Cold War (eBook)

The Amazing Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972

Roy Macskimming (Autor)

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2012 | Digital Only
280 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-77100-059-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1972, after enduring years of embarrassing defeat at the hands of Soviet "e;amateurs,"e; Canadian officials convinced their Moscow counterparts to allow a pre-season, eight-game series between the best hockey players from both nations. For Team Canada, this meant a chance to assemble a "e;dream team"e; of NHL professionals and show the world that they still owned ice hockey.Cold War takes you to the back rooms of the diplomats and apparatchiks who sanctioned this unlikely confrontation -- and then puts you on the ice for the rest. The first four games were played in four different Canadian cities; the final four in Moscow. Despite the absences of Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull, Team Canada's lineup was memorable: the Brothers Esposito, Phil and Tony; Paul Henderson; Serge Savard; Ken Dryden; and Frank Mahovlich. Canadians across the continent were confident of a blowout. "e;Eight-game sweep!"e; the leading sports columnists predicted.But the Red Machine came prepared. The Soviets' fast-paced game of precision passing and surgical attack caught the Canadians off guard. By the time the series headed to Moscow, the Soviets had jolted Canada and insured that the remaining games would be remembered as perhaps the most fiercely fought hockey of all time.

Autor

Roy MacSkimming is a sometime defenseman (shoots left), hockey dad and lifelong hockey fan as well as a writer and consultant. Formerly book columnist for the Toronto Star and sports writer for the Ottawa Citizen, he has written numerous magazine articles, two novels, Formentera and Out of Love, a non-fiction book, Canadian Publishing, and is coauthor of the self-help book On Your Own Again. He lives in Ottawa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.7.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-77100-059-7 / 1771000597
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77100-059-8 / 9781771000598