Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame mourns the loss of Hall of Famer, Brian Glennie, inducted in 2005 for Ice Hockey. He passed away on February 7, 2020. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this time.
Glennie played on Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series that was organized as a result of Canada’s frustration at not being allowed to ice a team of professional players at the World Championships and Olympics, where the Soviets showed up with only their very best. And so, September 1972 was arranged to settle all bragging rights, best on best regardless of amateur status. Four games in Canada, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, followed by four in Moscow. It was a series that pitted democratic Canada against Communist CCCP, professional NHL versus “amateur” Soviet hockey. The world saw international hockey as it never had before, and out of this series came the Canada Cup and the start of professional hockey played between nations.
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| Marnie Krell Director, Communications Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame mkrell@cshof.ca |