Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọtụtụ ndị ọkachamara buru amụma na ndị otu Czechoslovak ga-ezute Canada na ngwụcha n'ihi na ha wetara otu ìgwè ahụ meriri asọmpi ahụ.
1976 World Championship ọnwa ole na ole tupu mgbe ahụ. A na-ewere onye na-eche nche ha, Jiří Holeček, dị ka onye kachasị mma n'ụwa na-abụghị NHL. Onye nkuzi Czechoslovak Karel Gut tụrụ anya na ndị otu ya ga-apụta igosi ụwa na e nwere "ihe ọzọ na hockey mba ụwa karịa Canada na Soviet Union". Sweden nọ n'ọkwa nke atọ na-abanye n'asọmpi ahụ ma nwee nnukwu ngwakọta nke ndị na-amu amu na ndị ọkachamara na-egwu egwu na NHL na WHA. United States na Finland gbara asọmpi ahụ ma atụghị anya na ha ga-asọmpi.