The Summit Series was the start and end of an era
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Fifty years later, we can fully appreciate how the 1972 Canada-USSR hockey showdown changed the sport. And why it could never happen again.
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1972 Canada-Soviet Hockey Series (Summit Series)
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Behind the Summit Series - Canada's History
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The summit series - Legion Magazine
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Summit Series, Ice Hockey Wiki
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CBC Sports Oral Histories The '72 Summit Series, 50 years later: Part I - CBC Sports
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The Summit Series was the start and end of an era
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CBC Sports Oral Histories The '72 Summit Series, 50 years later: Part I - CBC Sports
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1972 Summit Series, 50th Anniversary, The Royal Canadian Mint
HHOF ‐ Summit Series
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HHOF ‐ Summit Series
1972 Canada-Soviet Hockey Series (Summit Series)
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1st time I felt Canadian': Newfoundlander among few who travelled to Russia for 1972 Summit Series