Jim Barber
JIM BARBER is a recipient of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Award for Sportswriting and a Canadian Community Newspaper Award for editorial writing. Educated at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, and Toronto's Centennial College, he has had a passion (obsession?) for hockey and hockey history most of his adult life. The books of Scott Young and Brian McFarlane inspired him as a youth, as do the works of Andrew Podnieks, Douglas Hunter, and Bruce Dowbiggin today. A member of the Society for International Hockey Research, Jim lives in a very old house, in a very small village called Nottawa, a few kilometers from the shores of Georgian Bay, near Collingwood, Ontario.
|
|
This is the story of the Montreal Canadiens -- one of the most sucessful sports franchises in North America.
|
|
|
The Toronto Maple Leafs is one of Canada's greatest hockey franchises. From their humble beginnings in the 1920s, to their remarkable Stanley Cup victories of the 1940s and 1960s, to their team-building challenges of the 1990s and beyond, the Leafs have a history packed with exhilarating accomlishments and devastating setbacks. This is their story -- the incredible story of a beloved Canadian institution.
|
List
Gallery
