Canadian MPs including Windsor's Brian Masse are rallying together to get former professional hockey player Paul Henderson into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The government passed a motion on Monday calling on the Hockey Hall of Fame committee to induct Henderson into the hall.
Henderson played in the National Hockey League for 13-seasons but is best known for scoring the game winning goal in the Summit Series against Russia in 1972.
He also scored the game winner in games six and seven.
Masse hopes the Hockey Hall of Fame is listening and inducts Henderson.
"The Hockey Hall of Fame knows how we feel and I think we have to put it in their hands," says Masse. "I think there's been a number of different public people that expressed interest to do this and it's part of the character and DNA of hockey in our history so I'm hopeful that's going to do it."
Masse says he's surprised Henderson hasn't been inducted already.
"The moment that he scored the famous goal is one of the ones best amplified by the Canadian public in terms of recognition of the greatest moments in sports," says Masse. "So it makes it fun, it makes it exciting and it seems odd to go to the Hockey Hall of Fame and see the other inductees but not someone who actually played not only an important role in the final game but in several of the games going up to that moment he was actually the turning point."
Henderson played for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames.
He celebrated his 76th birthday on Monday and was at Parliament Hill to meet the MPs.
Voting takes place in June for the next class of Hockey Hall of Fame inductees.