Paul Henderson (ice hockey player)

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IIHF Hall of Fame , 2013
Paul Henderson (ice hockey player)
Date of birth January 28, 1943
place of birth Kincardine , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1960-1963 Hamilton Red Wings
1963-1968 Detroit Red Wings
1968-1974 Toronto Maple Leafs
1974-1976 Toronto Toros
1976-1979 Birmingham Bulls
1979 Atlanta Flames
1979-1981 Birmingham Bulls

Paul Garnet Henderson (* 28. January 1943 in Kincardine , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (Left Wing), who from 1962 to 1980 for the Detroit Red Wings , Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Toros or . Birmingham Bulls in the Association World Hockey played. He achieved particular fame when he scored the decisive goal at the 1972 Summit Series .

Career

Henderson was signed by the Detroit Red Wings as a teenager . This sent him to their junior team for the Hamilton Red Wings in the Ontario Hockey Association . In a team with Lowell MacDonald and Pit Martin , they won the Memorial Cup in 1962 .

Thanks to good performances, he also made his debut in the NHL during the 1962/63 season , when he was allowed to play in two games. In the following year he was still commuting between the Red Wings and the AHL farm team, the Pittsburgh Hornets . From the 1964/65 season he had then fought for his regular place in a storm row with Pit Martin and Larry Jeffrey . Although an injury forced him to take a break of 24 games in the 1966/67 season , he scored more than 20 goals for the second time in a row this season. In March 1968 he was part of a large swap deal. Together with Norm Ullman , the Red Wings sent him to Toronto. In return, the Red Wings received Frank Mahovlich , Pete Stemkowski , Garry Unger and the rights to Carl Brewer .

In a series of attacks with Norm Ullman and the young Ron Ellis , Henderson showed strong performances at the Toronto Maple Leafs . In the 1971/72 season he scored 38 goals and was nominated for this good performance in the squad of the Canadian team at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet national team . In the first four games in Canada, the hosts were not as successful as hoped, as Canada could only win one game. In addition to a draw, two games were lost. Henderson scored two goals. Canada equalized the series with two wins in the first three games in Moscow. In these three games Henderson was the most successful attacker with four goals and contributed the decisive goal in both wins. Shortly before the end of the eighth and decisive game, the game was a draw. From the Canadian bank, he asked Pete Mahovlich to replace him. After this left the ice, Henderson got involved in the attack and scored the much-acclaimed goal 34 seconds before the end, through which Canada could win the series.

The attacker stayed two more seasons with the Maple Leafs before moving to local rivals, the Toronto Toros in the World Hockey Association . The WHA had planned the 1974 Summit Series against the Soviet national team , and so it happened that Henderson was back in the squad as the hero of the last series.

After the dissolution of the WHA, he returned to the NHL for 30 games with the Atlanta Flames . In the following season he ended his active career in the Central Hockey League .

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 13 707 236 241 477 304
NHL playoffs 8th 56 11 14th 25th 28
WHA regular season 5 360 140 143 283 112
WHA playoffs 1 5 1 1 2 0

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Individual proof

  1. ^ Three Canadians inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame. In: Hockey Canada Foundation website. May 17, 2013, accessed June 14, 2013 .

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personal data
SURNAME Henderson, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henderson, Paul Garnet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Kincardine , Ontario , Canada