Henderson to be honourary captain at ADT Canada-Russia Challenge game in Guelph
The Guelph Storm are proud to announce that Paul Henderson will serve as the Honourary Captain for the ADT Canada/Russia Game on Thursday, November 20th.
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Paul Henderson of Lucknow, ON competed for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series where he would score one of the most famous goals in Canadian hockey history. His goal in the dying seconds of the eighth and final Summit Series game lifted Canada past the Russian National team for the series win.
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Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League beginning his career with the Detroit Red Wings in 1962. Henderson would play four full seasons with the Red Wings before a trade brought him to the Toronto Maple Leafs where he would play until 1974.
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In 1974, Henderson left the NHL to join the World Hockey Association where he split five years between the Toronto Toros and the Birmingham Bulls before returning to the NHL to suit up with the Atlanta Flames for one season in 1979-1980.
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His professional hockey career would conclude in 1981 when he played for the Birmingham Bulls of the CHL. Throughout his years of pro hockey, the Lucknow native would accumulate 1067 career games played and produce 376 goals and 384 assists for 760 points.
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Henderson will drop the puck at the Sleeman Centre on November 20th kick starting the ADT Canada/Russia Challenge in Ontario.
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The 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge features a team of CHL All-Stars representing each regional league that will compete against the Russian National Junior team. All six games will be broadcasted nationally on Rogers Sportsnet, with the two QMJHL games also broadcasted on RDS.