๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ IHLC Classics: The Summit Series At Fifty

From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, to commemorate the historic fiftieth anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, we look back with a new IIHF feature on the historic final game, and final goal, of this epic international hockey showdown.

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Thursday, 28 September 1972

โ€œHenderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Hereโ€™s another shotโ€ฆright in front! They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!โ€ โ€“ Foster Hewitt

It is the most famous goal call in Canadaโ€™s long and rich hockey history, and it came from the gameโ€™s greatest voice exactly 50 years ago today, at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow.
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Vladimir Shadrin: 1948-2021


Vladimir Shadrin, the Russian centreman who starred on some of the most powerful Soviet squads of the 1970’s, today passed away in Moscow from COVID-19 complications at the age of 73.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Tony Esposito: 1943-2021


Anthony “Tony O” Esposito, the legendary Chicago Black Hawks goaltender who was a three-time Vezina Trophy winner, and one of the backstops in Canada’s historic 1972 Summit Series, today died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 78. Continue reading

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada’s Boycott: 1970-77

With the now-cancelled 2020 World Championships set to have begun today in Switzerland, TheIHLC.com will instead highlight the last time there was a major lack of competition in the century-plus lineage of the IHLC – Canada’s international hockey boycott from 1970-77, and how the IHLC could have looked if just one fateful game in 1970 went another way.

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On 04 January 1970, the creator of modern ice hockey and the most dominant team in the game up to that point, Canada, shocked the hockey world when it announced that effective immediately, it was withdrawing from all international competition, including the World Championships, Olympic Games and other exhibition games or tournaments.
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Hockey Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2018


The Hockey Hall Of Fame today announced the newest members that will join as the Class of 2018 on 12 November, with a pair of Canadian Martins (Brodeur and St-Louis), Alexander Yakushev and Jayna Hefford entering the players wing of the Hall, bringing their professional and international accolades (along with their International Hockey Lineal Championship reigns) to Toronto.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ IHLC Classics: “Henderson Has Scored For Canada!”

From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series finale, we look back on perhaps the most influential goal in international hockey history, Paul Henderson’s series-winning tally past Vladislav Tretyak.

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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Thursday, 28 September 1972

Game eight of the Summit Series was maybe the most important hockey game ever played. It was the climax of the greatest series ever played, Canada versus the Soviet Union. It was a series that pitted the professionals of Canada against the “amateurs” of the Soviet Union. It matched Canadian-style hockey with Soviet-style.

Most important, it was a battle between lifestyles, values and two vastly different political systems.
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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ IHLC Classics: The Red Army Shocks The World

From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, we feature the opening game of the tournament, a stunning Soviet victory in Montrรฉal.

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 7-3 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Gameย 1
Forum de Montrรฉal,ย Montrรฉal ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Saturday, 02 September 1972

The withdrawal of Canada from international hockey in 1970 was the result of an increasingly bitter feud between that country and other top European countries, notably the Soviet Union. Canada had long believed that Iron Curtain countries used professional players in World Championship and Olympic competition because their players did nothing but play hockey eleven months of the year.

The withdrawal, though, did have one benefitโ€”it produced the Summit Series in September 1972, an eight-game showdown between Canadaโ€™s professionals from the NHL and the best from the Soviet Union (essentially their World Championship / Olympic team).
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 06 Oct 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Sunday, 06 October 1974

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1st Period
07:57 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Webster, roughing
13:08 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PEN – Yakushev, tripping
13:47 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PP GOAL – Backstrom (Tremblay, Hull)
15:26 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PEN – Tiurin, holding
18:21 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Hamilton, elbowing
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 4-4 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 05 Oct 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 4-4ย Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Game 7
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Saturday, 05 October 1974

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1st Period
03:34 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Anisin (Lutchenko)

06:47 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Tiurin (Lebedev, Yakushev)
17:42 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – Webster (Lacroix)
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 5-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 03 Oct 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 5-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Gameย 6
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Thursday, 03 October 1974

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1st Period
00:34 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Mikhailov (Kharlamov)

00:53 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Marty Howe, elbowing
02:43 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Vasiliev
15:56 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – Houle (Shmyr)
15:38 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Smith, cross checking
16:38 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Tardif, 10 min. misconduct
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 01 Oct 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 3-2 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Game 5
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Tuesday, 01 October 1974

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1st Period
02:32 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Mahovlich, holding
05:34 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Maltsev (Vikulov, Anisin)
06:59 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PEN – Petrov, roughing
06:59 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Ley, roughing
15:07 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Selwood, cross checking
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 5-5 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 23 Sep 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 5-5ย Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Gameย 4
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Monday, 23 September 1974

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1st Period
03:24 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Vasiliev (Kharlamov)
04:20 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – G. Howe (Backstrom, Stapleton)
05:24 –ย ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – McKenzie, elbowing
05:59 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PP GOAL – Mikhailov (Petrov)
11:38 –ย ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PEN – Gusev, slashing
12:45 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PP GOAL – Hull (Mahovlich)
15:11 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – Hull (Stapleton)
17:10 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – Mahovlich (Houle, Bernier)
17:45 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – Hull (Lacroix)
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IHLC Results – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 8-5 Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ – 21 Sep 1974

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๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union 8-5ย Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Summit Series, Game 3
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Saturday, 21 September 1974

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1st Period
05:02 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Lacroix, slashing
06:30 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย PEN SHOT – Maltsevย missed
13:25 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Smith, cross checking
14:58 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย GOAL – MacGregor (Henderson)
17:25 – ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บย GOAL – Yakushev (Shadrin)
19:15 – ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆย PEN – Walton, tripping
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