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by Alanah McGinley on 08/23/07 at 12:26 PM ET
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From Spector at his FoxSports blog today:
Thirty-five years ago this September, the greatest international series in hockey history took place when a group of Canadian NHL stars faced off against the elite players from the then-Soviet Union.
This year, starting August 27th and running until September 9th the best under-20 junior players from Canada and Russia will face off in their own eight game series.
The 1972 Summit Series was a seminal event in Canadian hockey history. Its reinvention in the form of the Super Series promises excellent entertainment, despite having little chance of carrying the same historical importance. As Future Considerations noted recently, “this is not your Daddy’s summit series.” Quite true, but it doesn’t have to be.
Here are some resources to check out for the upcoming games.
Joe Pelletier—writer of the 1972 Summit Series website—has also started a companion blog, looking at the original series in various posts. It’s on the blog that he’ll also be dedicating a fair amount of time to the Super Series when it starts. As Joe points out about 1972, “the drama, the intrigue, the passion, the heartache and the joy will never be duplicated.” But he knows there will still be plenty of stories worth telling from this new era, so keep an eye on his updates.
Other resources of information…
The Globe & Mail: a couple stories available online right now, including an excellent overview of the series and a Team Canada breakdown.
Hockey Canada did a feature earlier this summer, breaking down the Super Series by the Numbers, plus a whole lot more.
Television coverage will be complete for Canadian viewers, but tricky for those of you outside the country. TSN, Sportsnet and RDS are—between them—going to be carrying all eight games. That will include broadband streaming on TSN as well. But a phone call to TSN has given us the official position that they cannot/will not allow non-Canadian IP addresses to watch the stream online. There are ways around this (anyone who has proxy suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments of this post) but as of now, there are no plans for anyone to make the games available outside of Canada.
The Canadian Press looks at the match-up between the Russian and Canadian juniors and notes that, even though it’s 35 years later and an entirely different political landscape than what surrounded the original series, there is still potential for intrigue. And history will still be a part of that intrigue:
It would be a tall order for this Super Series of under-20 players to replicate that drama.
After all, these players were born 16, 17 and 18 years after Paul Henderson scored the iconic winning goal for Canada.
But Canadian head coach Brent Sutter, who was a Grade 5 student in Viking, Alta., when he watched the series on television at school, doesn’t believe his players feel disconnected from 1972.
“I think the kids will eventually clue in and catch onto it. They’re already asking a lot of questions,” he said. “They want us to put a tape together of the 1972 series so they can see it before we go over.
“I think their parents and agents have been talking to them a lot about it.”
My own experience of the ‘72 series are simply legends created by the country I grew up in. Not actually having seen the games, my memories are entirely from documentaries, anniversary features in the news, and family stories. My father could tell me every minute of his experience of those historical games—where he was, what he saw, his passionate hatred/love/jubilation at every notable turn. His memories have long since become my own and I almost feel like I experienced them personally.
It will be hard not to think of that history while watching this modern matchup. I’ll leave with some final comments by Future Considerations:
There will not be a lack of intensity here. No doubt the Russians remember the last two consecutive World Junior Championships. The Canadians haven’t forgotten it either. Put these kids on the ice for a total of 480 minutes and you can believe the blood will be boiling and that there’s something on the line. Pride, ego and a sheer desire to win will fuel this intensity.
Doesn’t that sound fun? Bring it on, I say.
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Note: if anyone can recommend some additional resources on the Russian team, please feel free to add them to the comments here. Thanks.
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Get an IP from a Canadian-based proxy server from a site such as:
http://www.publicproxyservers.com/index.html
Then configure your browser to use that proxy in your network settings.
Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135982
Firefox:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/services/computing/FirefoxProxySetUp.cfm
Then you’ll appear to be coming from lovely Canada. Enjoy your hockey!
Posted by Shane on 08/23/07 at 03:57 PM ET
Jeff -- I hear what you’re saying, but I can’t say I agree. I like the idea of an event like this because we can (at least pretend to) set aside the business and the B.S. of hockey, and just enjoy it for its competitive value. For the sake of us seeing these players, and the opportunity it gives them to be part of history, I think it’s pretty cool… but I’m a sucker for this sort of thing. 
Shane -- Thanks a ton for the info! Hopefully that helps some people.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 08/23/07 at 04:08 PM ET
I’ll be at the game #8 in Vancouver and plan to record a Canucks Outsider podcast on location. Can’t wait to see what the Hockey Gods have in store!
Posted by DaveO from North Vancouver, BC on 08/23/07 at 05:48 PM ET
For those that are concerned about the lack of Super Series coverage, I have decided to run an up-to-the-minute game blog for each of the eight Super Series games over on my website. I figure if you can’t watch it, you might as well be able to get current game updates with somewhat of a picture of what’s going on.
As well, I will update post-game with thoughts on who performed, who didn’t and general thoughts from each game.
You can access the blog at FC!
Hopefully this will be seen as a service to you all. If you’d like to post comments live in the blog as it goes or responses in general, you do need to register, which is kind of poor, but free and seperate from the magazine-side of the site.
For those that missed the schedule, it is:
http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/fe...=2464&hubname;=
Mon, Aug. 27 9am TSN & Broadband Midnight ET/TSN
Wed, Aug. 29 9am Rogers Sportsnet & Broadband 7:30pm local/Rogers Sportsnet
Fri, Aug. 31 8am Rogers Sportsnet & Broadband 7:30pm local/Rogers Sportsnet
Sat, Sept. 1 6am TSN & Broadband 7pm ET/TSN
Tues, Sept. 4 8pm TSN & Broadband Midnight ET/TSN
Wed, Sept. 5 8pm TSN & Broadband Midnight ET/TSN
Fri, Sept. 7 10pm Rogers Sportsnet & Broadband 11:30pm MT on RSW and Midnight local on RSP
Sun, Sept. 9 8pm Rogers Sportsnet & Broadband 1am ET on RSE/RSO, 11pm MT on RSW, 11pm PT on RSP
Posted by Aaron Vickers on 08/24/07 at 11:20 AM ET
usually someone posts up a direct link to the streams that bypasses all the goofy proxy work.
Posted by FreddyKruegersGlove from Milwaukee on 08/24/07 at 01:04 PM ET
If only those punks with al-qaeda played hockey...we’d have an intriguing match-up
Posted by GZ Expat from china on 08/26/07 at 02:03 AM ET
For game 1…
mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:36845|036845|6akc
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/27/07 at 07:47 AM ET
Thanks guys ! Now I can watch the game at work from Prague, Czech Republic !
awesome !
Cheers !
Posted by Jean-Rene from Prague on 08/27/07 at 08:52 AM ET
Paul,
Cannot thank you enough for that. Living in Korea and catching this game and hopefully the series is something special.
Dave
Posted by Canada@Seoul from Seoul, South Korea on 08/27/07 at 09:04 AM ET
Paul, you RULE!
Please keep those links a-comin’!
We owe you, big-time.
Chad
Posted by Tweeners from US on 08/27/07 at 10:31 AM ET
Hey Paul,
Thanks a million from Japan! Loved watching Canada
spank the Russians 4-2 tonight. I hope you can post a link
on Wednesday for all us ex-pats! Thanks again.
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 08/27/07 at 10:37 AM ET
No problem folks.
Will update in this post if we get a feed for the game on Wed.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/27/07 at 10:41 AM ET
Paul,
Thanks a billion from Warsaw Poland, it was truely amazing to watch the game! Its too bad TSN can not offer this to Canadians around the world. Even on a pay per view option like they are doing for the CFL games. Once again, thanks for the link, the lads over here are toasting you with the bottle of crown we are drinking!
Posted by Mike from Warsaw, Poland on 08/27/07 at 10:45 AM ET
Thanks a lot Paul. All us Canuck expats in Qingdao China appreciate it. Can’t live without our game.
Posted by Scott from Qingdao China on 08/27/07 at 11:40 PM ET
Does anyone has a link for today’s game ?
Posted by JR from Prague on 08/29/07 at 05:35 AM ET
In case we all don’t have a direct link provided by Paul, follow Shane’s post...just did it myself and I am by non-means computer-savy...streaming tsn.ca from a canadian proxy...not sure what that means but I’m comfortable in knowing that in less than 2hours I’ve got game 2!
Thanks again to Paul and kudo’s to you Shane...Catching these games is priceless
Posted by Canada@Seoul from Seoul, South Korea on 08/29/07 at 06:17 AM ET
Still working on a link, it usually comes up between 15-30 minutes before game time, which is 9am ET today.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/29/07 at 07:05 AM ET
Not 100% sure, but it looks like the same stream from game 1 will work…
mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:36845|036845|6akc
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/29/07 at 07:35 AM ET
Well, it was showing the preview, now dead…
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/29/07 at 08:03 AM ET
guys, it’s working for me on tsn today.
Posted by mike from warsaw on 08/29/07 at 08:38 AM ET
mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:37356
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/29/07 at 08:51 AM ET
Paul, my saviour, your latest link is not working. Any suggestions?
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 08/30/07 at 02:01 AM ET
Nevermind, I’m way late. I thought the game was at the same time as the last. Thanks for posting a link. I hope Friday is a go!!!
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 08/30/07 at 02:06 AM ET
Hi Paul,
is your link a go for game three this morning? I can’t get that proxy setting down so your my only hope. Thanks!
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 08/31/07 at 04:33 AM ET
Anybody who can make a link so I can se this game please please help me out!
Posted by PLEASE^PLEASE from Korea on 08/31/07 at 06:44 AM ET
Looks like same link for game 2 works for me.
Posted by mike from USA on 08/31/07 at 07:01 AM ET
Yep, it is working....
mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:37356
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/31/07 at 07:08 AM ET
Paul, thanks alot for the feeds. We all really do appreciate it.
Posted by mike from USA on 08/31/07 at 07:23 AM ET
Yes Paul. We really do appreciate your efforts. Thank you for posting the feeds.
Posted by greg from utsunomiya, japan on 08/31/07 at 07:57 AM ET
Yeah,
My proxy thingamabob wasn’t working today so that link saved my ass...gotta love Canada schooling Russia in this one. Cheers Paul!
Posted by Canada@Seoul from Seoul, South Korea on 08/31/07 at 08:07 AM ET
No problem folks, just happy we can get our hockey fix on this last day of August.
Game appears chippy today!
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 08/31/07 at 08:16 AM ET
Well, not seeing Paul around yet today, but I can confirm I was able to get in via mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:36845|036845|6akc for this one. At least, for the sound check.
Posted by Tyler from Fredericton, NB on 09/04/07 at 06:47 PM ET
Thanks Tyler, Today has been hectic, we are so close to the new KK and I have been busy with that all day.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 09/04/07 at 06:50 PM ET
Does anyone have a link for the Sportsnet broadcasts? Please help all us suckers living outside of Canada! Thanks.
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 09/07/07 at 08:54 PM ET
Well, I went to the Sportsnet site and clicked on the Super Series Watch Game 6 highlights icon on the top right of the page, was given the option to watch it live and I got it.
In the States so you may be in luck.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/index.jsp
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 09/07/07 at 09:03 PM ET
It directed me to the TSN site and still won’t allow me in. Is there anyway you can make a link for me Paul? Thanks so much.
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 09/07/07 at 09:08 PM ET
it’s not working for me. any other options?
Posted by mike from warsaw on 09/07/07 at 09:11 PM ET
try this, not sure if it will work…
http://broadband.2007superseries.ca/?vid=13391
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 09/07/07 at 09:16 PM ET
no luck here. it just took me back to the tsn broadband page.
Posted by mike from warsaw on 09/07/07 at 09:18 PM ET
Nope, straight to TSN again. Thanks though. Any other ideas? No pressure......ha ha
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 09/07/07 at 09:19 PM ET
mms://a846.l3156036845.c31560.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/846/31560/v0001/reflector:37356
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 09/07/07 at 09:23 PM ET
jackpot! cheers Paul.
Posted by mike from warsaw on 09/07/07 at 09:27 PM ET
YESSS! Your the man Paul!! Thanks!
Posted by Canada1979 from Japan on 09/07/07 at 09:29 PM ET
Thanks Paul, watching my first hockey of the year! Do we get links like this for streaming Stanley Cup games?
Posted by puckhead from USA on 09/07/07 at 09:31 PM ET
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I think Hockey Canada should have stood their ground and not given this showcase to Russia until they sign the IIHF transfer agreement.
Posted by Jeff from Harrison Twp, MI on 08/23/07 at 01:04 PM ET