Howie Meeker, played and coached for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He later ran hockey schools as summer camps in Canada and USA. His weekly telecasts based on these camps, Howie Meeker's Hockey School, ran from 1973 to 1977 on CBC Television. Meeker's encouragement and delivery was all based on his premise that the game was suffering from poor instruction at the junior levels. He felt the game wasn't being taught properly so his message was directed at coaches across Canada.
Howie Meeker, played and coached for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He later ran hockey schools as summer camps in Canada and USA. His weekly telecasts based on these camps, Howie Meeker's Hockey School, ran from 1973 to 1977 on CBC Television. Meeker's...