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Just One Regret

by Alanah McGinley on 02/06/08 at 05:58 PM ET
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From Neil Stevens at the CP via Yahoo!,

Living in the Detroit region doesn’t mean he buys into the Red Wings’ marketing slogans.

“My whole life I’ve tried to explain to people in America ... being in Detroit, it’s Hockeytown, so they say,” he said. “I call it Red Wings Town. Canada is Hockeytown, there’s no doubt about it. The fabric of the sport is Canadian for sure.”

Media attention paid to the Leafs “seems a lot more magnified now” than in his day. That could be explained by the proliferation of all-sports TV and radio stations since his playing days.  He has only one regret.

“There’s nothing like it,” he said of playing in the NHL. “I had great personal accolades and individual accomplishments. I won championships at every level. The only thing I didn’t win was a Stanley Cup. There isn’t a day that goes by ... that’s the one thing I always think about.”

more… of an enjoyable interview with Al Iafrate

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