Famous Hockey Player: Who Comes to Mind?
Daryl Hahn
2025-04-17 17:53:44
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Tony Hand MBE comes to mind. An exceptional set of skills – soft hands, vision, easy skating stride, strength – enabled the Edinburgh born forward to achieve more than any other player in this country. From being the first Brit to be drafted by the NHL to receiving the accolade of his fellow players, who voted him the Player of the Century, he set sky-high standards which may never be beaten. He's Great Britain’s all-time highest points scorer. The Hockey News of Toronto devoted a couple of pages to the news with the unblushing headline ‘The Scottish Wayne Gretzky finally hangs up his skates’.
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