Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Tretiak akazozivikanwa munyika yose mushure mekushanda kwake kunoshamisa muSummit Series muna 1972, paakabatsira kushamisika nyika, kusanganisira chikwata cheCanada, munzira yekurasikirwa zvishoma nevaCanada. Nhau yakakurumbira yakataurwa pamusoro pekuti vaongorori veCanada vakanyatsoderedza sei kugona kwake pamberi pezvikwata; vakamuona achirega zvibodzwa zvisere pane imwe husiku, vasingazive kuti akange aroora husiku hwapfuura (uye vazhinji vechikwata vanga varipo). Pakati pevatambi vose veSoviet, vatambi veCanada nevatsigiri vakabata Tretiak mukuremekedza kukuru uye kuremekedza uye Tretiak aiva mumwe wevatambi vakakurumbira veSeries pamwe chete naPhil Esposito, Paul Henderson, Alexandr Iakushev naValeri Kharlamov. Somugumisiro wokushanda kwakanaka kwaTretiak, zvikwata zvakawanda zveNHL zvaida kumunyora <unk> Montreal pakupedzisira yakaita, muna 1983
<unk> uye Tretiak akanga achida, asi hurumende yeSoviet haina kumurega achienda.