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Hockey hall of Fame Exterior Sculptures Select A TopicSite MapPrintable HHOF Info Page3D Stanley CupAdmission RatesAmateur Team Photo AlbumAudioVideo VaultCorporate InformationCyberstoreDid You KnowDonationsDynastiesEducation ProgramElection ProceduresEmployment & Volunteer OpportunitiesExhibits TourFaceOff Info & InteractionFacility RentalsFan FeedbackGalleryGame TimeGeneral InformationGroup Sales & Advance TicketsHHOF InsiderHockey Calendar & ResultsHonoured MembersHours of OperationHumourInduction ShowcaseLegends Signed ProductsLegend SpotlightMinor Hockey NightsNewsNHL Player SearchOlympic Hockey HistoryOutreach ProgramPro ClassicsPromos & ContestsRecords & RankingsResource CentreSilverware & WinnersStanley Cup JournalStanley Cup TributeThe ClubThis Day In Hockey HistoryTime CapsuleVisitor InformationVolunteer ProgramWomens Hockey TributeWorld of Hockey Calendar Exterior Sculptures The Team Canada 72 monument located on the south wall of the Hockey Hall of Fames Verizon Great Hall Team Canada 72 teammates surround the monument during its official unveiling From left to right Ken Dryden Ron Ellis Paul Henderson Phil Esposito and Stan Mikita It is one of the most photographed areas of TorontoAt the busy corner of Yonge and Front Streets in downtown Toronto sits a little patch of green a tiny oasis in a hustling world of commerce There displayed on the northwest corner directly beside the Hockey Hall of Fame sits two items of great hockey importance One is a visual tribute to Team Canada 72 The other is a seventeenfoot bronze statueDuring September 1972 in a historic tournament of incredible national magnitude Team Canada faced the Soviets in an eightgame series It was a defining moment in Canadian sport as Paul Hendersons goal late in the final contest on September 28 1972 gave Canada a victory that resonated from Victoria to St Johns Team Canada was named Team of the Century in a 1999 poll conducted by Canadian Press To commemorate this outstanding achievement the Royal Canadian Mint sponsored the Team Canada 72 Millennium Tribute monument which was officially unveiled on November 10 2000 All but two of the teams players were present for the ceremony The 17foot bronze Our Game statue Five or six steps away from the Team Canada 72 tribute is a scene depicting excited young hockey players climbing over the boards ready for action Commissioned by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993 the artist Edie Parker from Oakville Ontario created a work titled Our Game that was inspired by an early 1970s magazine advertisement If the CN Tower is the most photographed icon in Toronto then this statue is surely a close second The Our Game maquette is as recognizable a landmark as the magnificent old bank building that houses the Hockey Hall of Fam...