Murray Toews – Rungs 1 & 2
Rung # 1 – The Dugout Hockey Player Farming is a challenging occupation dependent on careful planning, hard work but many conditions beyond the farmer’s control such as weather. Murray compares hockey to the harvest of a barley crop. The goal for planting a field of grain is to see it successfully harvested whereas success […]
Murray Toews
Intro Murray Toews (born Dec. 20, 1967) Historical, Social and Economic Context Murray Toews was born in Grande Prairie – grew up on a farm six miles from the village of Wembley and twenty-three miles west of the city. Wembley is a rich farming area four miles south of Saskatoon Lake. The proud residents of […]
Lorne Radbourne
Coaching Hockey was his destiny A True Grande Prairian If anyone deserves a key to the city of Grande Prairie it is Lorne Radbourne. Born and raised in Grande Prairie, he graduated from its public schools, played through the ranks of minor hockey and began coaching at age sixteen. He left his hometown for a […]