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16. Sept. 2022 · In 1972, Gary J. Smith was a young Canadian diplomat working out of the embassy in Moscow and an important behind-the-scenes figure in the Summit Series between the USSR and Canada. The...
- Proxy Battleground
- Negotiations Commence
- Diplomacy Required at Every Turn
- Legendary Habs Goalie Passes Out Pointers
- Phil Esposito's Speech For The Ages
- Fireworks in The Final Game
Millennials might think boomers exaggerate when they say hockey used to be 'war by other means.' In March 1969, international hockey was certainly a proxy battleground between Czechoslovakia and the Soviets. When the Czechoslovaks beat Russia on ice, twice that month, 500,000 people hit the streets of Prague to celebrate. The party morphed into pro...
Boris Fedesov – a sports writer for Isvestia, published a 1971 piece arguing that Russian hockey teams should play Canadian pros, which had never happened. Reading the article, Smith realized that Fedosov must have gotten approval from government censors. He ran down the Embassy halls and urged his higher-ups to start talking with Russian counterpa...
Diplomacy was needed to pull the Canadian team together. Tensions flared between the CAHA, the NHL, and the NHLPA. American team owners were not keen to lend Canadian players to an event in which all the publicity and money would stay in Canada. The NHL saw definite value in playing the Soviets just as the World Hockey Association was eyeballing Eu...
Jacques Plante, the Habs' goalkeeping maestro, brought an interpreter to a Russian practice in Montreal and gave young Tretiak some tips on defending against Canadian snipers. Canadians saw that as disloyalty, but the Russians were impressed by the sportsmanship. Russia outplayed Canada in the first match. Between periods, Smith asked Eagleson what...
Game 4 in Vancouver turned ugly. Another losing effort for Canada. When Frank Mahovlich held Tretiak down on the ice for waaaay longer than necessary, fans booed the Canadian team. It was a turning point: CTV's Johnny Esaw held a mic for a sweaty and exhausted Phil Esposito, who unleashed an emotional speech: "To the people across Canada, we tried,...
Fittingly for a diplomacy story, the on-ice diplomats – the referees – play starring roles. Sinden, Ferguson and Eagleson all hated the two West German refs, who they thought were inept and favouring the Russians. The refereeing stoked their simmering beef with Russia's point men: ex-KGB officer Kiril Romesky and Alexander Gresko. Kompalla, the Ger...
11. Mai 2022 · Gary J. Smith discusses his latest book Ice War Diplomat, about the diplomatic side of the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the USSR.
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17. Apr. 2022 · Gary J. Smith. Ice War Diplomat arrives at a depressingly timely moment. After 30+ years of the Cold War shrinking in history's rear view, Russia's invasion of Ukraine gives renewed urgency...
13. Jan. 2023 · Ice War Diplomat: Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series by author Gary J. Smith explores the intersection between hockey and politics in the famed series. (Photo supplied...
13. Sept. 2022 · Amid the tension of the Cold War, caught between capitalism and communism, Canada and the Soviet Union, young Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith must navigate the rink, melting the ice between two nations skating a dangerous path. On his first overseas assignment, Smith is tasked with finding common ground and building friendships ...
