[AbbyAk]

Before my time, but have watched. Henderson was a key contributor, and obviously THE GOAL was huge. If you watch the second half of the series, where Canada's back was against the wall--Phil Esposito was the catalyst for Canada--he was a force and even Paul's series winning goal was a finish of a Phil Esposito forecheck.

Another little known tidbit was that if the final game had ended in a tie--Russia was going to claim victory in the series based on goal differential.

In regard to the KLM line--they did not exist until the early 80's. The KLM line was Krutov, Larionov, and Makarov. The 72' series pre-dated their dominance.

The 87' Canada Cup featured the KLM line in it's prime--and it is my contention that the 87 final 3 game series Russia Vs. Canada was the finest hockey ever played. The 1980 USA/Russia olympic semifinal game was the biggest upset in sports history, and a phenomenal scenario which can never be repeated now, but the 87 Canada Cup final series featured an assemblage of the best to ever play in both sides. That series was incredible.

72 goalie Ken Dryden wrote a great book (that eventually became a video series (Home Game) and there is a great chapter/video about the 72 series.

Another great book is "The Red Machine" --I can't recall the author--it is the story of the rise and history of the Soviet national team--who dominated international hockey for several decades. In a way, today's hockey misses having a soviet team --they were like a traveling talent show/hockey phenenon-globetrotter types without the pranks and "set-up" opponent.

A.B.