๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1ย Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 2
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ
Thursday, 19 September 1974
Aside from Boris Mikhailovโs overenthusiastic pre-game faceoff, the series opener had gone as smoothly as Canadian diplomats had hoped. But off the ice, trouble was brewing.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-3ย Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 1
Colisรฉeย deย Quรฉbec,ย Quรฉbec ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 17 September 1974
The ceremonial puck drop was just supposed to be a photo op when Pat Stapleton and Boris Mikhailov lined up at center ice at La Colisee de Quebec in Quebec City.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 8
Palace Of Sports Of The Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Thursday, 28 September 1972
โHenderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Hereโs another shotโฆright in front! They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!โ โ Foster Hewitt
It is the most famous goal call in Canadaโs long and rich hockey history, and it came from the gameโs greatest voice exactly 50 years ago today, at the Sports Palace in Moscow.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-3ย Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 7
Palace Of Sports Of The Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Tuesday, 26 September 1972
Game Seven was another must-win game for Canada, and it ended in dramatic fashion as Henderson scored the go-ahead goal with just 2:06 left in the game on one of the greatest efforts in hockey history.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 3-2 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 6
Palace Of Sports Of The Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Sunday, 24 September 1972
Indeed, Canada did in Game Six what it failed to do two days earlier, though only by the skin of its collective teeth. The team gained the lead and held on for the win, scoring three times in 83 seconds in the second period and then checking the Soviets into the ice in the final, scoreless period for a 3-2 win.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 5-4 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Summit Series, Game 5
Palace Of Sports Of The Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow ๐ท๐บ
Friday, 22 September 1972
After arriving in Moscow from Sweden, Team Canada skated onto the ice at the Sports Palace with a monumental task at hand, but things got worse before they got better. Actually, they got better, then worse, then better.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Unionย 5-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Summit Series, Game 4
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 08 September 1972
Who knows how history might have changed had Soviet coach Vsevelod Bobrov been able to ice the lineup he wanted for Game Four.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-4ย Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 3
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg ๐จ๐ฆ
Wednesday, 06 September 1972
Now that the teams knew each otherโs strengths and weaknesses, Game Three was played as evenly as one might expect between two hockey powers.
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๐จ๐ฆ Canada 4-1ย Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Summit Series, Game 2
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ
Monday, 04 September 1972
Canadaโs stunning loss in Game One in Montrรฉal made the next game, two nights later at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, a must-win.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 7-3 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
Summit Series, Gameย 1
Forum de Montrรฉal,ย Montrรฉal ๐จ๐ฆ
Saturday, 02 September 1972
The genesis of the Summit Series can be traced to 1970, when Canada withdrew from international hockey in protest of the Soviet Unionโs interpretation of the use of amateurs at the World Championships.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 7-3 Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ
World Championship Final Round
Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Wednesday, 26 March 1969
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:32 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Maltsev
18:16 – ๐ซ๐ฎ PEN – Rantasila
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechoslovakia 4-3 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
World Championship Final Round
Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Friday, 28 March 1969
There is absolutely no doubt that the most emotionally charged games in the history of international hockey were the two between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union in the 1969 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm.
These were two games which the Czechoslovaks simply could not lose.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Final Round
Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm ๐ธ๐ช
Monday, 24 March 1969
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:04 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Lundstrรถm
13:08 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – Nygren (Hysing)
13:51 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Palmqvist
17:12 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Olsson
17:12 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Starshinov
17:45 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Petrov (Mikhailov)
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๐จ๐ฟ Czechoslovakia 5-4 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Olympic Final Round
Palais des Sports, Grenoble ๐ซ๐ท
Thursday, 15 February 1968
The Soviet Union started to monopolize international hockey in 1963 with their third World Championship Gold medal.
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-2 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Olympic Final Round
Palais des Sports, Grenoble ๐ซ๐ท
Tuesday, 13 February 1968
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:47 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Firsov (Polupanov)
13:18 – ๐ธ๐ช GOAL – รberg (Bengtsson)
17:48 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Romishevsky, hooking
19:09 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Blinov, boarding
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๐ธ๐ช Sweden 6-4 Soviet Union ๐ท๐บ
Centennial Tournament
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg ๐จ๐ฆ
Friday, 05 January 1968
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:52 – ๐ธ๐ชย GOAL – Nygren (รberg)
13:45 – ๐ธ๐ชย GOAL – Lundstrรถm
14:17 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Ionov
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 3-0 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
Centennial Tournament
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg ๐จ๐ฆ
Tuesday, 02 January 1968
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:22 – ๐ท๐บย GOAL – Blinov
04:25 – ๐ธ๐ชย PEN – รberg
08:54 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Polupanov
14:40 – ๐ธ๐ชย PEN – Olsson
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 4-2 Czechoslovakia ๐จ๐ฟ
World Championship Final Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna ๐ฆ๐น
Wednesday, 29 March 1967
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:02 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Ja. Holรญk
04:00 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – ล mรญd
05:14 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Firsov
08:58 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Polupanov
08:58 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Pospรญลกil
09:55 – ๐จ๐ฟ GOAL – Golonka (Jiลรญk)
10:13 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Zaitsev (Almetov)
14:19 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Vikulov
14:19 – ๐ท๐บ PEN – Ivanov
16:12 – ๐จ๐ฟ PEN – Nedomanskรฝ
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 2-1 Canada ๐จ๐ฆ
World Championship Final Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna ๐ฆ๐น
Monday, 27 March 1967
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:30 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Dineen
02:30 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Vikulov
05:05 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Yaroslavtsev
05:35 – ๐จ๐ฆย PP GOAL – Huck (Brewer)
10:41 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Polupanov
15:27 – ๐ท๐บย PEN – Ivanov, minor + misconduct
16:36 – ๐จ๐ฆย PEN – Bourbonnais
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๐ท๐บ Soviet Union 9-1 Sweden ๐ธ๐ช
World Championship Final Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna ๐ฆ๐น
Saturday, 25 March 1967
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:05 – ๐ธ๐ช PEN – Bengtsson
03:09 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Almetov (Yakushev)
07:54 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Polupanov (Vikulov)
15:59 – ๐ท๐บ GOAL – Firsov (Ragulin)
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International Hockey Lineal Championship 