Paul Henderson (born January 28, 1943) is a former professional ice hockey player

from Canada. A left winger, he played thirteen seasons in the National Hockey
League for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames and five
in the World Hockey Association for the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls.
Appearing in over 1,000 games, he scored 376 goals and 758 points. He led Team
Canada to victory at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, scoring the
game-winning goal in the sixth, seventh and eighth games, the last of which was
voted the "sports moment of the century" by The Canadian Press. The series, played
at the height of the Cold War, was viewed as a battle for hockey supremacy.
Henderson played in two All-Star Games and has twice been inducted into Canada's
Sports Hall of Fame (individually and as a member of the 1972 national team). He
was in