Posts About "Paul Henderson"
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Paul Henderson – Clutch Goal Scorer
December 29th, 2015 Twenty-two-year-old Paul Henderson, the speedy Detroit Red Wings forward who is quickly gaining a reputation as a clutch goal scorer, was the lone goal-getter last night in the contest between the Wings and the Boston Bruins at the Garden in Boston. The 1-0 Detroit win was the only game on the National Hockey League schedule. Crozier,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Wings Win – Henderson Pots Two
December 24th, 2015 Paul Henderson scored a pair of goals within 45 seconds of the third period to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers last night at the Olympia in Detroit. The victory gave the Red Wings sole possession of third place in the National Hockey League standings. Rangers Led Early The Rangers started strongly in...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Habs, Wings Battle to Draw
November 1st, 2015 The Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings battled to a 2-2 tie in the only National Hockey League game scheduled last night. With the Stanley Cup champions taking only one of a possible four points this weekend, already questions of “What’s wrong with the Habs?” are beginning to surface. The game was actually more of a...
Book Review: Next Goal Wins, NHL Trivia
March 11th, 2013 Next Goal Wins!: The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia By Liam Maguire, with a foreword by Wayne Gretzky. (2012, Toronto: Random House Canada. Softcover. Pp. 227. $19.50 US / $22.95 CAN. ISBN 978-0-307-36340-4.) Everything you ever wanted to know about hockey trivia but did not know what to...
Book Review: The Goal of My Life: A Memoir
December 30th, 2012 Paul Henderson is best known as a former NHL player and hero of the 1972 Summit Series for Canada. The majority of people who have any idea about the name 'Paul Henderson' will make that connection. And, most recently, it's become known that he now is dealing with cancer.
Paul Henderson: Career, Accolades, Cancer
June 10th, 2012 The news has recently featured reports that former NHL, WHA and Team Canada player Paul Henderson's cancer has advanced to the point where he is likely going to have chemotherapy or clinical trials in an effort to slow his rare form of leukemia down. Still, even in the face of this news, the hero to generations of Canadians feels...
