Hockey Towns
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Thank you Lloyd Davis and Patricia MacDonald for a remarkable job of copyediting and proofreading.
Thank you to HarperCollins Canada—Jim Gifford for spearheading the book, Kelly Hope (production editor), Lisa Bettencourt (cover design) and our publisher, Iris Tupholme. Many others at HarperCollins rolled up their sleeves to make this book happen—Leo MacDonald, Michael Guy-Haddock, Sandra Leef, Norma Cody, Cory Beatty and Julia Barrett (publicity).
Kirstie would like to thank her sister, Julie Sinclair, for her wisdom and direction, and she expresses her love and thanks to her family for their ongoing support—her husband, Larry; parents, Joan and Bud McLellan; kids and grandkids, Charlie, Lundy, Paul, Geordie, Buddy, Kristin, Téa, Jaxon and Griffin; sister, Jan Folk and brothers, Hugh and Paul McLellan.
Ron and Kirstie appreciate everyone who shared their stories and lent a hand:
“It’s God Calling, He Wants Us to Win Tonight”—Trevor Keeper, Trevor Ellerman, Dave Adolph, Doug MacLeod, James Moller, Jarret Zukiwsky, Parry Shockey
“Me Blue, You Blue”—Gerry and Marg James, Kid Dynamite: The Gerry James Story by Ron Smith
“Great Sadness”—Kelly McCrimmon, Maureen, Carlin and Liam McCrimmon, Stephen Brunt, Brantt Myhres, Cherilyn Myhres
“Cheesy”—Gerry Cheevers, Betty Cheevers, Unmasked by Gerry Cheevers as told by Marc Zappulla, Murray Scott, Jack Martin, Steve Cardillo, www.cardillousa.com, Todd Anderson, Chariots and Horses by Jason Dorland
“Little Zee”—Brian Kilrea, Zenon Konopka, Arlene Konopka, Cynthia Konopka, Elizabeth Zabek
“The Role Player”—Steve Bozek, Greg Adams, Mike Bullard, Rick Comley, Brian Verigin, Marcel Dionne
“The Curse of the Leafs”—Terry O’Malley, Barry MacKenzie, Russ Courtnall
“Tea for Two”—Brad Marsh, Doug Berk, Robin Smith, Roy MacGregor, Rob Ramage, Joseph O’Neil, Rich Bain
“One Great Keeper in the Hands of Another”—Joel Jenkins, Garrett Jenkins, Lester Lancaster, Stan Matwijiw, www.bigefoundation.org
“The Big Red Turtleneck”—Eric Lindros, Carl Lindros, Bonnie Lindros, My Life in Hockey by Jean Béliveau, Fire on Ice by Eric Lindros with Randy Starkman
“Reckless Abandon”—Trent and Tammy McCleary, Don Cherry, Gaetan Lefebvre, Dr. David S. Mulder, Jeff Odgers
“Suds”—Brian and Judy Sutter
“You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You?”—Lance Roberts, Leonard Cohen, Liv Albert and Nicholas Garrison at Penguin Random House Canada, Robert Kory at RK Management
“The Life of a Thousand Men”—Rob Vanstone, LeeAnne Hicke, Lisa Hicke-Ostertag, Ryan Ostertag, Dylan Ostertag, Kale Dolinski, Greg Powers, Terry Harper, Ernie Hicke
“The Next Wayne Gretzky”—Dianne Wickenheiser, Kelly Chase, Mike Blaisdell, Claude Wickenheiser, Charlie Wickenheiser, Marcia Wickenheiser, Kurt Wickenheiser, Ernie Wickenheiser, Rob Vanstone, Darrell Davis
“Hot Stick”—Jordan Eberle, Dustin Eberle, Darrell Davis, Darren and Lisa Eberle, Lynn Eberle, Rob Vanstone, Mark Kirton
“Gou! Gou!”—Michel Goulet, Mathieu Schneider, Lyle Odelein
“One Hundred Per Cent”—Dick Irvin, The Habs: An Oral History of the Montreal Canadiens, 1940-1980 by Dick Irvin
“Night Train”—Brad and Lesley Dalgarno, Tough Guy by Bob Probert
“The Assigner”—Charlie and Diane Lennox
“The Soo”—Steve Bodnar, Rob Gordon, www.iwaynegretzky.com
“The Incredible Charlie Bourgeois”—Charlie and Colleen Bourgeois, Geneviève Bourgeois, Nick LeBlanc
Other friends who helped us include Jamie Macoun, Wendy McCreary, Wayne Groulx, Patrick J. Lahey, Terry and Sheila Crisp, Gerry Iuliano, Michel Bergeron, David Haldane, Red Berenson, Tamara Pringsheim, Shelly Spaner, Troy Schreck, Liv Albert, Jay Sinclair and Doug Folk.
Thank you to all who helped with photos: Craig Campbell at Hockey Hall of Fame; Sue Lennox, Jennifer Cram and Sebastian Gatica at Rogers Media; Dawn Froats at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame; Tony Hansen, Jean-Paul Hebert, Ron Smith, Randal Macnair, Michael Perry at University of Lethbridge Archives, Northern Michigan University; Wendy Sawatzky at Winnipeg Free Press; Jeff Krieg at Adanac Antiques; Julie Kirsh at Sun Media; AP Images; Getty Images; Marc Bastarache, Danielle Robichaud at The PostMan Post-Production Studio; Frank Savoie at Connections Productions, www.cptv.ca.
About the Authors
RON MACLEAN, host of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada for 28 years, began his broadcasting career in 1978 as an all-night DJ in Red Deer, Alberta. In 1984, he moved to Calgary to host Calgary Flames telecasts. MacLean joined the CBC in 1986, hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs’ telecasts on HNIC before becoming the full-time national host, and became the popular co-host of “Coach’s Corner” with Don Cherry in 1987. He has also hosted CBC’s coverage of the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, the World Cup of Hockey, the Calgary Stampede and Battle of the Blades. MacLean has been recognized with ten Gemini Awards for excellence on television. The co-author of the bestseller Cornered, he lives with his wife, Cari, in Oakville, Ontario. Follow him on Twitter @RonMacLeanCBC and @hometownhockey.
KIRSTIE MCLELLAN DAY ranks among the top hockey book writers in the world, thanks to three national bestsellers: Theo Fleury’s #1 bestselling memoir Playing with Fire, Bob Probert’s Tough Guy and Ron MacLean’s Cornered. Her other books include Above and Beyond, a comprehensive family and business history of cable magnate JR Shaw; Under the Mat, a memoir with Diana Hart of the Hart wrestling family; and No Remorse, a true-crime book. Kirstie is a mother of five and lives with her husband, television producer Larry Day, in Calgary. Together they own one of Canada’s most successful television companies, Pyramid Productions. Visit her online at www.kirstiemclellanday.com and follow her on Twitter @kmclellanday.
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Hockey Towns
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