The Summit Series was the first competition between full-strength Soviet and Canadian national ice hockey teams, an eight-game series held in September 1972. Canada won the series four games to three, with one tie. The Series was played at a time when only amateurs were allowed to play in the Olympic Games. The Soviet players, who had Olympic experience, were amateurs by strict definition only, as they were elite players playing hockey full-time in their native country. Some were given other tit
EPISODE 194: Hockey's 1972 Summit Series - With Rich Bendell
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EPISODE 194: Hockey's 1972 Summit Series - With Rich Bendell