IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 3-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 06 Oct 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 3-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Sunday, 06 October 1974

Unlike in 1972, there would be no climatic Game 8 in 1974. Team Canada had lost the series.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 4-4 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 05 Oct 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 4-4Β Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 7
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Saturday, 05 October 1974

As time was ticking down in Game 7, with the score knotted 4-4, Team Canada mounted a last-second push to win the game. With a tie, the Soviets would take the series. But with a win, they could still even it up with another victory in Game 8.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 03 Oct 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, GameΒ 6
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Thursday, 03 October 1974

Ahead of a crucial Game 6, the players on Team Canada decided to gather together in one of their rooms to discuss a change in strategy.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 3-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 01 Oct 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 3-2 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 5
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Tuesday, 01 October 1974

Dubbed the Friendship Series before it began, the series had become anything but by the time Team Canada touched down in Moscow.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-5 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 23 Sep 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-5Β Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, GameΒ 4
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Monday, 23 September 1974

Despite the presence of the ageless Gordie Howe, it was the peerless Hull who awed the Soviets in 1974.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 8-5 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 21 Sep 1974

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 8-5Β Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 3
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Saturday, 21 September 1974

With a win and a tie, no one would have been surprised had Bill Harris stuck with the same lineup for Game 3 at the Winnipeg Arena.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-1 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 19 Sep 1974

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-1Β Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 2
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Thursday, 19 September 1974

Aside from Boris Mikhailov’s 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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-3 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 17 Sep 1974

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-3Β Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 1
ColisΓ©eΒ deΒ QuΓ©bec,Β QuΓ©bec πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-3 Czechoslovakia πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ – 30 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-3Β Czechoslovakia πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ
Exhibition Game
SportovnΓ­ Hala, Prague πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ
Saturday, 30 September 1972

What few today remember is that after the game (Game 8 of the Summit Series) the Canadians had to fly to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to play an all-star team in what was an historic return home for Stan Mikita, who had moved to Canada as a young boy in 1948 and made a name for himself as one of the NHL’s great stars. Now, nearly a quarter of a century later, he was coming home.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 28 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 6-5 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 8
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί

Thursday, 28 September 1972

β€œHenderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here’s another shot…right in front! They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!” – Foster Hewitt

It is the most famous goal call in Canada’s long and rich hockey history, and it came from the game’s greatest voice exactly 50 years ago today, at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-3 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 26 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-3Β Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 7
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-2 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 24 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 3-2 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 6
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-4 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 22 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-4 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 5
Luzhniki Palace Of Sports, Moscow πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Friday, 22 September 1972

After arriving in Moscow from Sweden, Team Canada skated onto the ice at the Luzhniki 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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 5-3 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 08 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet UnionΒ 5-3 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, Game 4
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-4 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 06 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-4Β Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
Summit Series, Game 3
Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Wednesday, 06 September 1972

Now that the teams knew each other’s strengths and weaknesses, Game Three was played as evenly as one might expect between two hockey powers.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Canada 4-1 Soviet Union πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί – 04 Sep 1972


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Summit Series, Game 2
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Monday, 04 September 1972

Canada’s stunning loss in Game One in MontrΓ©al made the next game, two nights later at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, a must-win.
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IHLC Results – πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 7-3 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ – 02 Sep 1972

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πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Soviet Union 7-3 Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Summit Series, GameΒ 1
Forum de MontrΓ©al,Β MontrΓ©al πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
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 Union’s interpretation of the use of amateurs at the World Championships.
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