Chris good ya did not seriously injury Harry Jerome because if ya did ...The Sun headlines read:
"Harry Jerome seriously injuried in hockey game "
Storyline goes ...Chris body checked Harry Jerome along the boards which many said was a dirty hit.
Others stated it was a clean hit. For the record no penalty was called on the play....
Kidding aside Jerome was a black guy & ran the mile in under 4 minutes in the 50's & has a statue on the PNE grounds ...think I'm right on this info. Popped in my head.
Phil Gaglardi nicknamed Flying Phil I think because he got lots of speeding tickets. He was also the BC highways minister. He had a sister I believe Mary Gaglardi & she was the head pastor for many years at the Glad Tidings church ( gospel ) on Fraser near Kingsway. (Van) something weird happened as she just left her position. Churchgoers were stunned. No goodbyes or nothing. Jimmy Pattison attended there for many many moons even as a kid into adulthood. Have no idea if he goes there now.
Ya have mixed with some well known people there Chris.
And Nova having a puck signed by Paul Henderson. Wow that is a treasure. That whole series had Canada spellbound. Was it 8 games or best of 7 ? 8 games sounds better. 4 in Canada & 4 in the USSR. Students watching the game in the classroom. The series kinda got the same attention in Canada as the first man on the moon or Pearl Harbour attack or sinking of the Titanic...
In Canada had the Russians get a big lead in the series & most thought there is no way Canada could win the series as it shifted over seas.
Henderson scored big goals in the last two games. Winning ones. Told Pete M to get off the ice & he jumps on. Imagine that happening today ? Only the coach gets the line change orders,not a player !!!
Ha he's now a Bible thumper & has been one for years.
He told a story that he was reading a Bible on a bus full of his teammates but he had a Playboy mag on the outside of the Bible.
He did not want his teammates to know at that time he was reading scripture. Years after he told everyone about his faith / belief.
Heard he had cancer a few years ago & got better ? Guess he's still alive. Hope so.
How Canada came back to win the series was an uphill struggle for sure. Can still see Alan Eagleson the lawyer getting trouble in the stands with Russians & then being transported across the ice by someone to save his butt ..
As it turns out in coming years Eagleson was not a trusted hockey agent...oh the good old days has lots of stories. Russian hockey rink was huge too. Lots of room for those Russians to skate & make plays.
What a series.
Only goal by Orr scoring against the Blues or the Great One Wayne G passing to Mario L. for a goal in the Canada Cup comes to mind & those goals is not as big as Henderson's winner in Russia. Game. 8 I guess it was.