Memories may fade as one gets older, but every Canadian hockey fan can probably still recite Foster Hewitt's words from Sept. 28, 1972. "Here's a shot.
OTTAWA - Members of the legendary hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union for hockey supremacy 50 years ago have pulled off another improbable victory a rare moment of unity in the House of Commons.
A shrinking generation of Canadians who can remember the 1972 Summit Series, and fewer of those who played in it alive with each passing year, gave documentarians urgent reasons in addition to a 50th anniversary to retell an epic hockey story.
Friday marks 50 years since Canada faced off against the Soviet Union in a bitter battle on the ice, beginning with Game 1 of the Summit Series at the Montreal Forum.
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