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Shattering the DREAM
A few days after he told Bob Boughner his services would no longer be required, Detroit Red Wings senior vice-president Jimmy Devellano received a package in the mail. A message from the UnaBoughner, perhaps? Not at all. Boughner just wanted to say thanks. “Whenever we’re not renewing a player’s contract, I call him in to explain the situation in person,” recalled Devellano, who drafted Boughner 32nd overall in 1989. “A few days after I talked to Bob, I got a letter in the mail from him. He thanked us for drafting him and for giving him the opportunity to play professional hockey. In all my years in this game, he’s the only player who has ever done something like that.’’ Boughner smiles at the memory. “Detroit had offered me a contract,’’ Boughner recalled. “It was…
The Lost Photos
The early summer of 2005, only weeks before the NHL lockout officially ended, presented me with both a great opportunity and a fun project. I got a phone call from the art director at The Hockey News, Jamie Hodgson, looking for someone to do a photo shoot for a unique story for the July issue. The concept was Hockey’s Desperate Housewives and how they were dealing with their husbands at home and not at work. The editorial department provided me with all the freedom I needed to shoot the story and how I thought it would look best. Discussing composition ideas and agreeing to budget were easy enough, but there was one major hurdle: the shoot needed to be completed in less than a week. Thankfully, I was lucky enough to get…
Buffalo soldier a man of trust
It’s a lifetime ago – maybe even three. Rip Simonick, a young trainer/equipment man for the Buffalo Sabres in the 1970s, was watching a young Gilbert Perreault wind up in his own zone in L.A. Perreault was the Sabres’ first-ever No. 1 draft pick, the result of a famous spin-of-the-wheel lottery that gave the fledgling franchise its first and, according to many, greatest player ever. Perreault weaved and deked past one King and then another and another, leaving five of them down on the ice. Perreault went in on goal, cut across the crease and shoveled in a one-handed shot past the goalie and left the paltry crowd in the Forum and both benches in awe. “He comes back to the bench,” Simonick said, “he flings one leg over the rail, smiles, and…
‘IT OUTCELEBRITIES THE CELEBRITIES’
He’s larger than life, travels with an entourage, and definitely looks good decked out in silver. He’s also huge in Hollywood and never signs autographs. With the Stanley Cup, it’s all about schmoozing, which is exactly what the venerable mug did in order to promote NHL hockey last year after the league returned from a lockout. When the Cup isn’t property of its reigning victors, the NHL takes it around the world to promote the game and raise money for various charities through fundraisers. “It is the Cup of the people,” said Bernadette Mansur, the NHL’s group vice-president of communications. “It is the only major trophy that travels.” Mansur helped co-ordinate the Cup’s travels during the past year and even managed some schmooze time of her own. “I went out with Susan Sarandon and…
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