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This article was published 02/09/2022 (843 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It’s been five decades since Foster Hewitt uttered the immortal words: ‘Henderson made a wild stab for it and fell. Here’s another shot. Right in front, they score! Henderson has scored for Canada!’
With that winning goal, Canada clinched the eight-game Summit Series over the Soviet Union.
The historic showdown for hockey supremacy began on Sept. 2, 1972 in Montreal, before games in Toronto (Sept. 4), Winnipeg (Sept. 6) and Vancouver (Sept. 8). It concluded with four games in Moscow, with Henderson scoring in the final 34 seconds in the final game.
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Members of the media hold up the lineup sheet listing the Canadian and USSR players in advance of Game 1 in Montreal.
ANDY CLARK / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Members of Team Canada take part in a workout in the halls of Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto before heading out onto the ice on Aug. 14, 1972. Team Canada featured a select group of National Hockey League players.
BARRIE DAVIS / THE GLOBE AND MAIL FILES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1972 — TORONTO — TEAM CANADA LEAVES FOR EUROPE — Team Canada players at Toronto airport Sept. 12, 1972 where they will head to Russia via Sweden for the final half of the Canada-Russia Summit Series. Centre Phil Espositon looks back at well-wishers as he climbs stairs towards aircraft that will fly the team to Europe.
ANDY CLARK / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Netminder Tony Esposito reads a newspaper with his mask on during a Team Canada practice ahead of the 1972 Summit Series in Toronto, on Aug. 23, 1972.
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Team Canada’s Yvon Cournoyer (left) hugs a cheering Paul Henderson after Henderson scored the winning goal in Moscow on Sept. 28, 1972.
PETER BREGG / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Gennadiy Tsygankov, center, of the Soviet hockey team eyes the puck after it was raised off the ice during the first of a four game series between Team Canada and the Soviet team, in Montreal, Sept. 2, 1972.
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Phil Esposito tries a backhand shot against USSR’s Tretiak in Toronto. Canada won the game 4-1.
PETER BREGG / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak keeps an eye on the puck during the fourth game of the Summit Series in Vancouver on Sept. 8. Tretiak stopped 38 shots in the game — 23 in the third period alone — as the Soviets defeated Canada 5-3.
PETER BREGG / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES
Team Canada players defend against USSR’s Alexander Maltsev in Winnipeg on Sept. 6. The game ended in a 4-4 tie.
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