Canada Russia '72 (2006)

Directed by

T. W. Peacocke

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This two-part miniseries recreates the 1972 hockey series between Canada and the Soviet Union. It follows the games and the political tensions surrounding them.

nostalgicpatriotictensedramatichistoricalintensebittersweetsports-focused

What happens

Canada Russia '72 is a 2006 Canadian docudrama miniseries about the 1972 Summit Series, a series of exhibition ice hockey games between state amateurs of the Soviet Union and professional players from Canada. The two-part miniseries was directed by T. W. Peacocke and written by Barrie Dunn and Malcolm MacRury. Canada Russia '72 first aired on CBC on April 9–10, 2006. The title is historically inaccurate as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the official name of the country until 1991. During the Soviet era, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, was just one of 15 constituent republics of the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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