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VIKING

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Foreword copyright Ron MacLean, 2012

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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION

McKinley, Michael (Michael B.)

Hockey night in Canada / Michael McKinley.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-670-06698-8

1. Hockey night in Canada (Television program) 2. Television broadcasting of sportsSocial

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For my daughter, Rose,

and all the girls and boys who are

the next generation of hockey players.

Their love of the game was learned beside us,

long before skate was put to ice,

through that magic of sound and light called

Hockey Night.

Contents

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CONTENTS ix

PREGAME

Foreword

L

eo Tolstoy described art as a means of communion among people. He
explained that just as words convey ones thoughts and experiences

and serve to unite people, art does something similar, but with feelings. Hockey Night in Canada , the show, the good old hockey game, is a feeling. Made real, symbolic, made better because of the words added throughout the years. Words that were sometimes thoughts. Stories and opinions. But also words that were sound effects. Foster Hewitt taught Bob Cole the four levels of intensity, Danny Gallivan invented words, and Dick Irvin gave them a sense of history. To dangle used to mean skating fast, nowadays it represents stickhandling. Feelings and thoughts that have become a communion among Canadians. In a word, art.

by Ron MacLean

Over time, we developed a national friendship that is entertainment, sometimes an education and always a connection of the best kind. You cannot be lonely with us. We are all drawn to the show, like moths to a flame. Such a long-lasting relationship would seem a daunting ideal. But it lasts because the feelings are anchored snug. There is a saying Lifes short, Art is long. If I say that reminds me of a Norman Rockwell or a Group of Seven setting, the image you conjure is instant.

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FOREWORD xiii

But those associations took time to plant. And thats how it is with us. Sixty years.

It is a show that allows us to break bread with our ancestors. It links the generation who saw ghostly images of the players back in 195253 with present day viewers, watching their high-definition big-screen televisions with Dolby sound. The technology has changed. We can follow our favourite team via Twitter, on smart phones or streaming over the internet, and Hockey Night has embraced those innovations.But for however many ways the dish is served, its still cooked up around the hot stove. Hockey Night in Canada slides us easily into a warm and cozy past.

Ive been with the telecast twenty-seven years. I should have grown up long ago. And yet on many Saturday nights, I still picture myself doing what I did as a child, rushing out to purchase my snacks. Sunflower seeds, red licorice and a pop. Making sure I was seated in time to see the opening of the show. And so just before we get on with our story, I thought I would reprise one other aspect of the fan worship of my youth Hockey cards. That was the closes thing we kids had to an interactive experience. I could check out each players birthplace, size and statistics. Of course Id only look at the cards during commercial breaks. My favourite cards were the first and second team all-star cards, honouring the best performers of a given season.To this day, I often show my cards on the show when telling stories.

So I am going to pick twelve voices of Hockey Night I believe worthy of an all-star cardtwelve men whose words not only gave us an outward depiction of things, but also their inward significance. Its going be Team Hockey Night in Canada versus Team La Soire du Hockey And you would love you chance in Game 7 with either crew.

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