1972-2022: Scoring Tournament Winning Goals For Canada
On September 28 1972, with 34 second left in the game, Paul Henderson scored a game and a tournament winning goal for Canada at the 1972 Summit Series. On September 29, 2016, with 44...
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1972-2022: Bobby Orr International
Bobby Orr is one of the best hockey players ever to step on the ice rink. OK. There are top three players that are on the top of any all-time top lists out there....
Everybody Loves Balderis (BETA version)
Everybody Loves Balderis Launching a new web site about Helmut Balderis, legendary hockey wizard of the 1970s-1980s. It’s a soft launch of a beta version available for desktops and laptops. Smaller resolution (modile devices)...
1972-2022, Lost and Found: Canadian Suitcase In Moscow Airport in 1972
During the second half of the 1972 Summit Series, there were several mishaps with the Team Canada luggage arrival to Moscow. History records show that the team never got several items assumed to be...
1972-2022, Lucrative Offers: Was Phil Esposito Approached in Moscow to Play for the Red Army?
The whole world was watching when they introduced me. I stepped on the stem and fell flat on my ass. I’ll tell you, that broke some of the tension. But the ironic thing was,...
1972-2022, Team Rejects: Helmut Balderis
To be honest with you, I found this quote by Helmut Balderis interesting and rather surprising. In my hockey book, Balderis was the best hockey player of all times and nations. In my view,...
1972-2022: Band of Brothers (Hockey CCCP)
Back in 1972, Soviet hockey players trained and played hockey all year around. They were getting one month of vacation and that was about it. For the beginning of a season, they were conditioned...
1972-2022: What Did the Tzar Promise Bobby Orr in Kremlin in September 1972?
When I look back on the highs and lows of the Team Canada experience, I think the low for me was when the man who was supposed to be our leader was picked up...
1972-2022, Personalities: Jean-Claude Tremblay (Canada)
Jean-Claude Tremblay by Mike Wyman, Inside Hockey (2002) Comments by The Summit in 1972: Were Team Canada players the best in Canada in 1972? Besides injured Bobby Orr, hockey experts often also mention Bobby...
1972-2022, Personalities: John Ferguson (Canada)
Ferguson by Arthur Chidlovski (2002) PROFILE: John Bowie “Fergy” Ferguson Sr. (9.5.1938 – 7.14.2007), Served as Team Canada 1972 Assistant Coach and Assistant GM. Player’s Career: – Played as a RW with the Montreal...
