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Henderson's Series-winner caps Canada comeback  Friday,
09.28.2012 / 9:00 AM / Summit Series 40th Anniversary  By John
Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist    Picture the excitement that
preceded the gold-medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver. Now double or triple it. That was the kind of
excitement that gripped Canada on Sept. 28, 1972, as Canada and
the Soviet Union skated onto the ice for the eighth and final
game of the Summit Series.  While the 15,000 spectators at the
Luzhniki Ice Palace in Moscow buzzed in anticipation of the
final showdown that evening, parents back in Canada, where game
time was in the afternoon, kept kids home to watch -- and many
principals allowed TVs in the classroom so those who went to
school wouldn't miss the action. Bars and restaurants were
packed, and appliance and department stores mounted racks of TVs
in the windows.  Momentum was clearly on Canada's side after
back-to-back wins in Game 6 and 7, but it still had t