Paul Henderson

Paul Henderson

For this project I chose as the quintessential Canadian, Paul Henderson. He is representative of
the entire 1972 Team Canada. Before this famous series, it was assumed that Team Canada was
unbeatable, but it soon became clear that Canada would be the underdogs and have to fight back. In the
end, it was the little known player, Paul Henderson, who became the star and restored pride in the hearts of
all Canadians. He is truly a "quintessential" Canadian.
The 1972 Summit Series represented what was going to be a test of the best, to see who was the
best "Hockey Country," Canada or the Soviet Union. Canada put their superstars up against the Soviet
Union in an eight game Series where four games would be played in Canada and four in the Soviet Union.
The games in Canada were played in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver while in the Soviet
Union, they were all played in Moscow.
The superstars for Canada included Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Tony and Phil Esposito, the
Mahovolich brothers, Jean Ratelle, Yvon Cournoyer, Rod Gilbert, Dennis Hull, Brad Park and Pat
Stapleton. Canada seemed to have a stacked team, but the Soviet Union was not about to quit. In fact, they
dominated Team Canada in Canada taking two of four, losing one and tying one. Canada was
embarrassed!
Losing game one in Montreal 7-3 Canada had given the mental edge to the Soviet Union, but took
it right back in game two in Toronto with a 4-1 win. Game three in Winnipeg was ...

Paul Henderson

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