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Tasked with finding common ground and building friendships between the worlds two largest countries and arctic neighbors a young Canadian diplomat finds himself on his first overseas assignment in Moscow the Soviet capital Its the early 1970s and a Cold War between communism and capitalism the west and the east is simmeringwhile the ice rink is just starting to heat up Smith opts for sports diplomacy throwing off his embassy black tie dress codes and donning the blue and white sweater of the Moscow Maple Leafs
A vodkainfused encounter with the influential Izvestia journalist The Snowman leads him into the murky world of Soviet hockey officialdom the KGB and the decision that USSR amateurs were finally ready to play Canadian professionals in an eightgame Friendship Series of the best versus the best
Trusted by each side with unparalleled access to officials coaches and players on both teams Smith witnesses this unique and epic hockey series that has come to transcend time
The 1972 CanadianSoviet Hockey Series will go down in history as a pivotal political event changing the course of two nations and the world of hockey
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