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Names added to Walk of Fame
Bachman among those honoured
Chris Young / The Canadian Press Summit Series hero Paul Henderson. (CP)
TORONTO -- Some new names were added to Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto today.
Winnipeg guitar wizard Randy Bachman, Vancouver-based chanteuse Sarah McLachlan, Hamilton-raised CFL great Russ Jackson and Toronto ballerina Sonia Rodriguez all had their names added.
Comic actor Phil Hartman was inducted posthumously.
Bachman was already on the Walk of Fame due to his work with the Guess Who.
He joked he likes his new star better because he doesn't have to share it with anyone.
The biggest moment of the awards ceremony came when Paul Henderson and the rest of the Canadian hockey squad that defeated the mighty Soviets at the 1972 Summit Series became the first team to have their names etched into the concrete shrine.
Henderson, who scored the unforgettable decisive goal to secure victory for Canada, says that being honoured together suits the team just fine.
"I really think it's appropriate, because we're always known as Team Canada," the 69-year-old said as he navigated the red carpet Saturday outside Ed Mirvish Theatre, where the induction gala was taking place.
"I would say that at the start of that (series), we really weren't a team, we were a bunch of individuals. But as the series went on, we became a team. And even today, guys that never played a game feel every bit as much a part of the team as guys who played all eight games."
On Saturday, the team -- which included hockey legends Phil Esposito and Ken Dryden -- attracted the most attention from a cluster of onlookers assembled around the theatre.
Henderson drew the biggest cheers. He's battling cancer, having been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2010, but he said that he and his teammates love to collect and celebrate the past -- especially since they didn't get much of a chance to do so at the time.
-- The Canadian Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 23, 2012 A4
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