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p. 1: epigraph [Preamble] used with permission of Stan Fischler.

p. 6: excerpt from Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro. © 2012 Alice Munro. Reprinted by permission of McClelland & Stewart, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company.

p. 8: excerpt from “Lucky Life” from The Hockey Player Sonnets by John B. Lee. © 1991. Reprinted by permission of the author and Penumbra Press.

p. 17: epigraph [First], excerpt from “The Time of Your Life” by Al Purdy from Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, edited by Al Purdy and Sam Solecki. © 2000. Reprinted by permission of Harbour Publishing, www.harbourpublishing.com.

p. 36: excerpt from The Game by Ken Dryden. © 1983, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2013 Ken Dryden. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Ltd. and Triumph Books LLC.

p. 46: excerpt from Tracery & Interplay by Matt Robinson. © 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.

p. 95: excerpt from The Game by Ken Dryden. © 1983, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2013 Ken Dryden. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Ltd. and Triumph Books LLC.

p. 129: excerpt from Salvage King, Ya! (A Herky-Jerky Picaresque) by Mark Anthony Jarman. © 1997. Reprinted by permission of Anvil Press.

p. 139: excerpt from The Game by Ken Dryden. © 1983, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2013 Ken Dryden. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Ltd. and Triumph Books LLC.

p. 164: excerpt from Hero of the Play by Richard Harrison. © 1994. Reprinted by permission of Wolsak and Wynn.

p. 181: epigraph [Second], excerpt from All Star Poet! by Stephen Scriver. © 1981. Reprinted by permission of the author.

p. 261: excerpt from The Last Season by Roy MacGregor. © 1983. Reprinted by permission of the author.

p. 278: excerpt from Finnie Walsh by Steven Galloway. © 2010. Reprinted by permission of Knopf Canada.

p. 321: excerpt from Finnie Walsh by Steven Galloway. © 2010. Reprinted by permission of Knopf Canada.

pp. 364–375: excerpts from “Records of the Investigation and Inquiry into Violence in Amateur Hockey, 1974” from Ontario Government Record Series RG 18-169. Reprinted with permission of the Archives of Ontario.

pp. 380: excerpt from Salvage King, Ya! (A Herky-Jerky Picaresque) by Mark Anthony Jarman. © 1997. Reprinted by permission of Anvil Press.

p. 383: excerpt from The Last Season by Roy MacGregor. © 1983. Reprinted by permission of the author.

p. 385: excerpt from “Hockey Players” by Al Purdy, from Beyond Remembering: The Collected Poems of Al Purdy, edited by Al Purdy and Sam Solecki. © 2000. Reprinted by permission of Harbour Publishing, www.harbourpublishing.com.

p. 386–387: excerpt from Salvage King, Ya! (A Herky-Jerky Picaresque) by Mark Anthony Jarman. © 1997. Reprinted by permission of Anvil Press.

p. 387: excerpt from Understanding Ken by Pete McCormack. © 1998. Reprinted by permission of Douglas & McIntyre, www.douglas-mcintyre.com.