My childhood friends in Canada couldn’t believe my family still had a VCR. I blamed my “old-fashioned” parents, but in fact I needed it to watch Don Cherry’s “Rock’em Sock’em Hockey” highlight tapes. The legendary commentator and former Boston Bruins coach begins one 1998 film at center ice in Toronto’s old Maple Leaf Gardens. “And you know what Mr. Smythe said? ‘If you can’t beat ’em in the alleys, you won’t beat ’em on the ice.’ And he was right!” Cue highlights...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 12, 2019 23:54 UTC