Me the writer:
- Author of Assume the position: one guy’s journey through prostate cancer and Inside Coaching Hockey
- Ottawa Citizen columnist and essayist
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-Humour & freelance writer for Bounder, M2, MONITOR & other magazines and publications
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-Former sportswriter Montreal Gazette, Sunday Express, Hockey News
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-Short story writer - winner of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award given by Crime Writers of Canada for best short story
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-Winner of other humour writing awards
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-Playwright - produced and wrote several plays
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-Editor of The Walnut, newsletter for Prostate Cancer Canada Network Ottawa
Me the hockey guy:
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-over 35 years in coaching at all levels of minor hockey, plus stints in Jr. A, B, C, college hockey and Europe
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-Guest coach, Canadian national team (Calgary) and assistant to Team Ontario at world under-17 tournament
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-Canadian national coaching certification program instructor
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-Coach Mentor for various hockey associations
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-former Director of Coaching for Ottawa District
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-Owned, directed and taught hockey schools in Canada and U.S.
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-Author of numerous hockey program manuals
Me in real life:
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-teacher and co-head of English at St. Nicholas Adult High School, Ottawa
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-avid runner with a bunch of marathons and half-marathons under the belt, with perhaps a few more to go - no idea why
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-always ready for the next great challenge, particularly if it involves food and dry red wine
