Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Soviets sun yi rangadin baje kolinsu na farko a Kanada a 1957, wanda ya ci gaba da gasa tsakanin ƙasashen. A cikin sauran shekarun 1950 gasar cin kofin duniya ta kasance tsakanin Kanada da Tarayyar Soviet. Wannan ya canza a farkon shekarun 1960. Kanada ta lashe zinare a shekarar 1961
, kuma bayan rasa gasar 1962 saboda matsalolin siyasa, Soviets za su lashe lambar zinare a kowace shekara har zuwa 1972. Wataƙila sun fuskanci mafi girman damuwa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1976; a wasan farko da suka yi da Poland mai masaukin baki, Soviets sun sha kashi 6 zuwa 4.