Where you in ’72? P.E.I.’s Susan Dalziel recalls the tension and excitement of final game between Team Canada and the Soviet Union | SaltWire

It’s a moment Susan Dalziel will never forget. Dalziel, a student at the University of New Brunswick in September 1972, has a vivid memory of Paul ...

Susan Dalziel watched the eighth and final game of the 1972 Summit Series between Team Canada and the Soviet Union in a packed residence lounge at the University of New Brunswick. Dalziel, who now resides in Cornwall, P.E.I., was a driving force behind the development and growth of female hockey on P.E.I.

Henderson scored to give Team Canada — comprised of NHL players — a thrilling 6-5 win over the Soviet Union national team. That victory also clinched the series for Team Canada with a 4-3-1 record. “I remember sitting in my den with my mother and sister for that first game and making jokes that the Russians aren’t going to win,” said Dalziel. “Then, of course, things changed after that.”

Dalziel, who became a big fan of hockey as an adult, now lives in Cornwall, P.E.I., but grew up in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I.

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