What happened on September 22 in the history of the New York Rangers
After a two week layoff, the Summit Series resumed on this date in 1972. There was one New York Rangers player missing as Vic Hadfield quit the team because of a lack of playing time. The question is whether Hadfield would have made a difference as Canada lost to the Soviets 5-4 in Moscow.
The Canadians had been embarrassed after the first four games of the series. Expecting a cakewalk, the USSR left North America with a 2-1-1 record as the Soviets outplayed the Canadians in three of the four games.