Its also available for hockey, basketball and baseball. Though there were 3,000 canadian fans in moscow and national tv coverage. The reaction to canadas win in the summit series illustrates just how much the world has changed in the past 40 years. In order to generate a customized list of the summit 1974 players statistics, please. Hockeygods strives to untie hockey fans from across the globe covering all types of hockey imaginable. In hockeys 72 summit series between canada and soviet. Sep 15, 2012 it was widely assumed that canadas pros would make short work of the soviet upstarts. History, roster, and detail by ralph back this document is the source document that was the basis for the second quarter 2007 warbonnet article titled santa fes sd452 fleet. The heartbreak of losing the 1972 summit series to team canada in the final minute of the last game was devastating for members of the soviet national team and their fans sadder still for. Won world series 43 over new york mets won al championship series 32 over baltimore orioles. The 1974 summit team ussr roster at digital memix team canada team ussr.
Instead, the 1972 summit series morphed into an epic struggle between rival philosophies, inside the rink. The summit series of 1972 is considered a defining moment in canadian history the entire soviet union shut down to watch the games in russia, liam explains. Howe had been retired at the time of the 1972 summit series but returned to the professional game for the 197374 season to join his sons as a member of the houston aeros team of the wha, the league that would supplant the nhl as suppliers of the summit series roster in 1974. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. The first four games were played in canada quebec city, toronto, winnipeg and.
The series was a mustfollow for hockey fans across the globe and after its dramatic conclusion a 431 series win for the canadians there was no question that the nhl would never be the. Unfollow 1972 summit series poster to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. For more information on each player including his bio, career statistics and a brief overview of his performance in the 1972 summit, please click. Unfollow 1972 summit series to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Hockey canada sends its condolences to the friends. Canada summit not active international hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at. The 1972 summit series between national hockey teams from canada and the ussr was the first time that canadian professional hockey players faced the soviet unions national team. It was the first competition between the soviet national team and a canadian team represented by. Team canada 1972 summit series team roster in russian. Summit series star, longtime chicago blackhawks defenceman.
And indeed, the summit series was a more dramatic cold war clash than even the mens olympic basketball final between the united states and the soviets that took place that month in munich, or. The 1974 class alumni roster for the graduation class of woodrow wilson high school, portsmouth, virginia. See more ideas about summit series, canada and hockey. Team canada stats, scoring leaders and demographics breakdown at summit series in 1974. The entire hockey world, such as it was available to them at that time in 1972, were watching and waiting for the results of the summit series, to hear how the canadian pros were. While canadians took great pride in having the best hockey players in the world, the ussr had, since the. Many believe this special series changed hockey forever. Football statistics augustana university athletics. In order to see more information on this players, please click on his name linked to his biography and career statistics. The first four games were played in canada quebec city, toronto, winnipeg and vancouver. Bobby clarke, alexander ragulin, yevgeny poladjev, vladislav tretiak and an unknown official during game 2 of the summit series on 4 september 1972 at maple leaf gardens in toronto, ontario, canada. The story of the summit series, as its never been told. Aug 17, 2016 this feature is not available right now.
It was the first competition between the soviet national team and a canadian team represented by professional players. Wwhs alumni 1974 class roster page 1 portsmouth, va judy allison john t. On sept 17, 1974 a team of canadian delegates began an 8game series against the ussr. Player birthdate, birthplace, height and weight information for team canada. In hockeys 72 summit series between canada and soviet union. Facts and stats team canada 74 roster view the team roster by jersey numbers by players position in alphabetical order. The 1974 summit series was the second of two competitions between soviet and canadian professional ice hockey players. That team canada 74 was much better than people may realize. For more information on each player including his bio, career statistics and a brief overview of his performance in the 1972 summit, please click on the players name in the team roster above. The 1974 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1974 season. They split the first four games here, each winning one with 2 ties. It is not surprising therefore, that the 1974 summit series is unexplored as a site of cultural analysis.
He was selected as a candidate for the team ussr 1974 at the summit series but he didnt play a single game in the series. The dependable defenceman represented canada again at the 1974 summit series, serving as team captain. Superseriya sssr canada, known at the time simply as the canadaussr series, was an eightgame series of ice hockey between the soviet union and canada, held in september 1972. Team canada stats, scoring leaders and demographics breakdown at summit series. The format was the same as the 1972 summit series, with four games across canada. The 1974 baseball draft appears below and includes every player chosen in the june amateur draft, every round of the 1974 baseball draft, the overall pick, the team who drafted them, their position at that time, and where they were drafted from high school. Wwhs alumni 1974 class roster page 1 portsmouth, va. Hockeygods strives to untie hockey fans from across the globe covering all types.