Wouldn't this be fun to officiate...

[TussAgee11]

NOT!

Whoa, never knew how crazy things were back then! Players shooting pucks at officials, almost swinging a stick, and a fight in the stands where team Canada escorts one of their own to the bench (not shown in the video, he flicked off the Soviet crowd as he went to the bench)

YouTube - Summit Series - Canada Vs. USSR - Game 8

And to think, sportsmanship has gone down since those days...

[RefWEB]

This wasn;t a run-of-the mill 70's hockey game...this series was War.

This was the first-ever meeting of Canada's best vs Russia's best...and it was, literally war. The Canadians literally felt it was them against ther world. Their own fans booed them in Canada. There were "shady" doings happening on the Russian side...and the officials, well, they weren't up to the taks thrown at them.

This wasn't just another series...it was national pride and hockey supremacy on the line.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

NOT!

Whoa, never knew how crazy things were back then! Players shooting pucks at officials, almost swinging a stick, and a fight in the stands where team Canada escorts one of their own to the bench (not shown in the video, he flicked off the Soviet crowd as he went to the bench)

YouTube - Summit Series - Canada Vs. USSR - Game 8

And to think, sportsmanship has gone down since those days...

You're not Canadian, are you?