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Originally Posted by Huysmans
That's exactly my point. It was amateurs.
Was it an amazing display and exhibition of the best hockey skills in the world? Hardly.
The summit series on the other hand was the first major meeting between Canada and Russia, the two world hockey powers....
So its almost impossible to quantify its importance.
Can we call the '80 victory important to the US, especially at the time? Definitely.
If you started a thread asking for the biggest game with socio-political implications....you might have something. Or a thread asking for the biggest upset in sports...then we're in agreement. But to call it one of the GREATEST games period.... it doesn't register on my list.
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This is a forum for collecting cards of America's pastime. You should not be surprised America centric answers. Upsets are a part of American culture going back to defeating the English at Yorktown.
At least the usa-user hockey game had meaning, both teams were trying to win an Olympic gold medal. The summit series was just an exhibition. It doesn't even register on our radar. I don't recall the game even being on TV. The only reason I've even heard of it was an article in SI after the fact.
Preseason, regular season or exhibition games aren't even on my radar. Championships are what matter. Olympics, World Series, Super Bowl, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, NCAA Championships, ect. Great upsets make for great games. Underdogs raising their level of play makes great games. We're just going to have to agree to disagree.