Henderson, Paul

Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson
	; Henderson in 2013
Position	attack
Growth	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
Grab	on right
Citizenship	Canada
Born	January 28, 1943 (aged 76); Kinkardine , Ontario , Canada
Career	1962–1981
NHL draft	was not drafted
Clubs
Detroit Red Wings; 1963-1968; Toronto Maple Leafs; 1968-1974; Atlanta Flames; 1979

Paul Garnet Henderson ( born Paul Garnet Henderson ; born January 28, 1943 , Kincardine , Ontario , Canada ) is a former Canadian hockey player . During his long playing career, Henderson played in many teams from different leagues in North America , including spent 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings , Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames . Henderson is best known for his winning goals in the last three matches of the USSR Super Series - Canada in 1972 , which ensured Canada's victory in the series.

Biography

Game career

Henderson began his professional career at OHA Hamilton Red Wings , who played from 1960 to 1963 and helped the team win the Memorial Cup in 1962.

Henderson spent 13 seasons in the NHL . In 1962, he joined the Detroit Red Wings club, for which he played until 1968 (with a short break in 1963, when he was sent to the Pittsburgh Hornets AHL club in ). During the 1966–67 season, Henderson suffered from tracheitis . To protect the lungs from the cold air, during the matches, Henderson played in a surgical mask ^[1] . March 3, 1968, Henderson, along with Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith were exchanged from Detroit to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Frank Makhovlich , Harry Anger , Pita Stemkowski and rights to Karl Brewer . Henderson was elected to the Canadian national team to participate in the USSR Super Series - Canada in 1972 . He became famous for being able to score victorious goals in the last three matches of the eight-match series, ensuring Canada victory in the series. He also participated in the 1974 USSR Super Series, Canada , in which WHA players represented Canada. In 1974, Henderson left the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL, joining the rival league (WHA), in which he played for the Toronto Toroz club . Management “Toroz” offered Henderson a five-year contract a year before the end of his contract with the Maple Leafs. The offer included, among other things, a lift bonus, which depended on Henderson's performance in the last year of his contract with Leafs. Henderson later received the same offer from Maple Leaves, but it did not include hoisting and was rejected by Henderson. He later expressed regret that he had signed a contract with Toroz before the completion of the contract with Leafs. He continued to remain in the team after her relocation and a change of name to Birmingham Bulls , and after the team was transferred to the Central Hockey League . Henderson returned to the NHL in 1980 for one season, which he spent at Atlanta Flames . The next season he again spent at Birmingham and in 1981 ended his career.

Valery Kharlamov's club hit by Bobby Clark

In 2002, during a press conference on the 30th anniversary of the 1972 Super Series , Henderson criticized Bobby Clark, the former in the series, for hitting a club on Valery Kharlamov’s foot, which disabled Kharlamov before the end of the series, calling the episode “disappointment” series ". Clark answered:

I find it inappropriate to criticize a teammate after 30 years. If that episode offended him so much, why not say so after the game? [...] I do not understand why it was necessary to raise this topic now ^[2] .
Original text
"I think it's improper to criticize a teammate 30 years later. If it was so offensive, why didn't he bother to say something after the game? [...] I don't understand why he would bring it up now. "

Shortly afterwards, Henderson explained that he did not want to create problems for anyone, and apologized for the inconvenience. He also added that in the heat of the fight he did not condemn that episode, but looking back, he believes that it was unsportsmanlike ^[2] .

Personal life

After speaking at the 1972 Super Series, Henderson felt tremendous psychological pressure trying to live up to high expectations. This heavy burden led Henderson to suffer depression over the next few years. In 1975, Paul came to the church and took refuge away from hockey passions. In 2010, Henderson was diagnosed with leukemia , which he continues to struggle with.

Achievements and rewards

Winner William Hanley Trophy : 1963
Member of the NHL All-Star Game 1972 and 1973
Member of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame since 1995.
Doctor of Theology since 2007 ^[3] .
The greatest number of winning goals in the USSR Super Series is Canada 1972 - 3.
The largest number of consecutive winning goals in the USSR Super Series - Canada 1972 - 3.
The largest number of goals in the USSR Super Series - Canada in 1972 - 7 (along with Phil Esposito and Alexander Yakushev ).
One of the three Canadian national team players (along with Frank Makhovlich and Pat Stapleton ) who took part in the USSR Super Series - Canada 1972 and the USSR Super Series - Canada 1974 .

Statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	Games	G	P	Glasses	Fine	Games	G	P	Glasses	Fine
1960–61	Hamilton Red Wings	Oha	thirty	one	3	four	9	12	one	one	2	four
1961–62	Hamilton Red Wings	Oha	50	24	nineteen	43	68	ten	four	6	ten	13
1962–63	Hamilton Red Wings	Oha	48	49	27	76	53	3	2	0	2	0
1962–63	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	2	0	0	0	9	-	-	-	-	-
1963–64	Pittsburgh hornets	AHL	38	ten	14	24	18	-	-	-	-	-
1963–64	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	32	3	3	6	14	14	2	3	five	6
1964–65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	70	eight	13	21	thirty	7	0	2	2	0
1965–66	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	69	22	24	46	34	12	3	3	6	ten
1966–67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	46	21	nineteen	40	ten	-	-	-	-	-
1967–68	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	50	13	20	33	35	-	-	-	-	-
1967–68	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	13	five	6	eleven	eight	-	-	-	-	-
1968–69	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	74	27	32	59	sixteen	four	0	one	one	0
1969–70	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	67	20	22	42	18	-	-	-	-	-
1970–71	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	72	thirty	thirty	60	34	6	five	one	6	four
1971–72	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	73	38	nineteen	57	32	five	one	2	3	6
1972–73	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	40	18	sixteen	34	18	-	-	-	-	-
1973–74	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	69	24	31	55	40	four	0	2	2	2
1974–75	Toronto Toroz	Wha	58	thirty	33	63	18	-	-	-	-	-
1975–76	Toronto Toroz	Wha	65	26	29th	55	22	-	-	-	-	-
1976–77	Birmingham bulls	Wha	81	23	25	48	thirty	-	-	-	-	-
1977–78	Birmingham bulls	Wha	80	37	29th	66	22	five	one	one	2	0
1978–79	Birmingham bulls	Wha	76	24	27	51	20	-	-	-	-	-
1979–80	Birmingham bulls	Chl	47	17	18	35	ten	-	-	-	-	-
1979–80	Atlanta Flames	NHL	thirty	7	6	13	6	four	0	0	0	0
1980–81	Birmingham bulls	Chl	35	6	eleven	17	38	-	-	-	-	-
Total in the NHL			707	236	241	477	304	56	eleven	14	25	28
Total at WHA			360	140	143	283	112	five	one	one	2	0

Year	Team	Tournament	Games	G	P	Glasses	Fine
1972	Canada	Super series	eight	7	3	ten	four
1974	Canada	Super series	7	2	one	3	0
Total			15	9	four	13	four

Notes

Links

Statistics on The Internet Hockey Database

[1] The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search

[autogenerated1-2] ¹ ² Paul Henderson sorry for criticizing Clarke slash

[3] ttp://www.tyndale.ca/sites/default/files/Tyndale-Connection-Fall-07.pdf