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From Sudbury to Carolina: my Greatest Games of All-Time from a half-century of (badly) playing, refereeing, coaching and chronicling the best game in the world
Ken Campbell’s personal list of four unforgettable games
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A brief oral history from then-Wolves
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BEST GAME I’VE EVER SEEN
June 5, 2006 – RBC Center
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A brief oral history from then-Oilers defenseman
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BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
March 30, 1995 – Oshawa Auditorium Peterborough 7, Oshawa 5
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A brief oral history from Jamie Langenbrunner:
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BEST HOCKEY MOMENT EVER
A cold Saturday morning in 1971 – Lansing
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A brief oral history from Ken Campbell:
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