Dan O I will tell you a few people that have gained my respect for the way they are at kids hockey games. I have met many so called famous people from the hockey world at minor kids games. Most have been great people, some have proven to be nothing but trash. The two that have stood out the most for being such great people were Barkley Plager (played Blues, retired) & Bob Poulford (was GM for Hawks,during NHL strike).

Mr Plager' s team just won a semi-final game in overtime. Before he went to his team to celibrate, he went to every player on the other team to congraduate them and left their heads up. He constantly stressed respect from all his players. He was a very class act. Mr Poulford was coaching his boys team in a tourney during a strike in the NHL and showed his class in just the way he acted and demanded his players act as well. The parrents from his team acted up (did not know canadian rules), he came and apologized to all the game officials and tourney convinors.

People like these will always get my respect. They selfishly give their time for the game of hockey. Both Wayne and his dad, and many others give so much to this game, without people like them the game would fold as the crazzy parrents would totally ruin the game.