Canada Russia '72 (2006)

Actors: Robert Bockstael (actor), Mike Dopud (actor), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Judah Katz (actor), Gary Levert (actor), Gabriel Hogan (actor), Joel M. Thompson (miscellaneous crew), Mark A. Owen (actor), Hugh Thompson (actor), Barrie Dunn (writer), Barrie Dunn (producer), Randy Thomas (actor), Sebastian MacLean (actor), Sebastien Roberts (actor), Booth Savage (actor),

Plot: In 1972, a historical ice hockey game tournament is arranged where the cream of Canada's professional stars of the National Hockey League would play against the best of the Soviet Union's. Although Canada and the USSR have faced off repeatedly on the amateur level before, most of Canada is smugly convinced that the Soviets will be no match for the pros. However, that assumption is forcefully shot down when Team Canada is soundly trounced in the first game by the skilled Soviet Union team. What follows is a bitter struggle as Team Canada fights to recover in a series that would change Canadian hockey's self-image and history forever.

Keywords: 1970s, canada, cold-war, country-name-in-title, hockey, ice-hockey, ice-skating, number-in-title, racket, russia
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.