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Article content Previous Gallery Image Hockey sticks and floral tributes are placed on the front lawn of Walter Gretzkys home in Brantford. Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor Hockey sticks and floral tributes lay on the front lawn of Walter Gretzkys home in Brantford, Ontario on Friday March 5, 2021. Canadas favourite hockey dad passed away at home Thursday at the age of 82. Brian Thompson/Brantford Expositor/Postmedia Network Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor Floral tributes l...

Geoff Ward, who became the interim coach when Bill Peters resigned in November 2019, went 35-26-5 in 66 games with the Flames.

Article content The two were also often intertwined, their father-son story used in commercials from Tim Hortons to Coca-Cola. And following in the footsteps of Alexander Graham Bell, they made Brantford, Ont., famous. Walter was celebrated for far more than just fathering a superstar, however. His down-to-earth, no-airs approach to life and devotion to his family struck a chord with Canadians. “Sometimes, I swear to you, I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming,” Walter wrote...

Wayne Gretzkys dad became a legend in his own right as a devoted hockey parent from Brantford, Ont.

He built a backyard rink at their Ontario home, where his son mastered his hockey skills.

Author of the article: Bob Reid  •  Ontario Farmer Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020  •  December 29, 2020  •  2 minute read  •  Left, Chad Bender, sales and service rep for B-W Feed and Seed Ltd, and his father Dave Bender, business owner, representing the third and second generations respectively, operating the livestock feed mill in New Hamburg and currently building a new feed mill on the edge of town Article content New Hamburg – The skyline for the town of New Hamburg ...