A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
January 1, 2002
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 4
Finale:
January 22, 2002
Creators:
Vitaly Mansky
Original Title:
СССР - Канада. Больше, чем хоккей
Genres:
Documentary
Countries:
RU
Today, a series of hockey matches in 1972 between the national teams of Canada and the USSR is remembered only with the prefix super. They call it a milestone in the history of the development of world hockey, and not only hockey. The meeting of Soviet hockey players with Canadian professionals has become the main topic of world news. One Canadian journalist promised to eat the newspaper in which it is printed if the Russians win. The Russians won. And the journalist Dick Beddoes had to fulfill his promise and eat a report in the newspaper with borscht. What happened then, 30 years ago in the USSR, Canada, how the games were held in Canada and Moscow, the intensity of the political confrontation around hockey, life before and after the super series - about all this in five episodes.
Director:
Nikita Vasiliev
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