The roots of this country and the game so many love are intertwined…but there is a problem, there has been for a long time.
Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis because of cost and exclusivity.
Reasons as to why this is the case have been thoroughly explored in a new book titled: Before the Lights Go Out: A Season Inside a Game Worth Saving (McClelland & Stewart), by journalist Sean Fitz-Gerald (The Athletic -Toronto).
Share in our conversation about how hockey has gone from Roch Carrier’s resonant snapshot of Canadiana that graced $5 banknotes, to a case of who gets to play? and why?
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 9) - - Dan Robson (The Athletic) - Bower, A Legendary Life
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 8) - Jim Lang - Everyday Hockey Heroes, Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 7) - Joshua Kloke (The Athletic) - Come on You Reds, The Story of TFC
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 6) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Hockey Card Stories 2
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 5) - David Shoalts (Globe & Mail) - Hockey Fight in Canada
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 4) - Rob Simpson - No Heavy Lifting, Globetrotting Adventures of a Sports Media Guy
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 3)- Daemon Fairless - Mad Blood Stirring, The Inner Lives of Violent Men
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 2) - Dan Robson (Sportsnet) - Killer, My Life in Hockey - Doug Gilmour
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 1) - Karl Subban - How We Did It, with Scott Colby (Toronto Star)
SportsLit (Episode No. 3) - - Stacey May Fowles - Best Canadian Sports Writing with Pasha Malla
SportsLit (Episode No. 2) - Greg Oliver (Slam! Wrestling) - Gratooney The Looney - Gilles Gratton
SportsLit (Episode No.1) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Dennis Maruk
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