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- "Tretiak gaining support for Summit Series 2". CBC. 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
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- ↑ "German (Ice Hockey) Hall of Fame". A-Z Hockey. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- ↑ Jim Taylor (1997-09-28). "Backroom wars filled with intrigue". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on December 10, 2003. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Game Eight—Henderson Has Scored For Canada". 1972summitseries.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2002. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
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