Aron Gratias says he lost the drive to continue collecting after the theft of his large Wayne Gretzky memorabilia collection near Shellbrook, Sask., over two years ago. But he recently got back into it because of rookie NHL star Connor Bedard.
There was Marty McSorley’s stick, Patrick Roy’s wink, an impossible 10 consecutive wins in overtime, an exultant 24th Stanley Cup and a riot on Ste-Catherine Street.
Back in 1991, it was the heated matchup of two teams taking and receiving walloping blows that almost defy logic when examined under the sport's current lens. That Battle of Alberta in particular was mean, nasty and downright violent.