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A Anaheim Duck Pond, 245 Abrecht, Cliff, 10 Anaheim Ducks, 30, 123, 191, Acton, Keith, 57 238, 245 Adams Division, 6, 184 Anderson, Dean, 10, 11 agent, free, 12, 16 17, 74, 75, 86, Anderson, Glenn, 63, 86, 90, 91, 87, 223 203, 204 agent (players’), role of, 112 Anderson, John, 48, 49, 50 Air Canada Centre (Toronto), Anderson, Shawn, 62, 63 17, 76 Anderson, Sparky, 11 Alberta Oilers, 225 Andreychuk, Dave, 86, 126 Allen, Keith,COPYRIGHTED 111 Antropov, MATERIAL Nik, 64 Allison, Mike, 166, 167 Anzalone, Frank, 78, 79 All-Star Game (NHL), 13, 14, 36 Arbour, Al, 108, 180, 217 Amateur Draft, 99 Archibald, Dave, 4 American Hockey League (AHL), 10, Armstrong, George, 49, 50, 51, 21, 33, 67, 77–79, 99, 118, 125, 134, 158, 161, 214, 215 155–56, 164, 166, 216–17, 242, Art Ross Trophy, 212 249, 262, 264 Ashley, John, 215 Amonte, Tony, 202 Astrom, Hardy, 135

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Atlanta Flames, 163, 238. See also Boston Bruins, 6–9, 49, 54–55, Calgary Flames 60–61, 73, 74, 95, 130–32, 189, Aubin, Normand, 155, 156 192–93, 202, 206, 208–13, 216, Aubut, Marcel, 203 223, 247, 248–49 Boston Globe, 131 B Boston Herald-American, 131 Badali, Gus, 122 Boston Red Sox, 89, 239 Bailey, Garnet “Ace”, 252, 253 Bouchard, Pierre, 219, 221, 111 Ballard, Bill, 171, 173 Boucher, Brian, 74 Ballard, Harold, 4, 5, 17, 18, 49, Boudrias, Andre, 125 50–52, 103, 116, 119, 121, Bourque, Raymond, 7–10, 128, 134, 138–42, 145, 191, 196–97, 189, 202 216, 224, 228–29, 231–35, Bowen, Joe, 83, 89, 241, 242, 243 259, 261 Bowlen, Pat, 72 and frugality, 158–60 Bowman, Scotty, 119, 180, 181, 182, Ballard, Yolanda. See MacMillan, 197, 201 Yolanda Boyes, Brad, 64 Bancroft, Steve, 67–70 Brady, Neil, 63 Barnes, Stu, 65 Brandon Wheat Kings, 9 Bartlett, Steve, 13 Brewer, Carl, 42, 43 Baun, Bob, 137, 217, 237 Brind’Amour, Rod, 65 Beddoes, Dick, 163 Broad Street Bullies, 49, 227 Beliveau, Jean, 215 Broadhurst, Chris, 85 Belleville Bulls, 24, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70 Broderick, Kathy, 132 Bennett, Adam, 66, 69 Brooks, Herb, 119 Berehowsky, Drake, 64 Brophy, John, 4, 51–55, 57, 66 Berg, Aki, 206 Brossart, Willy, 206 Berg, Bill, 86, 127 Broten, Aaron, 81 Berger, Howard, 83, 84 Brown, Bernard, 227 Berube, Craig, 63, 106 Brown, Keith, 6, 7, 9, 189 Bester, Allan, 59, 64 Buckner, Bill, 89 Bettman, Gary, 104, 105, 235 Buffalo Sabres, 13, 48, 49, 117, Big Bad Bruins, 49 120, 126, 130, 133, 217, 218, Big Show, The (radio), viii, 246 238, 245 Blair, Wren, 208 Burke, Brian, 13, 80, 205, 246, Blue & White Tonight (radio), viii 252, 255 Boisvert, Serge, 206 Burke, Sean, 252 Borschevsky, Nikolai, 128, 137, Burridge, Joel, 193 179, 237 Burridge, Randy, 192, 193 Boschman, Laurie, 9, 160 Burt, Adam, 2 Bossy, Mike, 48–50, 108, 113, 185 Butcher, Garth, 53, 86

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C Civic Arena (Pittsburgh), 14 Calder Cup (AHL), 262, 264 Clancy, King, 150, 163 Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL), 7 Clark, Alma, 141 California Seals, 99 Clark, Denise, 16, 17 Cameron, Dave, 101 Clarke, Bob, 64, 78 Campbell, Clarence, 153, 224 Clark, Les, 141 Campbell, Colin, 116 Clark, Wendel, 11, 16, 17, 30–33, Canada Cup, 30 84–86, 89, 112, 113, 139–44, Canadian National Team, 62 166, 193–96, 199, 219 Canadian Olympic Team, 121, 123 Cleveland Browns, 68, 72, 73 Candy, John, 137 Cleveland Crusaders, 233 Caplan, Norm, 110, 111, 112, 113 Clock Poker (game), 24, 25 “Captain Video”. See Neilson, Roger Coach of the Year (award), 129 Carlyle, Randy, 20, 29, 30 Coach’s Corner (TV), 9, 131, 133 Carolina Hurricanes, 2, 110, Cohl, Michael, 171, 173 190, 238 Colaiacovo, Carlo, 64 Caron, Ron, 104 Cole, Bob, 91, 198 Carpenter, Bobby, 187–90 Colorado Avalanche, 3, 9, 82, 222 Carpenter, Doug, 77, 78, 79 Colorado Rockies, 8–10, 101, 188, Carson, Jimmy, 62 202, 232, 233, 236–38, 263 CBLT-TV, 261 Columbus Blue Jackets, 84 Cechmanek, Roman, 74 compensation Central Hockey League, 50, 220 player, 139, 140, 155, 156, 209, Central Registry (NHL), 141, 142 216, 217, 227 Cereda, Luca, 64 coach, 16, 18, 75, 76, 82, 104, CFTO-TV, 258 182, 183 Chara, Zdeno, 26 Conacher, Brian, 214 Chase, Kelly, 16 Concert Productions International CHCH-TV, 163, 244 (CPI), 171–73 Cheevers, Gerry, 130, 210, 213, 216, Conference Final, 76, 83, 86, 223, 248, 249 88, 181 Cherry, Don, 8, 9, 27, 122, 131–36, Conn Smythe Trophy, 108, 248, 261 216, 229 Cherry, Rose, 122 Convair 580 (“Treetops”), 51 Chicago Blackhawks, 6, 7, 23, 24, Convery, Brandon, 64 27, 47, 68, 69, 79, 117, 151, Cool Hand Luke (fi lm), 140 184, 198, 201, 202, 206, 209–13, Cook, Matt, 70 216, 224, 237, 239 Cornell University, 66, 67, 113 Chicago Cubs, 239 Cosell, Howard, 133 Chicago Stadium, 51, 54 Costello, Rich, 19, 20 Chyzowski, Dave, 65 Cougar Shoes, 184

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Cournoyer, Yvan, 218, 219, 220 Divisions. See Adams Division; Courtnall, Russ, 4, 51–58, 60, 64 Norris Division; Patrick Cox, Damien, 220, 233, 243, 244 Division; Smythe Division Craig, Mike, 86, 87 Doers, Michael, 56 Crawford, Marc, 79, 80, 254 Domi, Dash, 71 Crha, Jiri, 206 Domi, Tie, 16, 55, 71, 72 Crosby, Sidney, 47, 96, 114, 246 Domino’s Pizza, 3 Crozier, Joe, 150, 183, 261 Dorey, Jim, 224 Crump, Don, 158 Doughty, Drew, 96 Cunningham, Ian, 248 draft (NHL) Curran, Brian, 55 day of, 105, 106 Curran, Rick, 112 See also Amateur Draft; Entry Draft; Intra-League Draft; Supplemental D Draft; Waiver Draft Dallas Cowboys, 72, 127 Dreger, Darren, 233 Dallas Stars, 78, 86, 87, 114, 246 Dryden, Ken, 75, 76, 111, 187, Damphousse, Vincent, 55, 62, 63, 220, 221 64, 86 Dryden, Steve, 14, Daniels, Ken, 242 Duff, Dick, 52, 150 Daoust, Dan, 4, 51 Duguay, Ron, 20, 29, 48 Davidson, Bob, 207, 208 Dunford, Al, 158, 161, 162, 163, 164 Davis, Allen, 241–44 Dunn, Dave, 206 deadline. See trade/draft deadline Dunnell, Milt, 168 Dean, James, 25 DeBlois, Lucien, 81 E Delorme, Gilbert, 58 Eagleson, Alan, 13 Demers, Jacques, 58, 104, 166, 201, Edmonton Oilers, 8, 9, 57, 74, 90, 221, 222 109, 120, 178, 204, 219 Denver Broncos, 72 Ellett, Dave, 16, 80, 202 Denver, John, 171 El Senador Resort (Cuba), 218, Derlago, Bill, 74 220, 221 Desjardins, Eric, 58 Elynuik, Pat, 62, 63 Detroit Red Wings, 2, 3, 29, 37, Entry Draft, 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 21, 48–50, 71, 77, 83, 84, 87, 97, 117, 58, 59, 60, 62, 64, 70, 71, 80, 81, 122–24, 136, 166, 167, 96, 101, 102, 115, 139, 187, 191, 180–82, 197–201, 236 193, 194, 204, 207, 229, 234 and Chrysler giveaway, 38, 39 Epstein, Brian, 174 Devellano, Jim, 180, 181, 198, 199, ESPN/ABC TV, 123 200, 201 Esposito, Phil, 57, 211, 212, 213 DiPietro, Paul, 206 Evans, Jack, 103 DiPietro, Rick, 95 Expo, ’67, 219

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F Game, The (Dryden), 220 Falloon, Pat, 82 Gardner, Paul, 77 Fan Forum (Hockey Hall of Fame), Garrett, Ken “Gunnar”, 33, 34 201, 252 Gartner, Mike, 202, 203, 204 Fan, The (radio), vii, 82, 83, 135, Genesis, 171 182, 243, 244, 246, 249, 251, Georges Vanier Secondary School, 256, 257, 259, 261 111, 146 Farrish, Dave, 20, 29, 30 Getzlaf, Ryan, 191 Farrish, Roxanne, 30 Gilbert, Gilles, 130 Fauss, Ted, 206 Gilchrist, Anthony, 207, 208 Favell, Doug, 229 Gill, Todd, 56 Fergus, Tom, 4, 73, 74 Gillies, Clark, 47, 49, 108, 113, Ferguson, George, 98 133, 185 Ferguson, John, 80, 216 Gilmour, Doug, 15–17, 20, 31, 79, Fichaud, Eric, 64 86, 88, 91, 106, 107, 128, 137, Finger, Jeff, 206 143, 203 Finks, Jim, 72, 73 Gina (author’s great-aunt), 178 First All-Star team. See NHL Giuliotti, Joe, 131 All-Star teams Globe and Mail, 225 Fisher, Red, 128 Godynuyk, Alexander, 106 Fletcher, Cliff, 16–18, 63, 79, 85, 90, Goodenough, Larry, 229 106, 107, 125–29, 179, 202–4, Goodenow, Bob, 10–15, 255 241, 243 Goring, Butch, 107, 108 Fletcher, Linda, 16 Grahame, John, 8 Fleury, Marc-Andre, 96 Grahame, Ron, 6, 8 Flint Spirits, 12 Grand Blanc Inn, 12, 15 Florida Panthers, 7, 75, 84, 238 Grapeline (radio), 131, 135 Fogarty, Bryan, 5 Great One, The. See Gretsky, Foligno, Mike, 128, 237 Wayne Foote, Adam, 68, 69 Great Western Forum Forsberg, Peter, 82 (Los Angeles), 88 Fox, Michael J., 61 Greenberg, Nate, 131 Francis, Ron, 189, 190 Gregory, Jim, 50, 51, 141, 146, Fraser, Kerry, 87–89, 92, 93 147, 154, 161, 162, 223–29, Friedman, Elliotte, 233 231, 232 Fuhr, Grant, 63, 86, 126 Gretzky, Janet, 255 Gretzky’s (restaurant), 251, 254 G Gretzky, Wayne, 8, 9, 16, 17, Gainey, Bob, 77, 78, 222 18, 55, 88, 91, 92, 93, 98, 216, games (Olympic). See Olympic 250–57 games and number “99”, 235, 236

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H Hockey Night in Canada (TV), 91, Hakansson, Anders, 98, 99, 100, 122, 131–33, 197, 198, 251, 254 247, 261 Hall, Taylor, 96 Hodge, Dave, 260 Hall of Fame. See Hockey Hodge, Ken, 212 Hall of Fame Holland, Ken, 200 Haller, Kevin, 69 Hood, Bruce, 221 Hamilton Bulldogs, 262, 263 Hood, Daphne, 221 Hamilton Tiger Cats, 175 Houle, Reggie, 58 Hammarstrom, Inge, 223 Houle, Rejean, 219, 221, 222 Hampson, Ted, 103 Howatt, Garry, 48 Hanlon, Glen, 166, 167 Hull, Bobby, 211–13, 223–25 Harris, Billy, 107 Hull, Brett, 12, 13, 121, 245, 255 Harrison, Jim, 223, 225 Hull, Dennis, 230 Harrison, Paul, 163 Hunt, Jim, viii, 244 Hartford Whalers, 2, 19, 96, Hull Olympiques, 96 97, 98, 107, 188, 189, Hunter, Mark, 31 191, 192, 238 Hunter, “Wild Bill”, 102 Hartly, Bob, 263 Hart Memorial Trophy, 212 I Hawerchuk, Dale, 188 Iacocca, Lee, 39 HBO (television network), 251 Iafrate, Al, 23, 24, 25, 26 Heatley, Dany, 96 Ice Surfi ng (TV), 254 Hebscher, Mark, 256 Iginla, Jarome, 114 Hedman, Victor, 96 Ihnacak, Miroslav, 164–67, 199, 200 Henderson, Paul, 57, 138, 226 Ihnacak, Peter, 19, 20, 165 Hendrick, Paul, 244 Ilitch, Mike, 1, 3, 37–39, 180–82, Hershey Beats, 262–64 197, 198, 200 Herter, Jason, 66, 69 Imlach, Brent, 109 Heward, Jamie, 69 Imlach, “Punch” George, 19, 109, Hewitt, Foster, 230 125, 141, 150, 167–70, 183, 207, Hicke, Ernie, 99 210, 214–18, 223, 224, 231–33, Hickey, Pat, 232 236, 261–62 Hillman, Larry, 215, 217 Induction Gala (Hockey Hall and “Hillman Hex”, 218 of Fame), 190 Hillman, Wayne, 217 Induction Weekend (Hockey Hall of Hockey Hall of Fame, 5, 7, 38, 48, Fame), 38, 61, 201, 252 49, 57, 60, 61, 92, 101, 121, 158, Ing, Peter, 63 189, 190, 201, 202, 204, 219, International Hockey League, 12, 229, 235, 252 33, 67 Hockey News, 14 Intra-League Draft, 210

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It’s Your Call (TV), 258, 259 L Ivan, Tommy, 211, 212, 213 Labatt Breweries, 173 Lafl eur, Guy, 99 J Lafontaine, Pat, 97, 98, 101, 102 Jackson, Michael, 173 Lake Superior State University, 78 Jarry, Pierre, 206, 225 Lambert, Yvon, 219 Joe Louis Arena (Detroit), 2, 3, 4, Lamoriello, Lou, 62, 121, 127 38–41, 179, 182, 237 Lapointe, Guy, 104, 221 Joel, Billy, 171 Lariviere, Garry, 77 Johansen, Trevor, 48, 49, 50 Larmer, Steve, 27 Johnson, Bob, 181 Larocque, Michel (“Bunny”), 109, Johnson, Erik, 96 110, 111 Johnson, Jimmy, 127 Laviolette, Peter, 12 jokes, practical (among players), Lawton, Brian, 96, 97, 98 27–29, 31–36, 42–45 Le Colisée (Quebec City), 184 Jones, Jerry, 72 Leaside Arena (Toronto), 137 Jonsson, Kenny, 64, 87, 126 LeClair, John, 58 Joseph, Chris, 4 Leeman, Gary, 20, 55, 106 Joseph, Curtis, 74, 75, 76, 137 Leetch, Brian, 121 Lefebvre, Sylvain, 86, 87, 128 K Leger, Gilles, 3 Kadri, Nazem, 164 Lehtonen, Kari, 96 Kamloops Blazers, 114 Lemaire, Jacques, 102 Kane, Patrick, 96 Lemieux, Claude, 1 Keane, Mike, 222 Lemieux, Jocelyn, 1 Keenan, Mike, 201, 202, 203 Lemieux, Mario, 1, 81, 96, 98, Kelly, Red, 49, 147, 215 100, 189 Keon, Dave, 214, 215, 226 Lethbridge Broncos, 59 Kessel, Phil, 95 Lever, Don, 234 Khristich, Dmitri, 206 Lewis, Dave, 107 King, Carole, 171 Ley, Rick, 224 Kitchen, Mike, 77 Linden, Trevor, 52, 65 Kocur, Joey, 166 Lites, Jim, 200 Kordic, John, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, Little Ceasars (pizza franchise), 3, 39 64, 143 Lord Thomson of Fleet (Ken Korn, Jim, 42 Thomson), 85 Kovalchuk, Ilya, 96 Lorimer, Bob, 101 Kovalenko, Andrei, 222 Los Angeles Kings, 6, 8, 16, 55–56, Kruppke, Gord, 2 62, 88, 90, 98, 100, 107, 109–10, Kurvers, Tom, 80, 81 117, 120, 143, 213, 238, 253 Kypreos, Nick, 7, 8, 233 Lundigran, Joe, 206

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M Martin, Pit, 212 MacAdam, Al, 151 Matteau, Stephane, 201 MacInnis, Lyman , 13 Mattias, Shawn, 70 MacLean, Doug, 84, 181 Maurice, Paul, 36, 37, 80 MacLean, John, 102, 104 McBean, Wayne, 4 MacLean, Ron, 131, 132, 134, 261 McCammon, Bob, 3 MacMillan, Bill, 100, 101, 102, 175, McCauley, John, 143 233, 234, 235 McCauley, Wes, 143 MacMillan, Bob, 234 McCourt, Dale, 20, 29 MacMillan, Yolanda (Ballard), McCown, Bob, 244 174, 175 McDonald, Lanny, 33, 137, 149, 223, Macoun, Jamie, 86, 106, 128 232–36 MacTavish, Craig, 202 McGill, Bob, 24, 27 Maher, Peter, 150 McIntyre, Keith, 122 Mahovlich, Frank “Big M”, 136 McKenzie, Bob, 133 Mahovlich, Peter “Little M”, 136, McLellan, John, 117, 146 137, 138 McMurtrie, Ken, 145, 146 Mahovlich, Peter Sr., 137 McNab, David, 191, 192, 193 Malkin, Evgeni, 96 McNab, Max, 101, 191 Malone, Scott, 204 McNab, Peter, 191 Maloney, Dan, 58, 159, 160, 186, McNamara, Gerry, 4, 5, 10, 52, 60, 187, 236 73, 74, 110, 111, 141, 158, 159, Manderville, Kent, 66, 67, 106 169, 196, 233–35 Manilow, Barry, 171 McSorley, Marty, 55, 143 Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto), Medicine Hat Tigers, 52, 63 vii, 28, 32, 54–55, 88, 92, 118, Meehan, Don, 11, 75, 76, 112, 125, 130–31, 136, 138, 145, 150, 139, 140, 182, 195 154, 163–64, 169, 170–76, 191, Meehan, Gerry, 13 197, 198, 200, 208, 214, 237, Meighan, Ron, 98, 99 247, 261 Melrose, Barry, 199 Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd., 18 Memorial Cup, 58, 59, 60, 70, 122 Maple Leaf Sports and merger (NHL-WHL), 6, 8, 194, 237 Entertainment, 18 Met Center (Bloomington), 149 Marois, Daniel, 55 Metro Toronto Convention Marotte, Gilles, 212 Centre, 191 Marr, Dan, 95 Miami Screaming Eagles, 225, 226 Marsden, Pat, 258, 259 Michigan State, 62 Marsh, Brad, 55 Mike (Roger Neilson’s dog), 118 Marshall, Grant, 64, 87 Miller, Gord, 16 Marshall, Jason, 69 Miller, Kevin, 12 Martin, Jacques, 84 Millman, Nelson, 242

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Minnesota North Stars, 19, 77, New England Sports Network 96, 98, 109, 113, 149, 150, 151, (NESN), 262 198, 237, 238 New England Whalers, 189, 224 Mio, Ed, 199 New Jersey Devils, 31, 62, 63, 80, 81, Miracle on Ice (game, 1980), 101, 102, 129 187, 245 Newmarket Saints, 34, 77, 78, Modano, Mike, 52, 65 125, 166 Modell, Art, 72 New York Islanders, 237 Molson Breweries, 173 New York Mets, 89 Momesso, Sergio, 104 New York Rangers, viii, 11, 12, 16, Montreal Canadiens, 21, 29, 55–57, 29, 48, 66, 71, 75, 76, 87–90, 63, 64, 88, 90, 99, 104, 109, 105, 116, 119, 120, 200–03, 212, 124–25, 136, 164, 182, 209, 217, 224–25, 237, 242, 256 214–15, 218–22, 231, 249 NHL All-Star games, 13, 14, 36 Montreal Forum, 71, 103, 137, 163, NHL All-Star teams 191, 194 First, 7, 212, 229 Morning Show (The Fan, radio), viii, Second, 7 135, 243, 251, 259 NHL Central Scouting Bureau, 71, Morrow, Ken, 48 103, 231 Mount St. Charles Academy, 96 NHL Draft. See Amateur Draft; Muller, Kirk, 16, 31 Entry Draft; Intra-league Draft; Murphy, Joe, 62 Supplemental Draft; Waiver Draft Murphy, Mike, 79 NHL Home Ice XM/Sirius Network Murray, Bryan, 77, 78, 84, 181, 200 (radio), vii Murzyn, Dana, 194, 195, 197 NHL Players’ Association, 13 Niedermayer, Scott, 82 N Nieuwendyk, Joe, 113, 114, 216 Nagano, Japan, 253 Nigro, Frank, 206 Najak, Sherali, 132 Nilsson, Kent, 113, 114 Nanne, Lou, 109 Noonan, Brian, 202 Nash, Rick, 96 Norris, Bruce, 37 National Basketball Association Norris Division, 184, 198, 199 (NBA), 18 Norris, Jack, 212, 213 Nattress, Ric, 106 Norris Trophy, 7 NBC (TV network), 251 North American Victory Tour. Neale, Harry, 36, 37, 91, 197, 198 See Jackson, Michael Nedved, Zdenek, 206 North Bay Centennials, 2 Neely, Bob, 229 Nova Scotia Voyageurs, 21, 55 Neely, Cam, 58, 59, 60, 61 Nykoluk, Mike, 58, 60, 169, 183, Neilson, Roger, 50, 116–21, 158, 185, 186, 187 161–64 Nystrom, Bob, 48

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O Pearson, Scott, 64, 70, 81 Oakland Seals, 99, 217 Pederson, Barry, 60 Oasis, The (at Gretzky’s), 254 Perry, Corey, 191 Obodiac, Stan, 145, 146 Peterborough Petes, 4, 50, 55, 70, 97, Oddleifson, Chris, 99 116, 192 Olczyk, Ed (Eddie), 4, 23, 24, 25, Petit, Michel, 81, 106, 107 27, 55 Philadelphia Blazers, 223, 226, Olympic Games, 24, 31, 114, 121, 227, 229 122, 246, 250, 253, 262. See also Philadelphia Flyers, 19, 64, 65, 70, Canadian Olympic Team 74–78, 82, 111, 152, 225–29 O’Neill, Brian, 103, 231 Phoenix Coyotes, 238, 251, 252 Ontario Hockey League, 24, 59, 64, Picard, Robert, 109 65, 69, 70, 97, 101, 189 Pilote, Pierre, 216, 217 Ontario Junior Hockey League, Pinder, Herb, 53 2, 208 Pittsburgh Penguins, 20, 21, 47, 96, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, 18 98, 99, 100, 181, 189, 190, 225 Original Six (NHL teams), 29, 209, Pittsburgh Steelers, 72 211, 230, 238 Poile, David, 242 Ormsby, Mary, 244 Pollock, Sam, 99 Ornest, Harry, 104 Portland Winterhawks, 6, 58, 59, 61 Orr, Bobby, 7, 9, 61, 207–10, Potvin, Denis, 47, 49, 113, 185 213, 216 Potvin, Felix, 75, 237 Osborne, Mark, 87, 127 Prime Time Sports (radio), 244 Oshawa Generals, 59, 102, 208 Prince Albert Raiders, 52 O’Shea, Kevin, 13 Pronovost, Marcel, 215 Ottawa Nationals, 225 Pulford, Bob, 6, 137, 214, 215 Ottawa Senators, 78, 101, 238 Puppa, Daren, 126 Ovechkin, Alexander, 96, 98 Q P Quebec Major Junior Hockey Pacioretty, Max, 26 League, 2, 48, 49, 97 Page, Pierre, 202, 203 Quebec Nordiques, 3, 5, 50, 51, 65, Paiement, Wilf, 232, 235, 236 69, 81, 82, 86, 143, 184, 223 Palmateer, Mike, 33 Queen, 171 Papineau, Brian, 179 Quenneville, Joel, 79, 80, 232 Pappin, Jim, 214, 216, 218 Quinn, Pat, 52, 53 Parent, Bernie, 17, 223, 225–29, 232 Park, Brad, 166, 198, 199, 200, 201 R Pavorotti, Luciano, 171 Racine, Yves, 2 Patrick Division, 119, 184 Ralston Purina, 102, 103 Pearson, Rob, 66, 67 Ramage, Rob, 9, 102, 104

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Rask, Tuukka, 64 Saskatoon Blades, 112 Ratushny, Dan, 67 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 68, 189 Reay, Billy, 211 Savard, Denis, 27 Rebel Without A Cause (fi lm), 25 Savard, Serge, 56, 57, 58, 125, 127, Recchi, Mark, 58 218, 219, 220, 221, 222 Reese, Jeff, 106, 249 Sawchuk, Terry, 210 Regina Pats, 20 Schenn, Luke, 64 Reid, Dave, 55 Schutt, Rod, 20, 21, 29 Rennick, Al, 155, 156 Score, The (TV), 246, 251, 254 Ricci, Mike, 70, 71, 82, 202, 203 Second All-Star Team. See NHL Rice, Steven, 66 All-Star teams Richard, Henri, 219 Secord, Al, 24, 27, 29 Richards, Jim, 244 Sedgewick, Bob, 152, 153 Richardson, Luke, 4, 5, 62, 63, 64, 86 Sedlbauer, Ron, 184 Richer, Stephane, 58 Seguin, Tyler, 96 Richter, Mike, 12, 75, 76 Seiling, Ric, 48 Rinkside (TV), 242 Selanne, Teemu, 36, 37, 65 Risebrough, Doug, 106 Selke, Frank Sr., 48, 50 Roberts, Gary, 216 Selwood, Brad, 224 Robinson, Larry, 221 Shanahan, Brendan, 4 Robitaille, Luc, 121 Shanahan, Michael, 104 Rochester Americans, 216, 218, 249 Shulman, Dan, 244 Roenick, Jeremy, 65 Shutt, Steve, 21 Rolling Stones, 143 Simmons, Steve, 244 Rookie of the Year (NHL award), 7 Simpson, Christine, 123, 124, 255 Rooney, Dan, 216, 218, 249 Simpson, Craig, 194, 195, 197 Rosa, Fran, 131 Simpson, O.J., 255 Rouse, Bob, 80, 87, 107, 179 Sinden, Harry, 6, 73, 74, 127 Roussel, Dominic, 74 Sittler, Darryl, 18, 19, 20, 33, 223, Rucinsky, Martin, 222 232, 235, 247–50, 253 Rumack, Stormin, Norman, 244 Smith, Doug, 188 Rutherford, Jim, 109, 110 Smith, Floyd, 4, 5, 76–81, 150 Ryan, Bobby, 96 Smith, Neil, 71, 119, 200, 201 Smith, Prior, 131 S Smythe, Conn, 183 Saginaw Gears, 33, 34 Smythe Division, 65, 66, 184 Sakic, Joe, 4, 5, 16, 62 Smythe, Stafford, 168 Salming, Borje, 33, 55, 141, 164, Smythe, Stephanie, 243 223, 232, 234, 235 Snow, Garth, 74 San Jose Sharks, 67, 68, 81, 82, 181 Soderstrom, Tommy, 74 Sanderson, Derek, 223, 227 Soules, Jason, 69

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Spear, Brian, 132, 246, 251, 253 and Tampa Bay Lightning, Speck, Mary, 87 238, 263 Spezza, Jason, 96 and Toronto Maple Leafs, Sports Illustrated, 187 76, 89, 159, 171, 179, 182, Sportsline, (TV), 242, 256 205–10, 214–15, 218–20, 223, Sportsnet, 7, 55, 69, 84, 233, 256 237–38 Springsteen, Bruce, 172, 173 and Vancouver Canucks, 117 St. Andrew’s College, 164 rings, 200, 204, 219 St. Croix, Rick, 111 Starkman, Howie, 146 St. John’s Maple Leafs, 151, 155 Stavro, Sally, 87 St. John’s Prep School, 187 Stavro, Steve, 17, 18, 87, 129, 243 St. Louis Blues, 9, 12, 16, 31, Steen, Alexander, 64 43–45, 54, 67, 84, 102–04, Stein, Gil, 228, 229 109, 111, 137, 198, 201, 212, Stellick, Bob (author’s brother), 69 217, 237, 238 Stellick, Jesse (author’s daughter), St. Michael’s Majors, 101 218 Staal, Eric, 96 Stellick, Lisa (author’s wife), 16, 122, Staal, Jordan, 96 180, 218, 255 Stamkos, Steve, 96 Stellick, Robert (author’s nephew), Stanfi eld, Fred, 212 69, 70 Stanley Cup Stemkowski, Pete, 214 and Anaheim Ducks, 191, 238 Stevens, Kevin, 100 and Boston Bruins, 213 Strong, Ken, 19, 20 and Calgary Flames, 90, 114, 235 Subban, P.K., 60 and Chicago Blackhawks, 213, 239 substance abuse, 57, 61, 62 and Colorado Avalanche, 3, 4, Sudbury Five, 20, 29, 30 82, 263 Sundin, Mats, 15, 17, 65, 69, 86 and Dallas Stars, 78, 114 Supplemental Draft, 10 and Detroit Red Wings, 37, 122, Swaggart, Jimmy, 171 123, 182 Swift Current Broncos, 4 and Edmonton Oilers, 90, 120, 204, 219, 252 T and Montreal Canadiens, 55, 56, Tagliabue, Paul, 72, 73 64, 99, 163, 219, 231 Talbot, Jean-Guy, 219 and New Jersey Devils, 129 Tampa Bay Lightning, 97, 238, 263 and New York Islanders, 47, 48, Tanenbaum, Larry, 18 108, 113, 184, 238 Tatti, Jim, 242, 256 and New York Rangers, 88, Tavares, John, 96, 194 201, 239 Tavares, Tony, 245, 246 and Pittsburgh Penguins, 47, 100, TC Puck (Ballards’ dog), 175, 181, 190 176, 177

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Team Canada, 30, 31, 57, 101, 114, Tri-City Americans, 65 121, 122, 138, 253, 254 Trottier, Bryan, 48, 49, 108, 113, 185 Telemedia Radio Network, 241 Trottier, Guy, 225 The Who, 171 Trottier, Rocky, 102 Thibault, Jocelyn, 222 TSN (TV), 16, 71, 117,233, 256, 258, Thomas, Steve, 24, 27 259, 261 Thompson, Errol, 223 Turgeon, Pierre, 4 Thomson, Ken (Lord Thomson of Turgeon, Sylvain, 96, 97 Fleet), 85 Twin Towers (New York), 252, 253 Thornton, Joe, 67 Thornton, Scott, 63, 65, 66, 67 U Thun, Anton, 13 Ullman, Norm, 226 Tlusty, Jiri, 64 University of Toronto, vii, 146 149 Tocchet, Rick, 143 Usher, Shelly, 16 Toews, Jonathan, 47 U.S. Immigration and Customs, 150 Tonelli, John, 38 Toronto Blue Jays, 11, 83, 100, V 146, 241 Vaive, Rick, 24, 27, 234 Toronto Maple Leafs Vallis, Lindsay, 69 and coaches, 37, 79, 116, 124, Vanbiesbrouck, John, 75, 76 163, 180, 183 Vancouver Blazers, 229 and draft picks, 3, 9, 10, 49, 53, Vancouver Canucks, 3, 13, 16, 71, 103, 105, 207 52, 53, 60, 109, 117, 120, 184, and general managers, 11, 13, 138, 225, 238 167, 223, 241, 250 van Riemsdyk, James, 96 and owners, 17, 18 Vezina Trophy, 229 and Stanley Cup, 89, 219, 222, 238 W and trades, 23, 24, 29, 74, 81 Waddell, Don, 12 See also Ballard, Harold; Imlach, Waiver Draft, 55, 210 George “Punch” Wales Conference, 54 Toronto Marlboros, 48, 49, 161 Walton, Mike, 214, 215 Toronto Raptors, 18 Wamsley, Rick, 106, 179 Toronto Star, viii, 168, 243 Ware, Jeff, 64 Toronto Sun, viii Warriner, Todd, 86 Toronto Toros, 43, 225 Washington Capitals, 77, 188, 190, Torrens, Bob, 69 202, 241, 242 Torrey, Bill, 113, 195 Watters, Bill, 16, 84, 110, 112, 161, Tremblay, J.C., 223 241, 243 Tremblay, Mario, 58, 221, 223 Watters, Neddie, 16 Tretiak, Vladislav, 138 Watt, Tom, 77, 78, 79

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Wesley, Glen, 4, 60 World Hockey Association (WHA), 6, Western Junior Hockey League, 2, 8, 17, 29, 113, 213, 222, 61, 62, 102 223, 248 Whalers. See Hartford Whalers World Juniors, 101 Wilkens, Lenny, 18 World Series, 83, 89, 100, 239 Williams, Brian, 131, 261, 262 Worsley, Gump, 214 Williams, Tiger, 33, 223, 232 Wregget, Ken, 59, 64 Wilson, Behn, 143 Wilson, Landon, 64, 86, 202 Y Wilson, Ron, 80, 245, 246 Yzerman, Steve, 30, 97, 98, 121–24 Winnipeg Jets, 66, 72, 113, 160, 188, 223–25, 238 Z Wirtz, Bill, 151 Zalapski, Zarley, 62, 63 Wittman, Don, 195, 196 Zamboni, 38, 51, 54 Wizard of Oz (fi lm), 251 Zanussi, Ron, 109 Wolanin, Craig, 206 Zezel, Peter, 87, 127 Woodley, Dan, 62, 63 Ziegler, John, 152, 153, 154 World Cup, 245, 246 Zmolek, Doug, 69

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