{"id":46588,"date":"2017-09-12T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46588"},"modified":"2017-09-12T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:56:47","slug":"team-canada-72-headed-back-to-russia-along-with-brock-prof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/team-canada-72-headed-back-to-russia-along-with-brock-prof\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Canada \u201972 headed back to Russia \u2014 along with Brock prof"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>When the heroes of Team Canada \u201972 make their triumphant return to Moscow, this time as honoured guests, they will do so with a Brock professor by their side.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goodman School of Business Professor Barry Wright boarded a plane to Russia Tuesday, Sept. 12 alongside the hockey team that held the nation spellbound when it battled the elite Soviet squad\u00a0for international bragging rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team has been invited back to Moscow to help open a major exhibit at the Russian Museum of Hockey that delves into the legendary <\/span>Canada-USSR Summit Series \u2014<\/span> considered the greatest hockey event of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock has long had a connection with\u00a0the iconic national team, as Team Canada ’72 alumnus Dennis Hull (BA \u201981) is also a graduate of the University.<\/p>\n

The Goodman School of Business, aided by Wright, has been working since 2013 on various projects that aim to protect the team’s\u00a0heritage, sustain the legacy of the ’72 Summit Series and use that legacy as a way to give back to Canadians. As a result, Wright was extended an invitation to join this week’s historic trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honoured to have been asked to travel with the team to Moscow,\u201d Wright said. \u201cI, like most Canadians of a certain age, was riveted by the eight games played between the two teams. Having the ability to assist them now as they work toward securing their legacy is a privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The main project the business school has helped to launch through the partnership is 28,800 Seconds: The Power of Teamwork. Through the initiative, the iconic hockey players speak in schools about how they turned to their own bonding as a team to overcome great adversity at a time when an entire country was expecting them to come home with nothing short of a victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Canadian players will return to the spotlight this week while spending three days in Moscow celebrating with their former adversaries in a string of events and appearances <\/span>that includes meeting Russian hockey fans in Moscow\u2019s Park of Legends, and attending a home game of the iconic KHL club Moscow Dynamo. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also expected to join them is Russian President and renowned hockey fan Vladimir Putin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both 1972 teams will attend the opening of the exhibition,\u00a0World Hockey Classic: USSR-Canada,<\/span>\u00a0on Thursday, Sept. 14.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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