Throughout the 30-minute visit, Stockley regaled everyone with stories about the town and its hockey players.
Stockley grew up not too far from the shop where he was standing. There is nothing in Twillingate that he doesn't know.
"My father's house is right there, straight over those flags, the highest one on the rise," Stockley said, pointing to a house with a fantastic vantage point to see the water.
"Not a bad view at all, but three brothers in one bed was not easy."
Stockley laughed, a response that comes easily to him.
Later, he told a story about trying to play junior hockey in Ontario despite never playing much organized hockey in Twillingate as a kid.
"I liked the game when I was a kid and I played the game when I was a kid, but I didn't even know what minor hockey was until the '70s," Stockley said.
Still, he says he made his way to Whitby, Ontario, to try out for the Junior B team only to be sent home, joking that the coach had the privilege of cutting him.
It's stories like those, as well as his exploits on the senior team, that drew Roberts to Stockley in the first place.
In 1993, Roberts, then with the Calgary Flames, came to Twillingate to run a hockey camp for kids in the town.
"One of the most amazing experiences I had as a professional player," Roberts said. "That was something I really enjoyed."
Stockley was on the coaching staff, and he still relishes the 29-year-old memory.
"I don't know too many people that are as passionate about hockey as Cecil Stockley," Roberts said. "He is one of those guys you enjoy sitting down and chatting with. He can talk for hours about his experiences.
"He's somebody that I'm happy I have gotten to know."