This past week we were invited by a wonderful Moncton couple to their home for an OUTSTANDING home cooked dinner and a tour of a shrine to hockey, which both were nothing short of amazing. Hockey historian, Ron Leger, has been collecting hockey memorabilia since roughly World War II (1941 or so). The picture above is a picture leading down to the basement.
His basement is a mini Hockey Hall of Fame equipped with a guest book dating back to 1974 with many big names (Don Cherry & Ron MacLean from Hockey Night in Canada, Bobby Hull, Boom Boom Geffrion and Ray Delia to name a few) in hockey stopping in for a visit. Mr. Leger's goal is to collect a photo of every player to ever play in the NHL.
Miraculously, he has been able to retain and archive all that he has acquired! My favorite and most fascinating part of the museum (for me) was the display that started the entire collection. When Ron was a boy the comics of the newspaper had an offer to send in box tops from Quaker Oats and you get three gifts. He has the paper from 1945 in pristine condition along with the 3 gifts in mint condition! You might be wondering about the wooden sleigh on the table, well back in 45 that is how the mail got delivered during hockey season in Canada!!! I was totally blown away.
This past week we were invited by a wonderful Moncton couple to their home for an OUTSTANDING home cooked dinner and a tour of a shrine to hockey, which both were nothing short of amazing. Hockey historian, Ron Leger, has been collecting hockey memorabilia since roughly World War II (1941 or so). The picture above is a picture leading down to the basement.
His basement is a mini Hockey Hall of Fame equipped with a guest book dating back to 1974 with many big names (Don Cherry & Ron MacLean from Hockey Night in Canada, Bobby Hull, Boom Boom Geffrion and Ray Delia to name a few) in hockey stopping in for a visit. Mr. Leger's goal is to collect a photo of every player to ever play in the NHL.
Miraculously, he has been able to retain and archive all that he has acquired! My favorite and most fascinating part of the museum (for me) was the display that started the entire collection. When Ron was a boy the comics of the newspaper had an offer to send in box tops from Quaker Oats and you get three gifts. He has the paper from 1945 in pristine condition along with the 3 gifts in mint condition! You might be wondering about the wooden sleigh on the table, well back in 45 that is how the mail got delivered during hockey season in Canada!!! I was totally blown away.
2 comments:
That was a great post. Thanks.
Your blog is delightful. I have a friend here in California that recently informed me he is a Stanley Cup Winner...I was shocked...then he told me he was a Hab when he won (back in 86) I was even more impresseed (having grown up in Mtl.) This post is a wonderful treat to all hockey lovers.
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