Sumit Series

35 YEARS AGO HOCKEY FANS IN THIS CITY GOT THE BIGGEST WAKE UP CALL OF THEIR LIVES…
IN GAME ONE OF THE SUMMIT SERIES…TEAM CANADA GOT BLOWN OUT 7-3 BY THE SOVIET UNION…
SUDDENLY IT WAS NO LONGER OUR GAME…
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER CANADIANS HAD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE STYLE OF OUR GAME BUT MORE IMPORANTLY HOW WE WERE TEACHING THE GAME…
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD SINCE THAT FATE FULL DAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 1972…BUT IT WOULD APPEAR WE HAVE RECLAIMED OUR NATIONAL SPORT…
AFTER THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SUPER SERIES IT IS CLEAR…
OUR BEST JUNIOR PLAYERS ARE NOT ONLY BETTER THAN THE RUSSIANS…BUT OUR COACHING AND OUR SYSTEM…ARE BETTER…
CANADA HAS WON THREE STRAIGHT GOLD MEDALS AT THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND HAS BEEN IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME…6 STRAIGHT YEARS…
LAST YEAR THE TOP 6 PLAYERS IN NHL SCORING WERE ALL CANADIAN INCLUDING SYDNEY CROSBY WHO WON THE ART ROSS…THE HART…AND THE PEARSON…
ADD TO ALL THAT…THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION ANAHEIM DUCKS HAD 16 CANADIANS ON THEIR STARTING ROSTER…INCLUDING SCOTT NEIDERMAYER WHO TOOK HOME THE CONN SMYTHE…
IT WOULD APPEAR THE FUTURE ALSO LOOKS VERY BRIGHT FOR HOCKEY IN THIS COUNTRY…
IN TWO YEARS HOCKEY CANADA WILL MOVE INTO ITS NEW STATE OF ART TRAINING CENTER IN CALGARY…
IT WILL COST NEARLY 300 MILLION DOLLARS AND WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR THE MENS AND WOMENS TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS…
WHEN IT’S FINISHED HOCKEY CANADA SHOULD PLACE A MONUMENT OUTSIDE WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE…
“7-3…LEST WE FORGET”