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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Troy Patterson/Editor
The warm weather brought many people to Huron -Kinloss' Lake Huron shoreline this past weekend,
with three -days of spectacular sunsets. Former Bruce Beach cottager Jennifer Primmer took in a
sunset at Boiler Beach, in the southeast corner of the township on April 17, 2016. The wreck of the
Erie Belle boiler is currently within the waves, as water levels have remained high over the winter.
Honouring the man who
brought the Cup to Lucknow
Darryl Coote
Reporter
To know with absolute
certainty what city a profes-
sional hockey play calls
home, wait to see where he
takes the Cup.
Back in 2007 when Dave
Farrish won Lord Stanley's
cup as assistant coach of the
Anaheim Ducks, he could
have taken it to any number
of cities he played in during
his hockey tenure, but he
didn't. He brought it to Luc -
know -- his hometown.
And with it a parade
attracting people from all
over to see what some con-
sider the most difficult tro-
phy to win in all sports.
To recognize his accom-
plishments and his connec-
tion to the hamlet, locals
Mark Hackett and Luke
Cranston have been working
to make July 9, 2016, Dave
Farrish Day in Lucknow.
"He means a lot [to Luc -
know]," said Hackett, elabo-
rating that each player and
coach to win the Cup is
awarded 24 hours to do with it
as he likes. And for Farrish to
bring it all the way to Lucknow
and share it with the town was
something special.
"So that's how much he
thinks of his hometown,"
Hackett said. "So I think we
should definitely be doing
this to show our support"
The idea to hold a day in
Farrish's honour was born
during a recreational hockey
tournament in January.
Cranston was working bar at
the arena's snack booth and
was staring at Paul Hender-
son's signature painted large
on the arena wall.
Henderson is another
Lucknow hockey hero who is
known the country over for
his game -winning goals dur-
ing the '72 Summit Series
against the USSR. To honour
the Hockey Hall of Famer,
Lucknow named a section of
the arena after him --The
Paul Henderson Hall.
"And it just kind of came to
me," Cranston recounts.
"That sounds really good
flowing off the tongue, Hen-
derson Hall. So I thought
there's another local hero
from this area who was good
enough to bring back the
Cup in '07 to the town, and I
thought, 'Jez, it'd be nice if
we can name a portion of the
arena after Dave Farrish:"
And continuing the theme
of alliteration, Cranston
thought of The Dave Farrish
Foyer.
Hackett, who is the facility
manager and recreation
coordinator at the arena, was
coincidentally considering
of doing something similar
when Cranston approached
him with the idea of naming
part of the arena after
Farrish.
"And I took it to our recre-
ation board," he said, 'L and
they were fully on board with
it right away."
Cranston, while doing fur-
ther research into Farrish,
then learned that 2016 holds
some significant milestones
for the 59 -year-old.
"I found out June 1st is the
40th anniversary of the day
he was drafted into the
NHL," Cranston said. "And
also August 1st is his 60th
birthday. So I thought, 'Jez, if
he would be in to somehow
making an appearance
between those two dates or
sometime in the summer it
would be a real cool way to
recognize both things and
almost be like an early birth-
day for him. And so I thought
maybe we can have a Dave
Farrish Day."
They then contacted the
New York Ranger's 1976 sec-
ond -round draft pick, and
current assistant coach of
the Colorado Avalanche, by
email. Farrish responded
within a half hour saying
he'd be in town early July
and would like to help any
way he could.
"We were blown away that
he was onboard," Cranston
said. "And he offered to help
and bring back some new
memorabilia for us to put up."
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