CBC’s new 4 part Documentary on the Series is excellent.
https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/spe...t-72-1.6424600
The last episode is next week & the previous 3 are available on CBC Gem.
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Team Canada has steadily improved, leaving the Soviet national team with the creeping feeling that a Communist triumph is in doubt. Anticipation and dread settle over the preparations for the deciding Game 8.
Canadians back home will stop everything to watch, transfixed.
A refereeing controversy threatens Game 8, but the puck drops on a game for the ages: one of the greatest ever played. Intensity crosses every face, and every jump over the boards is infused with purpose. A blistering affair unfolds, featuring goals, hits and a pace beyond any Stanley Cup Game 7. There's cheating. Emotions boil over. A ruckus in the stands. Communist leaders cast steely gazes.
The tension in the Luzhniki Ice Palace builds as the clock ticks down on a match that will decide not just superiority in hockey but also how these two nations see themselves.
Everyone including players, fans and members of the press feel that whatever the outcome, hockey and Canada will be changed forever.
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