This famous picture is when Paul Henderson Scored the winning goal in the 1972 Canada vs. Soviet Union Summit Series. In this section, we will review this and other memorable moments in hockey history.
The Soviet National team and the Canadian NHL stars played an eight game series, with Canada emerging victorious. The Canadian team won four games, lost three, and tied one. The score, with thirty-five seconds left in the third period, was 5-5, and everyone thought that it would go to overtime. Then Paul Henderson got a lucky break. He was out in front all alone, when the puck bounced out in front of goaltender Vladislav Tretiak. He took a wild stab at the net, skated to the front of the net, and banged in Cornoyer's shot from the point. Henderson scored with 34 seconds left in the third period to make it 6-5 for Canada. That was the final score and the greatest moment in Canadian hockey history.
Our second moment in hockey history is the Montreal Canadiens 5 straight Stanley Cup victories between 1956-60. The head coach for all five years was Toe Blake. These five wins gave the Canadiens their 7th-11th wins in the Stanley Cup Finals. The teams on the short end of the stick were the Detriot Red Wings in 1956, the Boston Bruins in '57 and '58, and the Toronto Maple Leafs in '59 and '60.
The third magic moment is Bobby Orr's amazing goal in 1970, when he scored the goal and then flew over the goalie, who was Glenn Hall. The game was on Mother's Day, which made it even more special for him. This moment has been chosen as the NHL's greatest hockey moment of all time. They were playing the St. Louis Blues, and the puck was deep in their zone. Orr blocked a clearing pass, and gave the puck to Derek Sanderson in a "give-and-go" situation. Sanderson passed the puck back to Orr, and Orr took his shot. At the same time, Noel Picard upended Orr and enabled him to go airborne. Orr's goal was scored 40 seconds into overtime, and it gave the Boston Bruins their first Stanley Cup win in 29 years.
The final history making feat was on Dec. 8, 1987, when Ron Hextall, with the Philedelphia Flyers, became the first NHL goaltender to score a goal. And to make this even more