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editorial
Quinn belongs
in Hall of Fame
If cigars exist in the afterlife, you can bet
Pat Quinn is gnawing on one of his favour-
ite stogies right now.
In 2002, doctors told Quinn he needed to
stop smoking cigars, thereby stripping him
of one of the true joys of his life. Fortu-
nately, he always had his other love -
hockey - to lean on.
And lean on it he did, dedicating his life
to the sport until the time of his passing on
Sunday night in Vancouver.
That's why it says here that, sooner than
later, Pat Quinn should be inducted into
the Hockey Hall of Fame.
While Quinn's critics will point to the fact
he never won a Stanley Cup in his two dec-
ades of coaching in the NHL, that's a flawed
argument. Indeed, if hockey is an integral
part of the cultural fabric of Canada, as many
of us believe, then the contributions Pat
Quinn made to the sport in this country are
unparalleled, Cup or no Cup.
In his 20 -year stint behind an NHL bench,
three of the five teams he coached were
based in Canada - the Canucks, Maple Leafs
and Oilers. With the Canucks, he led them to
the final in 1994, one of only three times the
franchise has been that far. With the Leafs, he
twice coached them to the NHL's Final Four -
the furthest the Original Six team has man-
aged to get since 1967.
In the process, there were two Jack Adams
Trophies as NHL coach of the year, and 684
wins, fifth all-time among coaches.
On the international front, Quinn coached
Team Canada to gold medals at the 2008
IIHF World Championships and the 2009
World Junior Championships along with
World Cup title in 2004.
And then there was the coup de grace - the
2002 Winter Games. With Quinn as head
coach, Canada won its first Olympic title in
50 years, a milestone moment in Canadian
sports history.
If those contributions aren't worthy of a
spot in the hallowed Hall, we don't know
what is.
At the time of his passing, Pat Quinn was
chairman of the Hall of Fame. Now it's lime
he goes in as a builder.
Enjoy that stogie, Pat, wherever you are.
And rest in peace.
r
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Tis the season to be merry
Tara Ostner
The Clinton News Record
Well, it's here. It's
December again and
there are only 22 more
days left until Christ-
mas, my favorite time
of year.
Perhaps you have
even begun wishing
people a Merry Christ-
mas. I know that I have
and I do so with a smile
on my face. I'm happy
that we as a society
aren't as reluctant to
use the phrase as we
might have been a few
years ago.
People have been
wishing each other a
Merry Christmas for
hundreds of years.
However, about a dec-
ade or so ago this
began to change and
society (at least in
North America)
became uncomfortable
saying "Merry Christ-
mas" for fear of offend-
ing people and instead
began using the phrase,
"Happy Holidays."
Christmas is, after all,
defined as the annual
festival of the Christian
church commemorat-
ing the birth of Jesus.
Therefore, any oppo-
sition to the idea of
saying Merry Christmas
was a result of the
thought that people
who don't believe in
the birth of Jesus might
be offended.
Of course, I can't
speak for others, how-
ever, I myself am a non-
Christian and yet I
would never be
offended by someone
wishing me a Merry
Christmas.
Why, as a non-Chris-
tian, would I not be
offended? To put it
shortly, because I have
my own, personal
meaning of Christmas.
To illustrate what I
mean take, for
instance, birthdays. Do
people's birthdays
mean something to
them because it was
the day that they were
brought into this
world? Or, do they
mean something to
them due to the many
memories and tradi-
tions associated with
the day? The answer is
very likely the latter.
I think that non-Chris-
tians who enjoy Christ-
mas feel the same way.
They don't enjoy Christ-
mas because it was the
day that Jesus was born,
rather, they enjoy it
because of the positive,
heartwarming and
happy feelings that they
experience almost
instantly every time that
the season rolls around.
I could never be
offended by being
wished a Merry Christ-
mas. As a matter of fact,
I would feel excluded if
someone refrained from
saying it to me.
Sure, Christmas
means something differ-
ent to me than it does to
someone who believes
in Jesus Christ, however,
this doesn't mean that I
don't, nevertheless, love
celebrating the season.
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