Fifty years ago this month, the Canada vs USSR eight game hockey tournament of 1972 galvanized the nation. One of the standouts for Team Canada was Montreal Canadiens defenseman Serge Savard. While TV ratings were an even more inexact science back then, it is estimated that 16 million Canadians, out of a nation of 22
Another Stanley Cup playoff run has come and gone. For me, however, nothing will ever top the drama and intensity of the 1972 Canada-U.S.S.R Hockey Summit Series. Fifty years later, Scott Morrison’s new bestseller brings it all back again. “1972: The Series That Changed Hockey Forever,” from Simon & Schuster, is the ultimate guide to