Ron MacLean
@Ron_MacLean
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Humbolt Broncos. Victims, loved ones. We are reaching out to hold you. To share . In this moment all that ever happened doesn't seem to matter. It did. It does.They do. You do. We love you.
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Us, when Grapes hit a Milestone and I was chasing one, so, recently. Canadians. Us like us - forever
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The meaning of life is that it ends-Kafka. The meaning of love is that it does not-J.Lehrer. All our prayers and hugs to the 29+ whose lives haved touched the edges of ours. Grief, fear. Know it's shared today, by all of us ,who love you and walk in your spirit #HumboldtStrong.
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Asked how he ran a marathon a day? Terry Fox said "I ran to the telephone pole, when I arrived, I ran to the next one". Small steps, Giant strides. are still being made with @adidasCA new 40th Anniversary Limited Edition issue. 100% proceeds to @TerryFoxCanada. #ThanksTerry
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Off to Winnipeg to share a night at Bruce Oake Recovery Centre gala. @FriedgeHNIC @CoachsCornerDC and I reliving @ScottOake run for office during 2018 playoffs . can't wait to be with Scott's people.
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So beautiful to watch the respect from Serena and all of Tennis and of course all of Canada for @Bandreescu_ . Bianca served her own experience. Words can never fully capture the "knowing within", but actions can. So proud of that woman .#USOpen #SheTheNorth.
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A dressing room without windows. My @Sportsnet home for awhile.Just a mirror. Scars remind us our past is real. @hockeynight returns like an old song. Flowers and players rise up. All the sweat has been placed in escrow.1 team will get paid.With the trophy of trophies. It's time.
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This was Sunday enroute to Vegas.I figured "sitting on Rouge, next to Cherry" so I bet on red at the wheel. Also betting on a great time when we fly to Swift Current for @hockeynight Scotiabank Hockey Day Feb.9/19. @SwiftCurrentSK hockey. where life makes sense
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I've been to 52N 105W Humboldt wondering how It'd feel, how they'd be. There is this one breath coming from 29 souls and their extended team and in mere minutes it fills you with a realization. You love them. A Bronco Tribute Centre will keep this love alight @BroncosTribute
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Tyler, Humboldt Bronco, was in a coma the first time I met him, April 8 2018 Royal U Hospital Saskatoon. We teach Love, we show Love. but. we don't instruct, or demonstrate Healing enough. We will all need to heal at one point. Thank you Tyler. Enjoy.
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Everytime I felt his heart. I felt life burning inside of him. DK would stand and be counted. And be counted upon. No one individual, or legion of friends will hold you Dom, or the family up entirely, but we'll try. Thought, DK, I was an only child. Love you as a brother #TeamDK
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Jason Botchford. Watched you Jason, with great respect as you spoke out your truth. You fought indfference. There is no effective method of feeling for the world, but you Jason, with great skill and goodness showed us a way. How it started I don't know but Kat & kids sustained it.
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Nick Holden, Colton Parayko skating all weekend in @HBCCharitySTA with 100 friends of Logan Hunter-Jaxon Joseph-Stephen Wack-Conner Lukan. Their folks braver than brave @CoachsCornerDC you'd of loved these players, this event. All roads lead back home. Don=HNIC & Hockey=Humboldt.
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our Oakville yard . a photo I took after coming home from @hockeynight Dec23/17. Spruce is rooted in memories of my boyhood home Red Deer. In the close and holy darkness. you find true blue.
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My condolences to Nancy and Cindy and the Bowers.In 1963 after Johnny beat Mr Hockey's Wings in playoffs #9 did @hockeynight chat live with Johnny and Frank Selke jr. 2 Saskatchewan men. their legacy, like their love and admiration . eternal.
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As a cauldron symbolizes our oneness at the Olympics, the campfire's togetherness in Alberta. My youth. Sitting around eating sunflower seeds, playing songs, sharing anything. Ryan Vandervlis, Jordy Bellerive, Matt Alfaro @WHLHurricanes We are all around to help you heal. Love.
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We apologize for the inconveniences, but this is a revolution. @CassieCampbell @BrianneJenner @KendallCoyne- We know early how to move toward our own excellence , we just need to trust it, more important, manage it. Impressive and historic day. #ForTheGame
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airborne on return to Toronto. I of course realize I was wrong to divulge any specifics of our visit to ICU. I am truly sorry and apologize.
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When I landed in Humboldt it was clear, 29 lives were assembled to reach out. For a purpose beyond winning, lovely and important. Could have been the Coach could have been the Crew. I wish no one had to suffer like this, but our world needs this team.Impermanence-reason to love.
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Doug Ball took this photo of the Flower. Here, the sunshine of his blossom is Mario and a thousand points. We were all the sun of Flower. And his nature never failed to reflect the love back. le Soleil d'hiver. Shine forever Guy. Merci. xoxo
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Nicest day on the calender puts others on our watch. My fears subside with idea what do I want "for" someone versus "from".#BellLetsTalk.
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Sunrise on the Traditional Territory of the Mississauga's of the Credit. Mother Earth and Fathers Day. #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay Miigwech for protecting.
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No man steps in the same river twice Its not the same river, he's not same man- Heraclitus . But if it's frozen? Happy Canada Day 'n Thanks.
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The number 23 which spins or reverses to be ES on Eddies' necklace. It's really a spin on showbiz in sports. Michael Jordan, Lebron James also made 23 famous but the first showstopper in 23 & the game is Eddie, and his wife Norma is how it happened. Last dances, last. Xo you two.
#Leafs legend Eddie Shack is in palliative care for cancer at 83. He played on all four Stanley Cup teams under Punch Imlach in the 60's. More here.
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When Willie O'Ree was a teen, he helped Fredericton NB win regional baseball trip to met Jackie Robinson who asked Willie if he planned to make MLB. Willie said "No Sir I hope to make NHL, it's a big deal back home" Peculiar travel's a dancing lesson #HHOF.
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Waiting for the green light. enjoying Amber.@DavidAmber @FriedgeHNIC @RealKyper . prompting first ever selfie
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#NovaScotiaStrong this cloud just appeared in Oakville and said 'send a little love to the place you come from.'
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The true joy this Sunday is the consecration of a small moment, which will transcend the past, the darkness and celebrate the centrality of Indigenous Peoples.Time to free ourselves from a colonial narrative and listen deeply to their voices the power & light that was always here.
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PJ Stock will honour his brother Dean when he competes on Battle Of The Blades. Dean was lost to ALS and we were both thinking of the late Steve Barber today at practice. Steve was Joe Thornton's hero, and PJ greatly admires Joe. An army of men you'd want in your trenches #BOTB
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Gordie's mom Katherine, at the height of the Great Depression, bought a gunnysack of used things from a neighbour. $3 to help a friend. The contents included a pair of skates. Mr. Hockey, That's Howe. -11am PT, 2pm ET, 3:30pm NST- #HockeyDay @Sportsnet @hockeynight
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The Habs are building something very special. Feeling heat. fighting fire with hires in Montreal and Laval. congratulations Luke . having brightened so careers. a pefect choice for the famous torch.
The Ottawa native boasts over 600 games of NHL and AHL coaching experience on his resume. DETAILS-> #GoHabsGo.
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Hockey's greatest thorn @16DarcyTucker and I in home of Thistles. #HockeyDay maybe the prettiest stage ever.
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Good runs. Marble Mountain opening Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada. For 33 years Bob's taught me. Keepin tips up #HockeyDay
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A great goal is the sound Bob Cole makes.To hear him over a post game drink is thrilling too. Bob - Canada's Orders
The legendary play-by-play voice Bob Cole is receiving the Order of Canada today:
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Just introduced 2018 Smilezone Ambassador @CTVO_BWilliams . (Smilezone puts family joy rooms in health care facilities) - These jackets, a record of 5 decades. Long playing, friendship, and a focus on sharing 'Red and White' moments. some peachy, some blue. #SmilezoneGolf
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Book Launch in St. John's. 30 years ago , Oct 10, 1986, we shared our first Hockey Night. Catching up. Oh Baby!
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Just launched youth outdoor tourney at Sheldon Kennedy Rink in Swift Current. @ShelKenn and @RespectGroup. Sheldon was Captain of 1989 Broncos Memorial cup win So grateful we can be his teammate in creating Safe Places. This small rink under a big sky, and clouds lift #HockeyDay
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Have always kept a Blue tree to honour those alone or lost. With Producer Tim Thompson. Grief and gratitude. Soon
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On the road again. We're startin' we're Halton!.
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Lawn is Blue-tiful. Home is winter in appreciation. Rod Charlesworth (Kelowna) painting I bought with $ Dad left me
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I's the B'y, Brunt and I, A tale he spins 'er, enroute to Grand Falls-Windsor. Hometown Hockey @ 5:30et Isles/Leafs
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Today hit by truth of our existence we dare to live.I recall Tom's 40th tour the way he thanked each Heartbreaker.No illusions of permanence
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The Masters. played at Rogers Arena Vancouver. A cool recognition of precognition. Captured forever game faces of decency #ThankYouSedins.
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"You know why I like teaming with you Hap? Because when we do, I'm the normal one."-Tig. or our Tara. @TaraSlone @KimFCoates @BadBloodSeries Kim's mom Joyce is going to love @hometownhockey_ .on Gordie Howe's birthday Mar31 we visit her backyard + 8 bridges to the Last Best West
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The 4 ways we see time. Religion. It ponders Eternity. Art. Immortality i.e. Michealangelo, Beatles. Politics. Rules (Constitutions) which govern lives for ages. Sports. the one with the short view. "The moment".The last result is meaningless. Sports lives in the Now. Hertl on!.
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@simmonssteve it's Ron Steve. not leaving Saturdays. That rumble likely comes from ideas early on I shared in processing everything.
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Poem town hockey. sharing our love ,our life with those 'Good Kingston kids' in Victoria .
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"Wherever you have friends, that is your Country.Wherever you receive love, that is your home"-Tibetan saying.Timely as ever #UnitedbySport.
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10th floor CBC building , @SNBradFay and I prepping for NBA and NHL playoff coverage each night this summer, in a starkly lit hallway, neither of us actually prepping for our jobs, because we were watching @timandsid #TimandSid . Brad will attest, you set the vibe for our nights!
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This Ayr team is everything that you want for our world, our game. A lighthouse. To the team, town and Eli's family all my love. Eli you created an incredible story with your life. We will honour you and your way always.
We love you Eli 💔.
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John Kelly whose dad Dan was calling the Blues games when Grapes and I worked my first playoffs 1986 in St.Louis. John is following in Dan's echo tonight and Don will hear the cheers of his great teams. A handshake with history. @CoachsCornerDC @hockeynight 7:30e4:30p @Sportsnet
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Malta "NurseoftheMediterranean" CDN Pilot George Beurling here WWII shot down 27 Axis planes.I brought along @SaintJohnDK @HumboldtBroncos to thank our saviors, Medical Pros. If you should trip, they'll catch 'n patch. Over the radar's blip, our doctors have no match #CanadaDay
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Hey Tara, a couple hundred thousand kilometers. anywhere with you. In it together always xo.
It’s been over a week since the news came out, and I can now confirm that I am no longer with Sportsnet, having parted ways on good terms. I wanted to share some thoughts on my time with Hometown Hockey:
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96 years ago Mar.23rd a news reporter went into Toronto's Mutual St.Arena and over a phone described a hockey game. Foster Hewitt Hello Canada! Now Clarence Iron @APTN @hometownhockey_ @Sportsnet Habs@Hurricanes. Mar24 630et in Cree coast to coast Nation to Nation #UnitedBySport
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No punch can suppress PJ Stock's smile.He cannot be made afraid. A hug, PJ, for the sadness beneath your valor.
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Of all the Gin joints in Regina @CoachsCornerDC @sjurksztowicz ! Way too good. @hometownhockey_ 6:30et3:30pt Toronto At Detroit. another great pair.
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Baltimore for @tompetty #TomPetty40 Maryland's Last Dance, Trawling Back to You, Learning to Flay, I Won't Down Back
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In music and in life, Gord Downie has The Wherewithal - Sportsnet.ca for Gord, xo Ron, Oakville May 25, 2016.
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Portage La Prairie @TheRealAsham45 Chance2Play Golf. 4 brilliant Doctors, 400yd Rob, Nugget Ed, Rusty & Big Joe purchased me for a day. They gave me the best of their love, I gave 'em mine and we helped Kids in sports & arts. Then they explained why town is known as "portage".
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Olympic men's 8 Gold 2008, CBC's Adam Kreek and I do 22 push-ups for PTSD. You're never up the Kreek alone. #kill22
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Congratulations Henr1K . @HenrikSedinNews - 1000 with assist from Daniel. The power of two. Their game and grace transcends time and space.
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We're teaming up with these T-shirts, hoodies & hats to shelter a 1/4million vulnerable partners in Canada. The sole attired meaning is to buy a tired soul, time. There's great hope in such a purchase. Buy yours here #staythepuckhome
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Greg Smyth 250 games in the NHL. died yesterday.51 cancer. After playing St. John's '99 he settled in NF. Played Sr. for moose meat and firewood. a loyal man. Hugs Tammy. To make another sing. that is the thing #GregSmyth R.I.P. #CeeBees
@RonMacLeanHTH thought you'd enjoy this.
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Home's a place somewhere in mind if not on the map. Hometown, @CityofRedDeer has just landed @cfr_rodeo . Tip of Smithbilt to Mayor @TaraVeer . #Yahoo
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Mervin Jonathon Cheechoo paved way at the rink @hometownhockey_ tonight 6:30et 5years,150,000 kilometres,121 stops. Now history.Chief Morin Enoch Cree Nation hosts.What makes this land special is not our sameness it's our common aspirations.Unity's not unifomity #unitedbysport
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Leonard Cohen "Dance Me To The End Of Love" Habs Bruins Game 3 HNIC opening - YouTube. My pal Tim Thompson.
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Highway skies into Dresden ON. @hometownhockey_ @TaraSlone here to celebrate life of late Ken Houston. The local arena will wear his fame. Ferguson Jenkins will join us in @MunicCK . Tampa@Winnipeg Sunday 630et330pt @Sportsnet. Sun took the shape of Maple Leaf. You'll see why.
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In PEI for O'Leary's Kraft Hockeyville Devs/Sens Sept. 25 6et.Don's telling NHL ref Gord Dwyer, "Kraft is taking care of us no Cheesy calls"
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Off to West Kelowna, @hometownhockey_ 3:30pt6:30et. Will cross the Bill Bennett over Okanagan Lake to the place I spent boyood summers. I played on Pritchard Drive, Westbank. where the late Mr Bennett,Premier of BC, lived.Winter a bridge between one year & another & one life.
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Our secret weapon, Mikel McIver Rebels Room leader, in charge of Team Cherry @SherwinWilliams @CHLHockey top prospects. Mikel told me to use @CoachsCornerDC material to get a leg up on Team Orr. To stand beside Brent Sutter , a flashback and an honour.
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Sunday we hit a bar built on dirt, bare and daring. We toasted Rio, Canada and our goalie poet @thehipdotcom. Joy surrounded we dug favela.
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As @TaraSlone said. we were blessed to spend time with Greg Johnson and his mom Judy @hometownhockey_ Jan 4 2016 Thunder Bay. Greg's dad started the hockey @mylakehead and Greg went on to school and to stardom. Such safety and team in the Johnson's way. Judy,Ryan,Corey- our love
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You may forget what Daren says ( Although I won't forget the Let's Talk opening ) but you will never forget how Daren makes you feel. A brave friend, like us all, still becoming. Be Great Daren.
Personal Announcement. Read:
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If you could read his mind. just now in Orillia . more tonight 630et sportsnet .
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Gordie Howe's way with people is his greatest legacy - Sportsnet.ca
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Days with Gord, Patrick Downie #manmachinepoemtour thenGrapes. You teach your children fashion sense & they fashion their own. Kingstunning.
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The Courtnall's Wife Kathy, Kids-Cheryl,Geoff,Russ& Bruce lost Archie. Mental Illness that resulted in suicide. How could they know their 'John Wayne' was falling apart? 'John Wayne' masks, so tough. Russ sent me this xo- Buddy Check For Jesse via @YouTube.
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Raising one @cityofwinnipeg. #AtCMHR Mandela exhibit opens June 8. Conjures. Neale Donald Walsch's - "The struggle ends when the gratitude begins" Mom = grateful. #mothersday2018
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Jamie Storr owner of the Oakville Blades had his Captains out in community today. It was neat to have been with Bobby Orr, Don Cherry, Derek Sanderson and Gerry Cheevers last night in Parry Sound and see the same power and class in the next generation. #unitedbysport.
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There is always a hollow in the heart first weekend after the tour ends. but nothing chases the "empties" like the love and laughter of our team. And thoughts of those we met. This is Tom Fisher fronting our crew's song. Hometown Hockey Life.
A little glimpse into an incredible journey across our beautiful country, all while celebrating the greatest game known. Here's to the Hometown Hockey Life! @RonMacLeanHTH @TaraSlone @SDImktg .
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Our #CanadaDay skate in Burlington ON. Mylie & Jackson Taylor I'll wear your Dad by my heart in the game tonight. I speak for @hometownhockey_ @hockeynight We love Mike. In hockey we always say 5 sticks are better than 1. Like 5 peeps 1 guitar. @WalkOffTheEarth #UnitedBySport
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Always a way to reach us. In 1997 Confederation bridge, 1867 Confederation itself.Tonight we bridge @hometownhockey_ PEI Detroit 3:30p6:30e
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That gentleman working flight to Williams Lake so cheerful in wishing me a great time. Human nature beats mother nature. I hope we land.There's advisory. on a wing and a prayer. @hometownhockey_ @TaraSlone 3:30pt6:30et Canucks/Habs
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If Saturday can't be a hockey day, the next best way, is afternoon jam at Oakville's Moonshine Cafe. ( our Kerr Street, shrine of song ) @MoonshineCafe
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Kinanaskomitin Chief Thunderstick ( A Kamloops honour) . You, Ahtahkakoop Nation, gave us a goal light. My love and gratitude Fred. Hugs Brigette. you two in Regina at Heritage Classic, always, Ron.
RIP to my buddy, Freddy Sasakamoose. He was a trailblazer, a leader and a survivor. He paved the way for so many Indigenous hockey players. My thoughts and prayers to the family 🤍. Rest Easy, Legend.
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Salt Lake City 2002 Gord and I chat about "mining the blue paint". to Charlyn,Paula,Mike & Pat and Gord S,Rob,Paul & Johnny. Gord demanded of himself the success of you. his teams. Still he makes the saves xo @downiewenjack
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