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CBC docuseries Summit 72 explores legacy of iconic Canada-USSR hockey super series

WITH THE 1972 CANADA-USSR SUMMIT SERIES marking its 50th anniversary this September, CBC announced last week the first episode of its new original four-part documentary series Summit 72 will premiere on CBC and CBC Gem on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. local time (8:30 NT). The remaining three episodes will air the following consecutive Wednesdays in the same time slot. “The 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series of Hockey changed the game forever, playing out dramas of national identity, pride, politics, and ideology while the world watched, enraptured, during the Cold War,” reads a press release. The Summit 72 docuseries “tells...