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Summit Series

The Summit Series, Super Series 72, Canada–USSR Series (Russian: Суперсерия СССР — Канада, romanized: Superseriya SSSR — Kanada), or Series of the Century (French: Série du siècle), was an eight-game ice hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian…

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Dates
September 2–28, 1972 (1972-09-02 – 1972-09-28)
Hall of Famers
Canada: Bobby Clarke (1987) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Ken Dryden (1983) Phil Esposito (1984) Tony Esposito (1988) Rod Gilbert (1982) Guy Lapointe (1993) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Stan…
Location(s)
Canada (1–4) Soviet Union (5–8)
Series-winning goal
Paul Henderson (59:26, game 8)

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Summit Series

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related to Bibliography · 189
Summit Series → Alexander, Andrew, As, Bendell, Bidini, Bolton, Boston Sports, Brad, Brian, British Columbia, Brown, Bruins, Canada, Canada Cup, Canada On Ice, Canada's, Caraccioli, Celebrating, Century, Cheating
related to Further reading · 50
Summit Series → Alex, Andrew, Anniversary, Back, Bacon, Braverman, Canada, Canada's Game, Canada-Soviet Union Summit Series, Collins, Dryden, Henderson, Hewitt, Hockey, Hockey Forever, Holman, How Team Canada Fought, Humanities Colloquium Series, Identity, Independent
related to Legacy events · 36
Summit Series → Alan Eagleson, Awrey, Bobby Clarke, Bobby Orr, Canada Cup, Canadians, Cournoyer, December, Dryden, Eagleson, Eleven, Every, Frank Mahovlich, He, Henderson, In, Labatt Brewing Company Limited, Lapointe, Many, Montreal
related to External links · 18
Summit Series → Archived September, Canada Versus, Canada-Soviet Hockey Series, CBC Digital Archives, Chicago Area, Eric, Fame, February, Game, Hall, In Russian, Retrieved September, Soviet Union, Summit SeriesShort, The, The Canadian Encyclopedia, Wayback MachineWebsite, Zweig
see also · 3
Summit Series → Canadian-born Russian, NHL, Summit SeriesAggie Kukulowicz
Dates · 1
Summit Series → September 2–28, 1972 (1972-09-02 – 1972-09-28)
Hall of Famers · 1
Summit Series → Canada: Bobby Clarke (1987) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Ken Dryden (1983) Phil Esposito (1984) Tony Esposito (1988) Rod Gilbert (1982) Guy Lapointe (1993) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Stan…
Location(s) · 1
Summit Series → Canada (1–4) Soviet Union (5–8)
Series-winning goal · 1
Summit Series → Paul Henderson (59:26, game 8)
is a · 1
Summit Series → source of national pride

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Summit SeriesHall of FamersCanada: Bobby Clarke (1987) Yvan Cournoyer (1982) Ken Dryden (1983) Phil Esposito (1984) Tony Esposito (1988) Rod Gilbert (1982) Guy Lapointe (1993) Frank Mahovlich (1981) Stan…1.00infobox
Summit SeriesLocation(s)Canada (1–4) Soviet Union (5–8)1.00infobox
Summit SeriesSeries-winning goalPaul Henderson (59:26, game 8)1.00infobox
Summit Seriesis asource of national pride0.90text
Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyBendell0.60section
Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyRichard0.60section
Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyPatskou0.60section
Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyPaul0.60section
Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyMacAskill0.60section
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Summit Seriesrelated to BibliographyTHE SUMMIT SERIES0.60section

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