1972 Summit Series

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ice hockey series international ice hockey competition sporting event

The 1972 Summit Series was an eight-game ice hockey showdown between Canada and the Soviet Union that became a historic Cold War-era sporting event and a defining moment in international hockey.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
1972 Summit Series canonical 8
Summit Series 6
1972 Canada–USSR Summit Series 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey series ⓘ
international ice hockey competition ⓘ
sporting event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
surface form: Canada–USSR Series

1972 Summit Series ⓘ
surface form: Summit Series
assistantCoachOfTeamCanada John Ferguson Sr. ⓘ
broadcastIn Canada ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
captainOfTeamCanada Phil Esposito ⓘ
coachOfSovietTeam Vsevolod Bobrov ⓘ
coachOfTeamCanada Harry Sinden ⓘ
context Cold War ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
decidingGameLocation Moscow ⓘ
decidingGameNumber 8 ⓘ
decidingGoalScorer Paul Henderson ⓘ
decidingGoalTimeRemaining 34 seconds ⓘ
endDate 1972-09-28 ⓘ
featuredAmateurPlayersFrom Soviet Championship League ⓘ
featuredLeaguePlayersFrom National Hockey League ⓘ
finalSeriesResult 1 tie ⓘ
Canada 4 wins ⓘ
Soviet Union 3 wins ⓘ
format best-of-eight series ⓘ
gamePlayedIn Luzhniki Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Luzhniki Ice Palace

Maple Leaf Gardens ⓘ
Montreal Forum ⓘ
Pacific Coliseum ⓘ
Winnipeg Arena ⓘ
goaltenderForCanada Ken Dryden ⓘ
Tony Esposito ⓘ
goaltenderForSovietUnion Vladislav Tretiak ⓘ
legacy influenced future Canada Cup tournaments ⓘ
strengthened recognition of Soviet hockey internationally ⓘ
location Canada ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
MVP Phil Esposito ⓘ
numberOfGames 8 ⓘ
organizedBy Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ⓘ
Soviet Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
season 1972 ⓘ
significance milestone in international ice hockey ⓘ
symbolic confrontation between East and West ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
startDate 1972-09-02 ⓘ
teamInvolved Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Soviet national ice hockey team

Canada men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
surface form: Team Canada
topScorer Alexander Yakushev ⓘ
Phil Esposito ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Canada men's national ice hockey team → notableTournament → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Ken Dryden → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Tony Esposito → memberOf → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Team Canada 1972 Summit Series
Bobby Clarke → playedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series
Bobby Clarke → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Soviet Union national ice hockey team → competedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series
1972 Summit Series → alsoKnownAs → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series
1972 Summit Series → alsoKnownAs → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada–USSR Series
Vladislav Tretiak → playedInEvent → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series 1972
Valeri Kharlamov → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Philip → participantIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
subject surface form: Phil Esposito
this entity surface form: Summit Series
Face-Off at the Summit → about → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada–Soviet Union hockey rivalry
Marcel Dionne → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Tony O → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Robert Earle Clarke → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series
Red Machine → notableCompetition → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summit Series
Paul Henderson → participatedIn → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Harry Sinden → coachedInEvent → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
Harry Sinden → associatedWith → 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1972 Canada–USSR Summit Series