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,1/,.,'- ICs easF !o see' - larger European ice surface. The Europe* pro,
,t why. Hockey is more criticized Team Canada's sqyle.of hockey, ."lling ir
dran Canada's favourite .. rough and ungendemanly. Back- home, Canadi"aos
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Canada's national;,,geams,.-;"',Moscow's Luzh-aiki Arena, a' group of. 2700
however,
have 'alwajii' been' ] . Canadians displayed a noisy, mfitant spirit as Game
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composed of amateur. playerq,.,,:, 5 unfoided, but the Soviets won, 54. The three
to comply with internarional i'" remarkable hockey g"mes that followed roused the
mles. Since the 1950s, .Canada' - Canadianpopulationandunited rhenation.
often lost in . international' ieriest .
In Game 6, Paul Henderson scored drree
and at the winter oiympics. stilI, straight goals to win the game. In Game. 7 of the
Canadians knew in-tireii trearts ',:,: seri.s, Henderson r.or.d *ith 2:06 left to play,
. that our top players, the,'proi inl',i:.: leading'the Canadians to yet another "i.tory. ii
the NIIL, could beat airytearn .a' seemed nothing short of a rniracle. The last game
in the-worid
i , . took place on september 28, 1972. The series was
Wid the 1972 Canada-' n;:.tied.3=3 and Canada's national pride was at stalce.
us!+ hockey series, the':-., The game was 5s imporrar.t thag in schools across
i, y::fdJ*r:j{ to call our ,., the counrrf, snrdens were led to gymnasiums ro
biuff- The NHLs top playerS '": witness theoutcome on TV Wid: th!'score tied and
Team Cana4?,, and,.i . ti-e n:nning oug Canad.ians held their breath.
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faced off ag"airst et ppT:{qi i.. Fort.r Hewitt, the legendary broadcaster,
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contest between democr-acy and '.:l'
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communism. The series opdner
was a biow to Canada's aonfi- ":' 1. Different peoples and regions of Canada often bitterly
dence: the Soviets won, 7-3. But
Ter* Canada won Game 2 il' , .' ' ences were put aside. Why do you think that national
Toronto, *i, and ued the third
unrty seemed spontaneous in this instance, when it is so
game, in Winnipeg, 4.4. At
difficult to achieve on other issues?
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the Canada-USSR
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