• A sporting event still talked about today: "For many Canadians, particularly baby boomers and Generation X, the eight-game hockey series between Team Canada and the national team of the Soviet Union in September 1972 provided the greatest moment in Canada's sporting history."-Canadian Encyclopedia (online)
• Publishing on the 50th anniversaryof the 1972 series.
• A Cold War political battle: the series came to represent a battle for democracy versus communism and freedom versus tyranny and had a lasting impact on global sports.
• Compellingly told: "MacSkimming's control of the story and his feel for character … give it a new electricity."-The Globe and Mail