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Hanna Sniper · 11-26-2021, 09:55 AM

Lanny McDonald became my favourite player as a child, watching him play in CHCH TV with Peter Maher making the call. I was heart broken the day he was traded to the Colorado Rockies

I was a kid without a team to cheer for, couldn’t cheer for the leafs, couldn’t cheer for the Canadiens and couldn’t cheer for whiner Gretzky. I had the Canuck’s, Flames and Jets to pick from. My older brother was already a Flames fan because of Kent Nilsson. Dale Hawerchuk was a rookie for the Jets…. If not for Lanny being traded to the Flames my childhood and hockey memories would have been drastically different

As it turned out both Lanny and Peter were part of my earlier memories and also those of ‘86 and ‘89 runs and the myfoundation

11-26-2021, 09:55 AM	#8
Hanna Sniper Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Exp:	Lanny McDonald became my favourite player as a child, watching him play in CHCH TV with Peter Maher making the call. I was heart broken the day he was traded to the Colorado Rockies I was a kid without a team to cheer for, couldn’t cheer for the leafs, couldn’t cheer for the Canadiens and couldn’t cheer for whiner Gretzky. I had the Canuck’s, Flames and Jets to pick from. My older brother was already a Flames fan because of Kent Nilsson. Dale Hawerchuk was a rookie for the Jets…. If not for Lanny being traded to the Flames my childhood and hockey memories would have been drastically different As it turned out both Lanny and Peter were part of my earlier memories and also those of ‘86 and ‘89 runs and the myfoundation __________________ 2018 OHL CHAMPIONS 2022 OHL CHAMPIONS