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From Toronto Star :

Canadian Tire Corp. is making a bold play for a piece of Canada’s hockey heritage.

The retailer says it’s entering the auction to repatriate the jersey Paul Henderson wore when he scored the series-clinching goal in the 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey series.

To prove it’s serious. Canadian Tire says its opening bid for what it called a Canadian “icon” is $200,000. That’s well above the current $144,000 offer on the table.

But there was still 20 days to go in the auction as of Wednesday. It ends June 22.

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[Hockey13Playa 240]

ridiculous.

[MCleveland89 122]

It must be nice to have money to blow like that.

[Guest CaliWingsNut]

Up to $211,202.00 now...

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

Uh-oh; from Winnipeg Free Press :

The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame has enlisted the help of corporate heavy-hitters to win Paul Henderson's 1972 Summit Series jersey.

The No. 19 jersey Henderson wore when he scored the winning goal in the 1972 Summit Series against the former Soviet Union is for sale in an on-line auction.

The Forzani Group and Molson Canadian have offered financial support for the Hall's bid, according to chief operating officer Sharon Posen.

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[ShanahanMan 473]

To quote Indiana Jones:

"It belongs in a museum!!"

[InKennyWeTrust 126]

To quote Indiana Jones:

"It belongs in a museum!!"

Ahahahaha! You made my day.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

From Toronto Star :

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If the famous, and now famously expensive, Paul Henderson Team Canada ’72 hockey jersey ends up in Canada, at least it won’t be travellng store-to-store for Canadian Tire.

Recognizing that a museum-quality item requires a controlled environment and shouldn’t be journeying for commercial purposes, Canadian Tire is dropping out of the chase for the great Canadian sporting icon, currently priced at $211,000 with 17 days left on the auction for its U.S. owner.

It would make an outstanding centrepiece exhibit for the new Canadian Sports Hall of Fame when it opens next June in Calgary. Molson Canadian, backed by the Forzani Group, is rustling up support, including financial, to send the jersey to the new Hall. Henderson, who is ill with leukemia but who looked pretty good this week at the Hall’s annual golf tournament, endorses the idea of anchoring it in Calgary. Henderson has set up a meeting with the yet unnamed owner for next week to emphasize that point.

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From TSN :

A B.C.-based company is trying to bring hockey player Paul Henderson's most famous jersey back to Canada.

The Jim Pattison Group has bid more than $309,000 for the No. 19 jersey worn by Henderson when he scored Team Canada's deciding goal in the 1972 Summit Series with the Soviet Union.

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[Konnan511 1,736]

Must be a Canadian thing.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

From Classic Auctions :

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Time left: - Highest bid : $1,067,538.00

End date: June 22, 2010 9:00:00 PM Minimum bid: --

Page hits : 27106 Started at: $10,000.00

Status: Auction is Closed

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From Classic Auctions :

That jersey better be coming home!

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

From Toronto Star :

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Goldhar is planning a repatriation tour for the jersey. He wants to take it “from coast to coast” making stops at community centres, museums and malls with the 67-year-old Henderson in tow as much as his health will allow. Goldhar said the venture has nothing to do with business or profit. He just wants as many Canadians as possible to get up close to the sweater and “connect again” with a great unifying moment in our history.

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