(25 Aug 1976) notes: col print
location: quebec, canada
title: canada cup hockey
serviced date: 08/27/76
no: upitn ny 082798
date shot: 08/25/76
length: 45 ft
seconds: 1:15
sound: natsof
date of arrival:
canada defeats us in exhibition tuneup for international series
note: a few years ago canada, who's national sport is ice hockey and who prides itself on having the best players in the world, got tired of seeing the soviet national team dominate international play with its amateur team -- which by north american standards are comprised of professionals. since canada's best players were playing in the north american professional leagues, they were not eligible for international "amateur" competition. to decide who's hockey players were truely the best, a yearly competition was inaugurated where team canada, an all-star team of professionals, played the soviet national team in a home-and- home series. canada won the first year, the soviets the following year. now other countries have gotten interested in the competition for who's best, and this year instead of russia vs canada, it's the best international hockey competition in the world -- the canada cup series. in addition to the canadians and soviets, the series will include team usa, comprised of the few american-born professionals in the north american leagues; and the national teams of finland, sweden, and czechoslovakia. the us and canada faced each other in an exhibition tuneup for the competition scheduled to begin next as expected, canada won handily.
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team canada scores :15 a total of 24,000 fans watched
late-summer exhibition hockey
in quebec city wednesday night
as canada and the us carried on
preparations for next month's
more scenes play :60 international series. team usa
didn't have much success in the
two exhibition games with team canada
prior to the canada cup series in
early september. the american team,
made up of us-born players in
the national and world hockey leagues
was beaten by team canada by 7-3
and 10-3 margins. in wednesday
night's game canada was led by a
four-goal output from its power-play
unit. team canada is a "dream"
team, by anyone's standards. two
of the games most prolific players
--high scoring phil esposito, and
defensiveman bobby orr -- gave
team america as much trouble as
anyone could want. esposito had
three goals, and orr, called
the "world's greatest player" by
us and canadian experts, had
five assists. canada poured 40
shots on the americans' goal, while
team usa could muster about
half against canada. the canada
brief fight towards game's cup series will open with canada
end
1:15 playing finland in ottawa, canada
on sepember 2nd. the united states
will face sweden in toronto the
next night.
total 1:15
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