2 billion fans! Soccer 250 million players vs Russia 80000 players would be 99-1!!
@@user-hv1bh4wj8u Выиграли за счет наглого мордобоя,превосходства в мастерстве не было никакого,примитивный хоккей бей беги,плюс превосходство в габаритах..
@@kasietkashkelenov4588 И что? Речь в данном конкретном случае идёт именно о Суперсерии-72. А что там было потом разбирается в других топиках. Достойно-то достойно, но "пижонов" от Боброва они получили вполне заслуженно!
I like Soviet team more, not only because the won almost every game and their skills/techniques, but also that they are smart and safe and their players wore helmets, unlike Canadians who could of easily got knocked out and broken skull of puck hit head..
Its a national shame for Canada that they are proud of this series. Before the deciding game you go out and purposely break the ankle of the other teams best player. It would be like a team going out and breaking Michael Jordans leg before a game and then beating the Bulls and then being proud of it.
+Tyler Wars ya know, hairline fracture much like Bobby Baun had when he scored the winning OT goal for the Leafs in 1964 SCF game 6. Tony Gambino, there was enough dirty stuff going on the whole series by both sides, not least of all by the Russian officials.
Hey 1972, quit being a Richard. Canada acted like thugs in Sweden when Parise made like he was going to club the ref with his stick. Seriously they cheated there way to victory.
As a 17-year-old in California just discovering the sport of hockey, this was a big deal to me. IIRC, public TV carried the games, and it was so fascinating- these stars I knew something about, and these mysterious Russians that few knew about, but their graceful play opened so many eyes, One must remember that my hockey experience here in the Bay Area was the California Golden Seals, a team that was as close to stillborn as could be- no fans, no interest, nothing.,,
Considering the terrible shape that the members of Team Canada was in, it is amazing that they actually won this series. In those days hockey players, from Canada, would show up to training camp totally out of shape. The Russians had never gotten out of shape.
56:19 Hewitt said Clarke's stick accidentally came down on Maltsev's head, LOL Clarke's stick never "accidentally" hit anyone! Clarke was one tenacious dude to be sure.
+tulagi1 Hewitt was generous to a fault. Clarke was fed heavy metals when he was playing in Flin-Flon, Manitoba. He was a very sick (mentally) hockey player.
Clarke would be suspended for awhile if this happened in todays game . But then again so would the whole team . lol. Amazin series , can't stop watching .
Браво, ребята! Так же как ваши отцы победили в 45м, так же и вы победили канадцев в 72м, в первой игре в Монреальском Форуме! И пусть в конце концов канадцы победили в серии, с перевесом в одну шайбу, вы для нас величайшие игроки, развеявшие миф, о непобедимости канадских профи! Валера Харламов-бог хоккея!
max The song is the same, but back then Russia did not have it's own anthem, as it was a member nation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It's just like how England does not have it's own anthem and instead uses the British Anthem.
Лучше этой команды не было! Самые лучшие хоккеисты ,все звёзды! Улицы были пусты ,когда шли серии игр с канадцами. Слава советскому,именно советскому хоккею! Светлая память хоккеистам,которых уже нет с нами. Петров,Шадрин, Викулов,Цыганков, Рагулин,Кузькин, Зингер, Зимин и Валерий Харламов - Великие спортсмены, гордость страны!
+Drew P. Wiener That was with the WHA and more money driven. After that, with individual teams, the Russians won without argument. The best game I have ever seen was the 1976 Soviet Red Army game against the Montreal Canadiens.
408Magenta i actually watched that game a few weeks ago, and even though it was the two best teams of the 70s going head to head, there was little intense action the entire 60 minutes and the only shine was the goaltending. the best game in my opinion, is game 2 of the 87 canada cup.
They say that Canada hockey players are professionals, while the USSR hockey players are super professionals! Canada, as always, played dirty, breaking the rules, specially injuring the players of the USSR team, but this did not help them. The USSR team is head and shoulders above, because they play smart hockey, not dirty. Their ability to play pass, create scoring chances out of nothing - this is the Soviet school of hockey. Canadians thought that they were the only ones who could play hockey, but it turned out that they still had to learn from Soviet hockey players. And this match is an example of this, as are many matches after that!
They are not angels with hits in stomach and others stuff...but i agree with you for the behaviours of some Canadians players. And it was a very good period for them. Now since 20 years , how many trophies for the russians teams ?
AND Canada & the West are NOT mass bombing civilian targets in the peaceful nation of Ukraine. I was fooled with Glasnost and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. NOW Russia shows it's TRUE self on the world stage. War Criminals in the year 2023? You can keep all of your Communist propaganda from this era, and all others, to yourself. Shame is ALL you can feel for your 'mighty' former Soviet Union.
The Soviet Hockey was revolutionary hockey. Canadians professionals didnt know, how to play against USSR team. At now Russians players missed their style, and canadians improve their plays.
Tchecoslovakia and Sweden were good too. The last game of the trip was a 2-2 game against Tchechoslvaks with a goal of Canada in the last minute of the game. But when your training 11 months like soviets , is this a life ? But you 're right , they take the best and push it to the limits. Datsyuk, Mogilny , Fetisov, Ovevchkin or Fedorov are the proof .
This was the Sputnik of hockey. Just as Sputnik shocked the West, this game( and win) proven once and for all that Soviets -- mostly Russins-- can play superb hockey.
45 years ago tonight...a death of a great Canadian myth...the absolute superiority of Canadian Hockey. The game is still greatly Canadian however many countries not just the Russians have made their mark and contribution.The legendary Foster Hewitt with the play by play. I was just 13 when I watched this incredible sporting moment.
Really the reason the soviets won was because of how they played. At this time the Soviets fast paced cycled play was unheard of! The Canadians had no clue what to do. And because of the Summit Series that style of play was soon adopted by every team in the NHL. (Just some history for ya ;)
The Soviets did a great con job on Canada. "We have come here to learn." They properly figured the Canadians would be overconfident. Harry Sinden tried to warn his team the Soviets were excellent, but they wouldn't listen to him. Canada also handicapped itself by disallowing the players who jumped to the WHA (specifically Bobby Hull) and by having players from all the Canadian teams. (Did Dale Tallon and Jocelyn Gouvermont really deserve to be on the team?) Once the Canadians worked themselves into shape and got used to playing with each other, they were the better team.
@@j-fpilote1576 Not being an hockey historian, I always thought this series just coincided with the descent of Bobby Orr's career, which is why he wasn't playing. Turns out it happened near the peak of his career so, yes, thanks for explaining his absence. Would've been great to see Orr against these CCCP players. In addition to underestimating them, I saw a picture of Team Canada during a practice session preceding this game and a lot of the players were out of shape.
Orr played against the USSR in 1976 Canada Cup, when he was only a season away from retiring... That is when Darryl Sittler said this unforgettablee 1-liner: "Bobby Orr on one leg is better than any player on two."
I live in Texas and don't know that much about hockey but I remember just how big this series was. My question is how long before the Canadians figured this was not going to be the cake walk they thought it was going to be and that they were in for the fight of their lives?
Kinda like the old Mike Tyson fight where the opponent is all gung ho in that first round. Then he gets hit and wonders "what the fuck have I got myself into".
It’s funny you mention this. I was 15 at the time and remember vividly thinking oh wow after the first power play for the Soviets that Canada was in trouble. They were flying out there. Canada played well enough in this game everyone across Canada was in a state of shock after game 1. You have to remember the mindset back then. USSR could barely beat our amateur teams; sometimes scores like 3-2. So we thought it would be a cakewalk. In fact, most Canadians were looking forward to kicking their butts. lol.
Phil wasn’t trying to be disrespectful to his Soviet counterpart winning the ceremonial face-off. He just wanted to be in control of the choreography so Prime Minster Trudeau would be presented the puck on behalf of the entire Team Canada.
my favorite teams when i was a kid were the FLYERS and the BRUINS...so obviously liked tough teams...but still view our international play in those days as absolutely shameful...resorting to complete goon tactics because we realized we werent good enough to compete. period.
Прочитал книгу Драйдена об этой серии и решил пересмотреть. Не онимаю, что все так на него ополчились после этой игры? Как я вижу, играл он вполне прилично, в первом периоде достаточно сложные броски брал, ну а то что в третьем вся команда просто стала... так это не вратаря вина, его просто на убой защитники стали оставлять...
When I watched this series as a young boy in 1972 I had no idea how bad of a play by play announcer Foster Hewitt was...maybe he was just past his prime by then. I know he's a hockey icon and it was a long time ago but there were far better play by play men at that time. Gallivan, Kelly, Robson, Even B. Hewitt. Why they gave Foster all 8 games is a mystery to me. He couldnt even pronounce our own players names let alone the Soviets.
Larry Horricks it would be like giving a crucial series to Bob Cole in 2020. Cole did radio PBP for this series. If you listen to Game 2 Foster sounds like a very old man. He doesn’t sound as out of practice by Game 8.
Likewise, I'm from the states, and I can tell you that if Tretiak was in goal in the Olympics, the "Miracle on Ice" would probably not have happened. Not taking away from that win either, but I greatly prefer the Summit Series to the Miracle (which then went on to a game against Finland).
From these comments, the theme is pretty consistent. USSR skilled, played beautifully. Canada Thugs. People are projecting today's "Players wrapped in bubble wrap" type of hockey to 1972. Hockey in Canada was always played this way. Hall of Famer Black Jack Stewart was the most popular player in Detroit in the late 40s and was hated everywhere else because he typified the way hockey was played in Canada and the NHL. He used the heaviest stick in the league. The reason as he said himself, "My stick is not for scoring goals, it's for breaking arms." Hockey used to be a hard tough game where goalies didn't wear masks and if they got hit in the face they waited and bled in the net until the next whistle and then left and got 25 stitches and after that they got back in net. Hockey was won by wearing down your opponent physically. The Canadians saw early in this game that they were out of shape and they couldn't skate with the Soviets and so they did what you always did, you tried to wear them down physically. Somebody compared Bobby Clarke slashing Kharlamov to breaking Michael Jordan's leg and then celebrating that you beat the Bulls. The difference? This is hockey and that is basketball. This was the way hockey was always played. That comment is like saying...Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Theisman's leg and then celebrated when the Giants beat the Redskins. That would be crazy to say and it is the same with hockey. It's not that they just thought of it for the first time on Sept. 2 1972.
Truthfully, the Canadien team was nowhere in "game shape" they took the Soviets too lightly, and key playeres like Bobby Hull and Bobby Orr were not there. Orr from injury.
@@mechkota Back in Pre-Gretzky days yes, it was probably 50-50 skill-intimidation. For the Broad Street Bullies of the 70s and all hockey before the 60s it was more like 75% intimidation. Watch what the Flyers did to the Red Army team in Philadelphia in 1976. That game was won purely by intimidation. The Red Army was much more skilled team, but their will to play was crushed by the Flyers' Intimidation. The only reason they stayed on the ice until the end of the game was so they didn't lose their share of the gate money.
Hanba Kanade, celú sériu hráli podlo a neférovo, hlavne proti Charlamovovi, ktorému nakoniec zlomili nohu a stav série sa začal otáčať v prospech kanadských hajzľov.
TheyCallMeFilep. That's right, one deity is light, and the other is darkness. The Russians used to play hockey by the rules, but Canadians are in a street fight.
What if the Russians broke Esposito's ankle? There is no excuse for purposely trying to injure another player, period. It was a dirty goon play. Worse yet is Esposito laughed about it saying he would have done it if Clark didn't.
Esposito has admitted on numerous occasions, 'I would've killed them to win. THAT scared me!". John Ferguson, while in the Team Canada dressing room, stated that Kharlamov 'needs a little tap on the ankle.'. He was staring at Bobby Clarke when he said it.
It takes a few games to make a team gel. The Soviet team were truly a team in the beginning. Also this was more like team NHL a lot of guys could have made a big difference to the line up. Bobby Hull for one.
44:37 The reason why this puck went in is because he kinda of fanned on the shot and hit a slow one under Dryden's pad. If he had hit it squared more than likely Dryden would have made the save because it would have been lifted into his pads.
Actually he dud what he was told to do in this series. He was still a young player that gad no real sranding as a leader yet. I would say that the cheap shot artist of yoday are alot worse as the instigator rule pretty much took care of any retaliation for a cheap hit that injuries a player. In those days if you did crap like that you spent every game against that team after what you did paying fir it.
I find it humorous, as a long time hockey fan, that it was Team Canada and not an NHL All Star team, but it makes perfect sense because the NHL was 99% Canadian at the time and either name could have been used interchangeably.
The Canadian players had lost their poise, "running all over the ice" to establish their hitting game, while the Soviets used an unexpected tactic, that of the long pass, to break a man out of their defensive zone.
bud i wish i was around for these games best hockey ever. The only reason why hockey is they way it is now is from the USSR,the skill with the puck was just breathtaking.
***** I was at the tour that they were having yesterday in Toronto (summit series 72) thats the closes i can ever experience what everyone else was back in 72 haha
***** No, it called "Red Army" it a documentary. Its on Netflix, you should check it out if you havent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_(film) I hated how the Flyers played them Broad Street Bullies, they had to leave the ice because they where so dirty and they still are.
True, but remember they had a red line. Today's players dont have a red line, so they build up alot ofspeed in the neutral zone. Makes the game actually MORE dangerous.
Lots of comments here about Bobby Clarke's dirty play. Fact is, Clarke was a thug even against players in the NHL. One of the comments below is that "Canadians were extremely dirty". They certainly played tough hockey but other than Clarke, the vast majority of Canadian players weren't playing dirty. Another comment states that the Soviets played with "far superior technique and skill". In my view, another over reach. The Soviets were used to playing together as a team while the Canadians weren't and it showed especially in the initial games. What the Soviets did have was far superior physical conditioning. The Canadian players were coming off their summer break and in those days most of them just played golf and drank beer during their break. The Canadian team play got more cohesive as the series progressed and while Canada got crushed in this first game, the spread was never more than two goals in the other two games Canada lost. In Moscow, Canada won three of four games and ultimately the series. And Tretiak was one of the Soviets saving grace. Had it not been for Tretiak, the Soviets would not have seemed so formidable. The Soviet offense certainly did spring a nasty surprise on Canadian players and fans in this 1st game and their disciplined play had a tremendous impact on NHL hockey in subsequent years. It was a brutal wake up call.
Mulroney alert! Future prime minister and his wife enjoying the game at 0:08:25 (it's like a game of Where's Waldo -- see them again at the two-minute mark of the 1976 Superseries)
