From Sportsnet Central host and broadcaster Ken Reid comes an
inspiring and entertaining new collection of hockey stories about local
legends who define the game and its values in communities across
Canada.
In many communities across Canada, hockey lives in the nearby arenas and
leagues that forge both decades-long rivalries and unbreakable
friendships. Fans show up to cheer not for distant NHL superstars, but
for the homegrown heroes who define their town. These players don't
always make it to the big leagues, but they inevitably become legends.
In this entertaining collection, Canadian broadcaster and Sportsnet
Central host Ken Reid tells their uplifting stories, from Pictou, Nova
Scotia, to Kimberley, British Columbia--and everywhere in between.
There's Robbie Forbes, who arrived in Newfoundland in the mid-eighties
still dreaming of the pros and ended up giving the town a dream of its
owns when he led the Corner Brook Royals to a Canadian Senior Hockey
title. He also happens to be Sidney Crosby's uncle. In a legendary
Ontario community, the name Paul Polillo is spoken in the same
reverential breath as Wayne Gretzky in their shared hometown of
Brantford. There's also the tragic story of George Pelawa, who may have
been the inspiration for Tom Cochrane & Red Rider's famous song "Big
League." And Tyson Wuttunee, an Indigenous player in Saskatchewan who,
through hockey, found the family and home he'd always longed for.
Featuring heartwarming stories of grit, leadership, and life-long bonds,
Ken Reid's Hometown Hockey Heroes celebrates how hockey, and the
values the game teaches, can shape our communities for the better.
