Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Tretiak akava nomukurumbira munyika yose pashure pokubudirira kwake kunoshamisa muSummit Series muna 1972, apo akabatsira kushamisa nyika, kubatanidza chikwata cheCanada, munzira yokurasikirwa 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.