 Hardy akataura mubvunzurudzo ya1965 kuti Canada yakanga yawana kodzero yekugamuchira 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships panguva yeCanada Centennial, uye IIHF yakaita chikanganiso chakakomba mukupa mabasa ekugamuchira kuAustria panzvimbo. Iye akanzwa kuti Canada inofanira kunzverazve chose chose migariro yokugoverana kwayo muchinoitika chenyika icho yakaita zvikurusa kuita. Muna 1970, akatsigira chisarudzo chakaitwa nemutungamiri weCAHA Earl Dawson kuti abve muhockey yepasi rose, uye arambe mabasa ekugamuchira 1970 Ice Hockey World Championships. Hardy akataura, yakanga iri nyaya yenyaya uye chiito chaifanira kutorwa, nokuti zvaizivikanwa kuti vatambi veSoviet Union neCzechoslovakian zvikwata vaiva nyanzvi. Muhurukuro ya1974, akataura kuti hockey yakanga yava yomuviri zvikuru pashure peHondo yeNyika II kuti ikodzere muoni weAmerica, zvakafanana nenzira iyo nhabvu inoratidzika kuva inokudza nayo masimba masimba. Aida kuona mitemo yakawanda ichisimbiswa nokuda kwokuchengeteka uye akataura kuti, kana unyanzvi hwapinda mumufananidzo, unhu hwomutambo hunoita kuti huwedzere kuipa. 