At the age of 11, the future co-captain and Stanley Cup winner with the Calgary Flames was growing up in Hanna, Alberta and playing regularly on an outdoor rink flooded by his father. The rink had 14-inch boards on the side and relied on packed, hardened snow at its ends so pucks would not be lost.
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"One day I forgot my skates," said the forward, now 66, who had 1,006 points (500 goals, 506 assists) in 1,111 NHL games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Flames. "My mother had figure skates so at noon time, I tried her skates because I had forgotten mine at home. They didn't work very well because I kept catching a pick. But I was smart enough to know how to sharpen skates, so I went inside and ground the picks off of mom's skates.
"I got grounded for the longest time. My mother was absolutely livid. After my dad chuckled a couple of times, he said, 'You know, that's not the smartest move.' We weren't that rich, so it took a long time for mom to replace those skates. And I'm not sure she ever forgave me for that one."
