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Article: The secrets of the Summit: on the 30th anniversary of the legendary Summit Series, we unveil some of the forgotten, obscure, and unknown tales from those momentous matches.
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- Hockey Digest
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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ALMOST ANY CANADIAN OVER the age of 40 can tell you exactly what he or she was doing on September 28, 1972. That day Paul Henderson scored the winning goal at 19:26 of the final period of the 1972 Summit Series to give Canada a 6-5 victory over the Soviet Union. For a moment Canada stood still and then, as the red light flickered behind Vladislav Tretiak, a nation's hearts filled with joy--and relief.
"Here's a shot. Henderson makes a wild stab for it and falls," legendary television announcer Foster Hewitt breathlessly described. "Here's another shot Right in front. They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!"
As Hewitt's words described "the goal ...