The best US college hockey players -vs- the OHA Memorial Cup champions ... why hasn't this kind of tournament ever happened? The first time a Hockey Summit was played, hockey changed. It was 1972 Canada -vs- Russia. Hockey learned a lot from the visiting Russians. First, they could play ... man, could they play. What was expected to be a Canadian romp for our superstars was a lesson in humility. Every Canadian hockey fan expected the scores from each of the games in the 8-game tournament to be double digits in favour of Team Canada. I shouldn't do this but just to remind you ... in Game One, Esposito scored 30 seconds after it started and Henderson 6 minutes later. Then the roof caved in and we lost 7 - 3. The "Golden Jet" might have helped. He was banned from the tournament because he had left the NHL for the newly formed World Hockey League. The Toronto Sun newspaper promptly created this slogan in hopes the NHL would change their minds and let him play. We r
