ICYMI: Iron Mike Keenan, Hockey Coach

Ahead of his October 15th induction into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, in case you missed it from November 2024: legendary hockey coach Iron Mike Keenan talks about winning at every level over his 5 decade coaching career, getting his Iron-moniker not from Mike Tyson but from Mike Ditka, putting Gretzky Lemieux Hawerchuk (3 Centres!) on the ice at same time leading to that iconic game-winner at the 1987 Canada Cup, bringing The Moose Mark Messier to tears with his pre-Game 7 speech as the NY Rangers ended a 54 year Stanley Cup drought, coaching 50 future Hall of Famers (including Gretzky Lemieux Hull Bure Savard Pronger Shanahan Hasek Belfour), sharing his hot tubs with Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen, enjoying a Knicks game courtside with Jimmy Buffett, how today he has mellowed to become better known as Grandpa Mike/Mike-Lite, and how close he might have come (or not come) to coaching his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs!

The Ontario Sports Hall of Fame’s 2026 Induction Ceremony & Community Celebration takes place October 15th at The Granite Club in Toronto, with full details at https://ontariosportshalloffame.com/induction-ceremony-tickets/

Mike Keenan and Scott Morrison’s book Iron Mike: My Life Behind the Bench is available at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/667078/iron-mike-by-mike-keenan-and-scott-morrison/9780735281851

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