Canada Russia '72(2006)

movie - first aired/released 2006-04-09 - 180 min - audience 5.8

Drama, TV Movie

Directed by T.W. Peacocke

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.