Canadian junior hockey player Don Sanderson ((pictured, thanks whitbydunlops.com)) was laid to rest today in his home town of Port Perry, Ontario.From Allison Jones' article in the Globe and Mail...
"Among the approximately 500 people attending Monday's funeral were Hockey Night in Canada personalities Ron MacLean and Don Cherry — the latter had offered condolences to Mr. Sanderson's parents during Saturday night's broadcast.
At that night's NHL game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators at the Air Canada Centre, players from both teams paid tribute to Mr. Sanderson, tapping their sticks on the ice as his image was shown on the video screen.
“It shows you how the hockey community, they're a family, and how we feel,” Mr. Cherry said outside the service. “You could see the Toronto Maple Leafs and what they said, and I remember the one (Matt) Stajan said: We all feel that we've lost a member of our family almost, and I don't know what else to say except God love him and we're all here for him.” "
Mike Brophy at sportsnet.ca is less than pleased with present-day fighting and proposes changes within the sport on the whole...
Mike Edgell's report from Global TV is below...
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