1972 – Team Canada keeps Hockey Superstar Bobby Hull off the team that was going to the Soviet Union to face the Soviet Red Army. Fans petitioned the National Hockey League with the use of buttons, posters, and newspaper ads
The Summit Series, Super Series 72, Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game ice hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. Canada would win the series 4 games to 3 games. Bobby Hull was not on the Canadian roster because he had signed with the World Hockey Association prior to the Super Series
Bobby Hull OC (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockeyplayer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blonde hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the name “The Golden Jet”

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