Paul Henderson battling cancer

Canadian hockey hero Paul Henderson has revealed he is battling cancer.

Henderson was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in November. He made his illness public on CBC-TV’s Connect with Mark Kelley on Thursday.

“I have no angst in my body, no fear whatsover,” Henderson told Kelley. “And I really believe that’s because of my faith.

“I’m going to be aggressively taking a look at this for sure — the [cancer] I have doesn’t respond well to early treatment, so we haven’t done anything yet… but I’m going to be very aggressive in trying to arrest it.”

Henderson, 67, from Lucknow, Ont., is most famous for scoring the series-clinching goal in Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series between the Canadian and Soviet Union hockey teams.

The left-winger also scored the game-winning goals in Games 6 and 7 of the series, and was tied for most series goals with seven.

Henderson played 18 years in professional hockey, including 13 seasons in the NHL, splitting time between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Atlanta Flames.