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The hockey sweater worn during one of Canada’s greatest sporting moments is on the auction block.
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Paul Henderson

The hockey sweater worn during one of Canada’s greatest sporting moments is on the auction block. Paul Henderson wore the scuffed-up, stick-marked jersey when he buried the winning goal in the 1972 Summit Series against the former Soviet Union. It was the goal that brought to its feet an entire country. The president of a Montreal-area auction house says Henderson’s jersey could be the most valuable piece of hockey memorabilia of all time. Classic Auctions president Marc Juteau expects the heavy-knit artifact to fetch more than a Bobby Orr rookie sweater that was recently auctioned off for nearly $200,000. The online auction started Monday and closes on June 22. Interested buyers have already made 12 bids, with the highest already above $67,000.