Games 1 through 4 were played in Canada, where a hockey nation was humbled
Vladislav Tretiak watches Team Canada practice at the Montreal Forum. : I think a lot of people thought Canada would win this in a walk. But when they saw the speed of Valeri Kharlamov and big Alexander Yakushev and great goaltending, they realized this was a good, good Soviet team.: The two scouts that scouted the Soviets over there for us were two scouts for the Toronto Maple Leafs. No wonder they ended up in last place all the time. I’m not sure what the hell they were even watching.
Team Canada poses for their official team photo on Maple Leaf Gardens ice in August of 1972. : The series was structured as a friendship series exhibition, and it was going to pit the best Soviet players against the best Canadians. It was agreed that it would have to be under international rules. Also that it would be an eight-game series…so that each team would play four games at home and four games abroad.: The series was painted as some type of crevasse in the Cold War.
My father had died in 1968 and I was going to get my mom tickets to the Toronto game. She was a big hockey fan. I was like, “Oh, I’d love to be able to play in front of my mom at home.”: We had to have enough players in camp to have Red & White Games. When I first got contacted about the series, I was informed that there would be 35 guys at camp and everyone would get in at least one game, because they thought we would win all the games. Of course, that didn't happen.
Peter Mahovlich of Team Canada slips the puck under goalie Vladislav Tretiak of Team USSR during third period of Game 2 in Toronto, on Sept. 4, 1972.
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