Canada Russia '72 (2006)

Actors

• Douglas Bell (actor)
• David Berni (actor)
• Robert Bockstael (actor)
• Albert Bondarenko (actor)
• John Bregar (actor)
• Rob Brydges (actor)
• Marshall Button (actor)
• Lawren Campbell (actor)
• Jeff Combs (actor)
• Joel Cousins (actor)
• Louis Philippe Dandenault (actor)
• Gerry Dee (actor)
• Mike Dopud (actor)
• Kim Dunn (actor)
• Maxim Atanassov (actor)

Genres

• Drama
• History
• Sport

Quotes:

Gabrielle Fournier: What Bobby Clarke did tonight was vicious.::John Ferguson: Ms. Fournier, hockey's a rough game. It gets tough out there. I don't care how we win, just as long as we win.

Harry Sinden: The only thing that matters now is winning. We win this game... we win the series. We vindicate ourselves - and everything we stand for.::[long pause]::Peter Mahovlich: Let's do it boys.

Hewitt, Foster: Here's a shot - Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell... Here's another shot. Right in front. They Score! Henderson has scored for Canada!

[discussing the name of the team]::John Ferguson: What about "Canada Stars"? "Canada Pro Stars"?::Alan Eagleson: "Canada Selects"? "Canada's Team"?::Harry Sinden: "Team Canada"?::John Ferguson: "Team Canada"? I like it.::Alan Eagleson: Yeah, I like it too.

Wayne Cashman: It's the Russians. How hard can this be?

Vic Hadfield: This is bullshit. Are you blaming us for last night? Is that why we're not playing?::Harry Sinden: I'm not blaming anyone. Didn't you here what I said in the dressing room?::Rod Gilbert: No, we heard what you - Look, it just seems that there's an awful lot of "Rangers" sitting.::Harry Sinden: Don't start with that crap.::Vic Hadfield: Oh, one bad game, and you bench the best line in the NHL. Come on!::Harry Sinden: You guys were on the ice for three goals against last night.::Vic Hadfield: So what? The whole team stunk up the joint!::Harry Sinden: I can't bench the whole team, Vic.::Rod Gilbert: So, so we're not playing tomorrow night. Is that it?::[Harry looks at Gilbert and ignores him]::Rod Gilbert: [in disgust] Oh, man.::[Gilbert leaves]::Vic Hadfield: Ah, Jesus Christ, Harry! You know, this is humiliating! It's my hometown!::Harry Sinden: I know where we are, Vic.

Ken Dryden: [speaking into tape recorder] All this extremism, all this public flogging. It's like a... spasm of self-loathing. It's as if the fragile Canadian ego can't accept the fact that... we might not be the only people in the world who are any good at hockey.

[In the dressing room before Game 1 of the series]::Vsevolod Bobrov: I've kept this since 1954.::[Bobrov holds up a picture in front of his players]::Vsevolod Bobrov: Our first year at the World Hockey Championships. It shows me, the captain, sitting at a desk like a school boy, while a Canadian lectures me on hockey. We beat them 7-2. 7-2. Do not be afraid. They are arrogant. They think they can intimidate you. Do not let them.

[watching the Soviets practice]::Peter Mahovlich: Hey, look guys. It's a game of Commie in the middle!

Alan Eagleson: [to Phil Esposito] Look, you played under Hull's shadow in Chicago and Bobby's in Boston. Alright? Okay? This is your big chance kid, to show everybody, that you're just not another second banana.

Dryden, Ken Filmography

• Voice of Courage
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Miracle
  2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 100th Anniversary of the Stanley Cup
  1993, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• Do You Belive in Miracles?
  1980, role: actor , character name: Himself - Commentator
• 1978 NHL All-Star Game
  1978, role: actor , character name: Himself - Wales Conference Goaltender
• The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck
  1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
• 1972 NHL All-Star Game
  1972, role: actor , character name: Himself - East Division Goaltender

Famous quotes by Ken Dryden:

"It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when,"

"What is it like to hear the words you're dumb, you're stupid? That comes to be their understanding of themselves."

"It represents a huge new opportunity here,"

"My legendary speaking career began right here on this stage."

"For 18 months, we had worked on something that mattered: a national system of early learning and child care. Then it was gone."

"I'm running because the day after election day, I was mad."

"As kids we knew whatever Canada was then it would be far greater tomorrow. That is the Canada I see today. That was the Canada born into me. Long before I ever wore the jersey, I wore the jersey."

"For example, what it represents is for a territory like Nunavut, they would get about eight times as much in those transfers as the highest province would, P.E.I.,"

"Because the demands on a goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not an opponent, not a quirk of size or style. Him. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all the symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accepts them, and puts them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots, his body quickly following."

"[A goalie's] job is to stop pucks, ... Well, yeah, that's part of it. But you know what else it is? ... You're trying to deliver a message to your team that things are OK back here. This end of the ice is pretty well cared for. You take it now and go. Go! Feel the freedom you need in order to be that dynamic, creative, offensive player and go out and score. ... That was my job. And it was to try to deliver a feeling."