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man.” They asked him a question about an obscure player from the 1930s and he answered it immediately and was hired. He worked at the Hockey Hall of Fame from 1989 until 1998. Although the first Hockey Hall of Fame was started as a committee in Kingston in 1943, it had no building and no artifacts. A Canadian Sports Hall of Fame was opened at the CNE with a section named “Hockey Hall of Fame” and it housed a small collec- tion of artifacts. In 1961 a new dedicated building was opened on the CNE grounds. When Doug was hired to assist at the HHF he immediately began to organize an inventory of players for a new collection which would be housed in a newer and more central building. In 1993 it was relo- cated to its present home at BCE Place, now Brookfield Place at Yonge and Front streets. This was officially opened on June 18 that year with thousands in attendance includ- ing dozens of former NHL players. Travelling across the country interview- ing and collecting photos, Doug has enabled the new building to have a good collection of photo and memorabilia. It also placed him on a first name basis with many of the “Old Timers” and their families. As a result of his efforts he became an NHL Alumni. Doug still provides the pho- tos for the Alumni’s annual programs and brochures. Sitting in a Maple Leaf Gardens’ gold seat, Doug looks at one of his hundreds of books filled with photographs of hockey players and teams. Doug stands in front of a replication of the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room at Maple Leaf Gardens which is in his “man cave”. Doug left the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 in order to devote more time to his own collection and to establish a business in hockey photos and memorabilia. His collection now far exceeds the Hockey Hall of Fame collection. Indeed his collection goes beyond the NHL to include a history of the leagues and players before the NHL came into existence in 1917. The NHL was founded basically as an exten- sion of an earlier National Hockey Association. Doug’s website www.completehistoryofhockey.com gives complete access to his collection of photos and memorabilia for sale. In addition Doug has co-authored seven books on hockey, one on each of the “Original Six” NHL teams during a Stanley cup winning year. However Doug is quick to point out, “You have to remember that the so-called Original Six (Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, New York and Toronto) didn’t come into existence until 1942 and last- ed until 1967, a small part of the league’s history. The league started out with only four teams as members and only three actually played; The Montreal Canadiens, the Montreal Wanderers and the Ottawa Senators. The Quebec Bulldogs were members but didn’t play in the first season.” His home at Canterbury Common is a Hockey fan’s dream. Doug calls it his “Real Man Cave.” He has recreated a small hockey rink complete with boards, glass and painted floor in his basement. Beside it are rows of shelves containing binders of photos of every team and lease turn to page 20 FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2013 19