His day job’s at the local nickel mine. The rest of the time, he’s coaching.
Tag Archives: Hometown Hockey
Hometown hockey: Building a rink of one’s own
If you build it, as the saying goes, they will come. So that’s what hockey dad-coach Charles Vigneault did for rinkless Boischatel, Que.
Hometown Hockey: The natural coach
Coach Jon Goyens has a unique grasp of the game. No wonder future stars like Jonathan Drouin keep in touch.
Hometown Hockey: The catalyst coach in Cole Harbour
Brad Crossley once coached Sidney Crosby—and he’s still making great things happen here
A tournament of champions, fuelled by girl power
Moncton, N.B.’s Daniel Léger couldn’t find a girls’ peewee team for his daughter. So he started one from scratch.
Hometown Hockey: Brandon’s bond of brothers
Kelly McCrimmon may be propelling the Brandon Wheat Kings to success, but he credits fans and his late big brother, Brad
Hometown Hockey: A doctor to the WHL stars
A coach told him to go to school rather than pursue a hockey career. Mike Bobyn did both.
A Selkirk hockey lifer’s Barn-burning stories
Hometown Hockey: Al Hares learned to skate at the rink they call the ‘Barn.’ Six decades on, he has tales of every team he’s coached.
Still crazy about hockey, after all these years
Hometown Hockey preview: Nothing keeps 91-year-old Mae Newton-DeBlock away from her beloved London Knights