Canada Russia '72

Overview

A docudrama loosely based on real events. In 1972, an 8 game ice hockey series is arranged where Canadian pro stars of the National Hockey League play the the Soviet Union national team. Tho most Canadian fans were convinced that the Soviets would be no match for the pros, what followed was a bitter struggle as Team Canada faught to win a series that would change Canadian hockey's history forever.

Directed by T.W. Peacocke

Top cast

David Berni

Phil Esposito

David Alexander Miller

Paul Henderson

Booth Savage

Harry Sinden

S

Sonia Laplante

Gabrielle Fournier

Judah Katz

Alan Eagleson

John Bregar

Bobby Clarke

Louis-Philippe Dandenault

Yvan Cournoyer

Hugh Thompson

Gary Bergman

Jeff Roop

Frank Mahovlich

C

Chris Szarka

Peter Mahovlich

Sebastien Roberts

Rod Gilbert

Mike Dopud

Vic Hadfield

Gerry Dee

Wayne Cashman

M

Mark A. Owen

John Ferguson

M

Mark Savard

Serge Savard

Gabriel Hogan

Ken Dryden

Leo Vernik

Vladislav Tretiak

J

Joel Cousins

Valeri Kharlamov

N

Nolan Mcdonald

Tretiak - on ice

Eugene Lipinski

Anatoly Tarasov

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