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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A new book by Hall of Fame goalie and bestselling author Ken Dryden celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series
SEPTEMBER 2 1972 MONTREAL FORUM GAME ONE
The best against the best for the first time Canada the country that had created the game the Soviet Union having taken it up only twentysix years earlier On the line more than the players more than the fans more than Canadians and Russians knew
So began an entirely improbable nearmonthlong series of games that became more and more riveting until for the eighth and final and deciding gameon a weekday during work and school hours all across the countrythe nation stopped Of Canadas 22 million people 16 million watched Three thousand more were there in Moscow behind the Iron Curtain singingDa da Kanada nyet nyet Soviyet
It is a story long told often told But never like this
Ken Dryden a goalie in the series a lifetime observer later a writer tells the story in you are there style as if he is living it for the first time As if you the reader are too
The series as it turned out is the most important moment in hockey history changing the game on the ice and off everywhere in the world As it turned out it is one of the most significant events in all of Canadas history
Through Ken Drydens words we understand why
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