Legends of Hockey

Legends of Hockey
Genre	Sports documentary
Directed by	Derik Murray
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Derik Murray John N. Hamilton
Producer	Brian Daisley
Running time	600 minutes

Legends of Hockey is a Canadian ten-part/ten-hour mini-series released in 2001 profiling the history of ice hockey.

The Legends of Hockey features the following people:

Series one

Episode One - Lord Stanley's Legacy

• Dan Bain
• Hobey Baker
• Frank Fredrickson
• Ambrose O'Brien
• Frank Patrick
• Lester Patrick
• Art Ross
• Lord Stanley
• Cyclone Taylor
• Georges Vezina

Episode Two - The New Era

• Bobby Bauer
• King Clancy
• Woody Dumart
• Foster Hewitt
• Red Horner
• Busher Jackson
• Howie Morenz
• Joe Primeau
• Milt Schmidt
• Eddie Shore
• Conn Smythe
• Nels Stewart

Episode Three - Men Of Steel

• Andy Bathgate
• Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
• Gordie Howe
• Ted "Teeder" Kennedy
• Ted Lindsay
• Jacques Plante
• Chuck Rayner
• Henri Richard
• Maurice "The Rocket" Richard

Episode Four - The Glory Years

• Jean Beliveau
• Johnny Bower
• Johnny Bucyk
• Gerry Cheevers
• Bobby Hull
• Red Kelly
• Frank Mahovlich
• Stan Mikita
• Bobby Orr

Episode Five - The Modern Era

• Bobby Clarke
• Marcel Dionne
• Guy Lafleur
• Lanny McDonald
• Brad Park
• Gilbert Perreault
• Larry Robinson
• Darryl Sittler
• Vladislav Tretiak

Series two

Episode One - Passing The Torch

• Glenn Hall
• Dave Keon
• Dickie Moore
• Marcel Pronovost
• Terry Sawchuk
• Norm Ullman
• Gump Worsley

Episode Two - The Path To Glory

• Yvan Cournoyer
• Alex Delvecchio
• Ken Dryden
• Emile Francis
• Eddie Giacomin
• Rod Gilbert
• Tim Horton

Episode Three - More Than A Game

• Mike Bossy
• Mario Lemieux
• Denis Potvin
• Billy Smith
• Bryan Trottier

Episode Four - Character And Courage

• Scotty Bowman
• Michel Goulet
• Wayne Gretzky
• Glen Sather
• Peter Šťastný

Episode Five - On To Greatness

• Bill Barber
• Phil Esposito
• Tony Esposito
• Bob Gainey
• Guy Lapointe
• Serge Savard
• Steve Shutt

Recognition

The series has been awarded and nominated multiple times. It was the winner of the Gemini Award for Best Sports Program or Series in 2000 and a Gemini nomination for Best Direction in a Documentary Series and winner of two CAN PRO awards for Best Mini-feature (telecast outside daily newscast) and Best Sports Series. It also received honourable mention Banff Film Festival.

External links

• Legends of Hockey at IMDb