The Goal That United Canada
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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1972 SUMMIT SERIES The Goal That United CANADA Stories inspired72 byAmazing the Stories ’72By Summit Canadians Series From Coast To Coast with memorieswith from memories from BobDon Cole Cherry • Peter Mansbridge • Blue Rodeo WalterWalter Gretzky Gretzky • Denis Brodeur Bob ColeForeword By Don CherryBy Sean Mitton AND MORE! & Jim Prime By Sean Mitton & Jim Prime The Goal That United CANADA 72 Amazing Stories By Canadians From Coast To Coast By Sean Mitton & Jim Prime Foreword by Don Cherry The ’72 Project ~ What’s Your Story? Copyright 2012 Sean Mitton All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including scanning, photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author. ISBN # 978-1-300-06109-0 Cover design: Cory Lavalette Front cover photo: Robert Black Interior design: Sean Mitton and Cory Lavalette Photos courtesy of Denis Brodeur, Robert Black, Jim Herder, Hughie Graham, Scott Raithby, Steve Dowling, Marc-Andre Hawkes, Harvey Kirkland and Melissa Pasquinelli. www.72project.com Table Of Contents Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................5 Foreward By Don Cherry ........................................................................................6 Introduction By Sean Mitton ...................................................................................8 1972 Nostalgia ......................................................................................................10 Team Rosters .........................................................................................................11 ’72 Summit Series Scores .......................................................................................12 Paul Henderson — The Goal That Saved A Marriage ............................................14 Vern Aker — Waking Up The Underwriters ...........................................................15 Jeff Allen — I’ll Drink To That! ..............................................................................16 David Altro —Never Give Up ................................................................................17 Jake Bartlett — Union Vote Delayed ......................................................................18 Irwin Belitsky — The Real Big Red Machine ..........................................................19 Robert Black — Scoring When It Counts ...............................................................23 Johnny Bower — A Quiet Leader ...........................................................................24 Blue Rodeo — Ice Dreams .....................................................................................26 Denis Brodeur — The Photo ..................................................................................28 Paul Bruno — The Luck Of The Draw ....................................................................30 Don Cherry — Greatest Tournament Ever Played In Sports ...................................32 Bob Cole — The Cole Call......................................................................................35 Dan Connors — A Fateful Goal .............................................................................37 Frank Consentino — First And Goal .....................................................................39 Gary Crawford — How Did A Desk Get Above My Head?......................................40 Darrell Dexter — Memorable Shopping Trip .........................................................41 Gary Doer — Canada’s Wake-Up Call ...................................................................42 Shawn Ells — Celebrating ‘The Goal’ Twenty Times ..............................................43 Terry Fewer — Stopped In Their Tracks .................................................................47 Ernie Fitzsimmons — Great Take-Off, But A Bumpy Landing ................................48 Fred Fox — Even Heroes Have Heroes ...................................................................49 Peter Friesen — What I Learned From Tretiak ......................................................50 Lauri Ravanello Gallaway — Waving The Flag For Canada ..................................52 First Intermission / Photos .....................................................................................54 Richard & Leslie Galpin — Wired For The Game...................................................60 David Ghan — The Kid With The Radio ................................................................62 Hughie Graham — Wish You Were Here ...............................................................64 Walter Gretzky — Another Great One ...................................................................66 Fred Harrison — Meeting A Rocket In Moscow .....................................................68 Marc-Andre Hawkes — Closing The Generation Gap ............................................70 Eleanor Henderson — To Russia With Paul ...........................................................71 Jim Herder — Worlds Apart ..................................................................................73 Glenn Howard — Henderson Was Our Favourite ..................................................77 Al Irwin — Henderson’s Exclusive Stick Club: The Gift ..........................................78 David Jull — An Aussie Convert ............................................................................81 Anne Klisanich (Barilko) — A Brother’s Influence .................................................82 Marv Koskie — Coal War Memory ........................................................................84 Barb Lane — A Heartwarming Goal .....................................................................86 Gerry Larson — Can I Interest You People In A TV? ..............................................87 Laurine Laxer — Oh Canada ................................................................................89 John Leblanc — Trip Of A Lifetime ........................................................................91 Leonard Leger — A Tale Of Two Cities ..................................................................93 Tim Lewis — My Personal Team ...........................................................................95 Kevin MacLeod — Carleton University Celebration ..............................................97 Peter Mansbridge — Hard To Be A Journalist That Day ........................................98 Brian McFarlane — The Golfer, The Wager And Bobby Orr .................................100 Liam Maguire — A National Treasure .................................................................103 Mike McLew — Accountants Gone Wild ..............................................................106 Second Intermission / Photos ...............................................................................107 Paul Meade — Omega Man Hears Muffled Roar .................................................113 Howie Meeker — Canada Played With Heart And Brains ...................................114 Marilyn Mitton — Radio Days ............................................................................117 Rick Moffat — Heart Of A Lion ...........................................................................119 Mike Nagle — A Touch Of Hockey Heaven ..........................................................120 Bob Olivero — Meeting Adjourned ......................................................................122 Percy Paris — The Stars Were In Alignment ........................................................124 Bruce Patacarik — A Knockout ...........................................................................127 Dave Pendlebury — We Won Coach...Seriously! ..................................................129 Jim Prime — It’s A Canadian Thing.....................................................................130 Scott Raithby — Henderson’s Exclusive Stick Club: The Gamer ............................131 Paul Robichaud — In Living Colour ....................................................................136 Peter Scarth — Gliding On Euphoria...................................................................137 Fred Sgambati Jr. — Two Worlds Collide .............................................................138 Jim Sheldon — Taking A Fall ...............................................................................140 Carol Ann Simon — Henderson’s ‘Hat Trick’ .......................................................142 Allan Simpson — Parking Lot Pride ....................................................................143 Darryl Sittler — Teammate, Friend, Babysitter ...................................................145 Alan Tambosso — A Missed Opportunity ............................................................147 Dave Theobald — A Steel At $1,000 Per Minute ..................................................148 Melanie Wade — A Communal Happening .........................................................149 Alex J. Walling — Media Rookie Scores Big .........................................................152 Jim Westlake — Espo Excels.................................................................................157 George Willet — Skating On Thin Ice ..................................................................158 Steve Dowling — The Pre-Arranged Marriage .....................................................161