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Series' impact withstands the test of time

By George Johnson
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, September 28, 2002

A pretty strong argument could be made for classifying it the defining Canadian moment of the electronic age. Paul Henderson, poaching around Vladislav Tretiak's net, shovelling his own rebound underneath the helpless, fallen goaltender with 34 seconds remaining in the final game of the most compelling hockey series ever played. North of the free-trade border we've seen the moment so often -- on documentaries, during the late-night TV sign-off superimposed over the flag and to the patriotic s ...

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