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2013.55.31 B |
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Video Recording |
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Paul Henderson Interview |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Paul Henderson, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 1995 and 2005, born in Lucknow, Ontario, reflects on his ice hockey career. Paul describes playing ice hockey on ponds growing up and often playing with the Chin brothers in Lucknow. Paul describes working his way up from Junior B and Junior A to eventually play with the Detroit Red Wings. Paul discusses his trade to Toronto, explaining how he initially felt devastated but later appreciated the opportunity. He highlights his career-high 38 goals in the 1971-72 season and the historic 1972 Summit Series, emphasizing the chemistry of his line with Ron Ellis and Bobby Clarke. Paul talks about memorable moments from the Series, including the pivotal Game 7 goal. Paul reflects on the significance of the Series to Canada, his motivations, and his lack of celebration after returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Addressing life lessons, Paul encourages dreaming big, hard work, perseverance, and learning from both victories and defeats. Paul emphasizes the importance of teamwork. Paul highlights the importance of passion in the pursuit of playing ice hockey professionally, and he recognizes the impact that the support of family, coaches, mentors, and teammates had on his success. Paul Henderson, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 1995 et en 2005 et est né à Lucknow, en Ontario. Il se remémore sa carrière de hockey sur glace. Paul décrit qu'il jouait au hockey sur les étangs gelés lorsqu'il était jeune, souvent avec les frères Chin à Lucknow. Il raconte comment il a progressé dans les ligues junior, de la catégorie junior B à junior A, pour finalement jouer avec les Red Wings de Détroit. Paul discute de son échange à Toronto, expliquant qu'il s'était tout d'abord senti dévasté, mais qu'il a ensuite reconnu l'avantage de cette opportunité. Il parle de son record de carrière de 38 buts lors de la saison 1971-72 et de la célèbre Série du siècle de 1972, en s'attardant sur la chimie du trio qu'il formait avec Ron Ellis et Bobby Clarke. Paul parle des moments mémorables de la Série, y compris le but décisif du septième match. Paul réfléchit à l'importance de la Série pour le Canada, à ses motivations, et à son manque de célébration après son retour chez les Maple Leafs de Toronto. En abordant les leçons de vie, Paul incite les gens à rêver grand, il encourage le travail acharné, la persévérance, et la capacité de tirer des enseignements de ses victoires comme de ses défaites. Paul insiste sur l'importance du travail d'équipe. Il souligne l'importance de la passion dans la poursuite du hockey sur glace professionnel, et reconnaît l'impact que le soutien de sa famille, de ses entraîneurs, de ses mentors et de ses coéquipiers ont eu sur son succès. |
Scope & Content |
Paul Henderson interview, 31 October 2006. Digitized MP4 from Sony 40 Advanced ME DVCAM. Viewing time 00:37:31. 01:07Childhood: grew up in Lucknow, Ontario, did not have artificial ice and so played on ponds, got in lots of ice time, fell in love with hockey; "When I was in Grade 5 I started practicing my autograph for when I reached the NHL." 02:11Played for the Lucknow Chins, Albert Chin was his first coach, he was a famous senior hockey player, gave him his first hockey equipment, played often in the basement of the family's' Chinese restaurant. 02:44Sports idol: watched National Hockey League: Paul's dad was a fan of Gordie Howe and so was Paul 03:25Serious about going professional: always one of the better players in Junior B and Junior A in Hamilton, in his second year of Junior A he matured and became focused, felt if he worked hard he could be a pro, have always been a self-confident person, started scoring goals and felt he could hold his own; scored 49 goals in his last year which was a pretty good indicator of his ability 04:23On going pro: signed with Detroit, Hamilton was their Junior A team, was paid $25.00 a week when going to school; had talked to Boston as well, but Detroit had him skate with the team in Hamilton and was offered to sign with Detroit before he could try out for Boston 06:36On playing with Detroit: got on a regular line in his third year and then started to get into 20+ goal seasons, the line was the HUM line: Henderson, Norm Ullman and Bruce MacGregor 07:23On his trade to Toronto: "The word was devastated, distinctly remembered. I had never felt rejection before in my life..." found out because someone had heard the news on the radio... "Hindsight is 20/20, playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs was a wonderful experience..." 08:36Continues talking about the trade: When thinking about it further he realized that Toronto must have wanted him, played with Norm Ullman (also traded) and Ron Ellis; he was confident in their lineup and their skills and was glad that he could play with friends 09:34Career high of 38 goals in the 1971-72 season: credits it to staying healthy that year, and felt good and strong all year 10:14On the 1972 Summit Series: 35 players were invited, summer time so needed to get in shape, some were intended to be extraneous, the lineup which included himself, Ron Ellis and Bobby Clarke, they had chemistry, were one of the better lines in camp, confident would play first game in Montreal, their line scored in that game; they played all 8 games together and had the best line; talks about Phil Esposito "Phil was the heart and soul of our team". On the success of their line: "no question, the chemistry was there and we were producing;" felt sorry for some of the other players who couldn't seem to find the right combination, the power play used him, Ron Ellis with Phil Esposito between them, got all the ice time he wanted, Harry Sinden was his favourite coach because he played him so much 13:20Game 2: Recalls Peter Mahovlich's goal, "one of the best goals ever scored in Maple Leaf Gardens," they felt they needed to win that game; remembers seeing his daughter waving at him from the crowd 14:23On playing in Sweden: knew he was going to play, felt the bigger ice surface would work for him, speed and shooting the puck his skillset; confident his line would work well on the bigger ice, confident they would do well, sense of anticipation, could see they were coming together as a team and at no time did they ever give up 15:40Game 5 of Summit Series: recognized that it was the first time they outplayed them, team was starting to get into shape and mold as a team, had settled down, "sense that even on this [foreign] ice surface we are going to be ok" 16:47The Game 7 goal: Paul knew it was his last shift and they had to win the game, remembers getting the pass from Savard and it was the best goal he ever scored in his life, two days later he scored what he calls "a garbage goal" (referring to series-winning Game 8 goal); wishes he was remembered for the Game 7 goal instead 18:12Not about being a hero, he thought about winning, "I jumped into Cournoyer's arms and we were both saying the same thing 'We did it!', it was a team thing, a Canadian thing; talks about the 3000 Canadian fans, the fans encouraged the team; talks about feeling impelled to jump on the ice and called to Peter Mahovlich who let him on the ice and then he scored: "I've been riding that one goal for 35 years" 19:48Why he called off another player: "I have no idea... you just don't do those things... no good answer other than something impelled me;" word had come down that the Russians were going to claim victory because they had scored more goals (European rules is that a team that scores more goals would win the series in the case of a tie), a tie would have been no good, "We just had to win" 21:24What it meant to Canada, after the game never a moment of thought about that, "I was done, spent emotionally, physically", wasn't a whole lot of crazy celebration going on, we were wasted from the intensity and the pressure felt; did have a warm feeling, someone said to him on the flight home "That goal is going to be worth a million dollars to you in the future", felt only disbelief 22:50Discusses not playing the game in Prague 23:30Talks about going back to the Leafs after winning the Summit Series: not a good time, not getting along with Harold Ballard, trying to sign a new contract, did not go to training camp, never really got to celebrate after the Summit Series when he returned, "as a team we did not really get to celebrate what we had done until years later what we had done."; "one thing we as Canadians don't really do well, we don't celebrate enough;" that is why he likes Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, finally recognize a great accomplishment 25:31On being motivated after that goal: remembers Cournoyer saying winning the Summit Series was better than winning a Stanley Cup; found Ballard a problem, Paul lost team members to the WHA, found that that moving away from Toronto was the best thing that he did; fully realized how fortunate and blessed he is; now doing things helping others and adding value to other's lives 27:35"I'm Mr. Team Canada", chosen to embrace it; everyone tells him "I can tell you where I was in '72... it's a win-win situation, win for our team, for hockey in general, our country, no negative about it" 28:31What do you tell kids: "Dream their dreams. Shoot for the stars. Most of us have far more potential than we can ever imagine... Don't do the things that will destroy your dreams... If you get on drugs or addicted to alcohol, you are going to destroy your dreams... Get around some people who want to be successful and your friends will dictate what you want to do in your life also."; he encourages and cautions; finds the prospect of educating yourself in all areas exciting, "you can achieve so much just by living in this country and I'm a very proud Canadian" 30:06Life lesson: "I have a purpose statement... why am I here and what do I want to do with my life?... Hockey teaches you that you never get anything without hard work and you never get [anywhere] without persevering through the tough times ... Give it your best shot each and every day ... You learn how to lose...You learn to win too... The reality is don't get too high, don't get too low." 31:19Learning more from losing: "you learn so many lessons. There is always tomorrow. Put in perspective everybody in going to lose, everybody is going to make mistakes, everybody is going to have setbacks, but the thing is not to make the same mistakes you made the last time. You gain confidence by getting back up again when you get knocked down. You don't want to get back up, but something in you makes you get back up. ... A man is someone who doesn't give up, is true to his word. And you learn a lot about teamwork and sometimes you have to take one for the team. Give it your best shot each and every day and recognize that some days things are not going to go all that well but I always felt better if I knew I'd given it my best shot" 32:39On being a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame: nice to be recognized for your work on the ice, for doing something well. One of the best honours I ever had, wear my [Honoured Member] jacket with pride. As you get older you recognize you didn't do it on your own; talks about his parents, coaches, mentors, team mates. 33:55Play for fun: You will never be a professional hockey player without being competitive... if you don't want to win every game you won't stick with it... you can't stand defeat. You desire to win and desire to be the best 34:37Funny moment: talks about trying to go up the centre against a big player and getting knocked out: learned you don't come through the centre with your head down 36:13About the Russians [Summit Series team]: they were great guys and terrific individuals... |
Date |
2006/10/31 |
Year Range from |
1962 |
Year Range to |
1981 |
People |
Henderson, Paul Ellis, Ron Clarke, Bobby Esposito, Phil Ullman, Norm McGregor, Bruce Sinden, Henry |
Search Terms |
interview Paul Henderson NHL National Hockey League Ice hockey Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs WHA Toronto Toros Birmingham Bulls 1972 Summit Series |