There is a movement afoot - a petition - to have Paul Henderson inducted into the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame - I mistakenly had thought he already had been especially considering his contributions in that series. After all, it was Paul Henderson who scored the last three winning goals of the series.
Paul Henderson is currently undergoing treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia which has no known cure.
1972 Summit Series team celebrates anniversary without Paul Henderson | Sports | National Post
Let's put Paul in the Hall people.............sign the petition at:
Canada's History - Put Henderson in the Hall
For those of us old enough to remember those days and those games the memories will be with us always. You didn't have to be a hockey fan to know what was going on and why people everywhere, it seemed, thought the outcome could be world shattering. To put that statement in context one must remember that Canadians had very real concerns about a Soviet invasion - heck our PM was telling us to build bomb shelters, for pete's sake. The series came shortly after the Bay of Pigs which was still fresh in everyone's mind.
I was 23 at the time and though I attended a private girl's school, hockey and the series seemed to permeate all the conversations even the nuns and the priests were talking about it. In many ways the series was a great leveler - everyone had an opinion and everyone was willing to listen. I wasn't much of a hockey fan though I did watch the Montreal Canadian games with my Dad. I was already a die-hard Rider fan. I was political though and the possibility of being invaded by the 'commies' was a constant topic of debate in my history classes.
There is much being written about the series as the 40th anniversary approaches.
The story of the Summit Series, as it's never been told before - The Globe and Mail
1972 Summit Series: Hockey heroes recount the final game - thestar.com
By far, for me, the very best account of those games is by Norm MacDonald - he of SNL fame - who writes through the eyes of the 8-year-old hockey fan he was at the time. If this tail doesn't warm the cockles of hockey fan's hearts, little will. :smile:
Read Norm Macdonald
Paul Henderson is currently undergoing treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia which has no known cure.
1972 Summit Series team celebrates anniversary without Paul Henderson | Sports | National Post
Let's put Paul in the Hall people.............sign the petition at:
Canada's History - Put Henderson in the Hall
For those of us old enough to remember those days and those games the memories will be with us always. You didn't have to be a hockey fan to know what was going on and why people everywhere, it seemed, thought the outcome could be world shattering. To put that statement in context one must remember that Canadians had very real concerns about a Soviet invasion - heck our PM was telling us to build bomb shelters, for pete's sake. The series came shortly after the Bay of Pigs which was still fresh in everyone's mind.
I was 23 at the time and though I attended a private girl's school, hockey and the series seemed to permeate all the conversations even the nuns and the priests were talking about it. In many ways the series was a great leveler - everyone had an opinion and everyone was willing to listen. I wasn't much of a hockey fan though I did watch the Montreal Canadian games with my Dad. I was already a die-hard Rider fan. I was political though and the possibility of being invaded by the 'commies' was a constant topic of debate in my history classes.
There is much being written about the series as the 40th anniversary approaches.
The story of the Summit Series, as it's never been told before - The Globe and Mail
1972 Summit Series: Hockey heroes recount the final game - thestar.com
By far, for me, the very best account of those games is by Norm MacDonald - he of SNL fame - who writes through the eyes of the 8-year-old hockey fan he was at the time. If this tail doesn't warm the cockles of hockey fan's hearts, little will. :smile:
Read Norm Macdonald