Legends of Hockey explained

Genre:	Sports documentary
Director:	Derik Murray
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	10
Executive Producer:	Derik Murray John N. Hamilton
Producer:	Brian Daisley
Runtime:	600 minutes

Legends of Hockey is a Canadian ten-part/ten-hour mini-series released in 2001 profiling the history of ice hockey.

The Legends of Hockey features the following people:

Series one

Episode One - Lord Stanley's Legacy

• Dan Bain
• Hobey Baker
• Frank Fredrickson
• Ambrose O'Brien
• Frank Patrick
• Lester Patrick
• Art Ross
• Lord Stanley
• Cyclone Taylor
• Georges Vezina

Episode Two - The New Era

• Bobby Bauer
• King Clancy
• Woody Dumart
• Foster Hewitt
• Red Horner
• Busher Jackson
• Howie Morenz
• Joe Primeau
• Milt Schmidt
• Eddie Shore
• Conn Smythe
• Nels Stewart

Episode Three - Men Of Steel

• Andy Bathgate
• Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
• Gordie Howe
• Ted "Teeder" Kennedy
• Ted Lindsay
• Jacques Plante
• Chuck Rayner
• Henri Richard
• Maurice "The Rocket" Richard

Episode Four - The Glory Years

• Jean Beliveau
• Johnny Bower
• Johnny Bucyk
• Gerry Cheevers
• Bobby Hull
• Red Kelly
• Frank Mahovlich
• Stan Mikita
• Bobby Orr

Episode Five - The Modern Era

• Bobby Clarke
• Marcel Dionne
• Guy Lafleur
• Lanny McDonald
• Brad Park
• Gilbert Perreault
• Larry Robinson
• Darryl Sittler
• Vladislav Tretiak

Series two

Episode One - Passing The Torch

• Glenn Hall
• Dave Keon
• Dickie Moore
• Marcel Pronovost
• Terry Sawchuk
• Norm Ullman
• Gump Worsley

Episode Two - The Path To Glory

• Yvan Cournoyer
• Alex Delvecchio
• Ken Dryden
• Emile Francis
• Eddie Giacomin
• Rod Gilbert
• Tim Horton

Episode Three - More Than A Game

• Mike Bossy
• Mario Lemieux
• Denis Potvin
• Billy Smith
• Bryan Trottier

Episode Four - Character And Courage

• Scotty Bowman
• Michel Goulet
• Wayne Gretzky
• Glen Sather
• Peter Šťastný

Episode Five - On To Greatness

• Bill Barber
• Phil Esposito
• Tony Esposito
• Bob Gainey
• Guy Lapointe
• Serge Savard
• Steve Shutt

Recognition

The series has been awarded and nominated multiple times. It was the winner of the Gemini Award for Best Sports Program or Series in 2000 and a Gemini nomination for Best Direction in a Documentary Series and winner of two CAN PRO awards for Best Mini-feature (telecast outside daily newscast) and Best Sports Series. It also received honourable mention Banff Film Festival.