If you aren’t Winning, Change the Game

Playing the Game to Win

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Do you recognize the name Frank Mohovlich, who until the time of this writing was forever Frank Mohovolich in my mind? Do the names Carl Brewer, Ron Ellis, Dave Keon, and Tim Horton mean anything to you?

Did they mean anything to you in the past?

Perhaps you recognize the name Tim Horton. If you do, you may know he was both a hockey player as well as founder of the Tim Horton’s coffee and donut chain in Canada.

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If you said no to the other names, then we have something in common. While these were the names of the players of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team in the early 1960s, what was important to me was not the game, nor whether they won or lost.

The importance was about the hockey cards upon which the pictures and names of the players were the focus. Having social value to a 10-year-old back in the 1960s, today the card collection brings upwards of $10,000. O, what did I do with those cards!

It was my grandfather who lived with us who introduced me to Hockey Night in Canada, a regular Saturday evening event.