TSN’s Hockey Insider Speaks at Waterfront Campus

Posted on Saturday, October 24th, 2015

He has more than 1.2-million followers on Twitter. He is watched by hundreds of thousands of hockey fans most nights on TSN’s hockey coverage, and for almost three decades he has been known as the “Hockey Insider.” Bob McKenzie is a big deal!

On Wednesday, November 4th the extraordinarily talented and insightful McKenzie will be at Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus to talk about his new book “Hockey Confidential,” and to answer any hockey question the audience throws at him.

In his most recent book, McKenzie uncovers untold stories about hockey people. One chapter is dedicated to former Pembroke Lumber Kings owner and Head Coach Sheldon Keefe, who before leading the Lumber Kings to five consecutive league titles and ultimately a national championship, had a turbulent junior and short-lived pro hockey career as a player.

Keefe opens up to McKenzie, talking candidly about how Pembroke changed him and helped him focus his life on coaching and on being a better person. Now behind the bench of the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, Keefe is considered one of the top young minds in coaching today and his career is quickly moving forward.

The Sheldon Keefe story is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to McKenzie’s incredible knowledge of hockey, both at the junior and pro level. His connections within the hockey world, built on a reputation of being fair and well informed, have allowed McKenzie to be the most trustworthy source of hockey news in North America.

The Algonquin College Speaker Series has brought several high profile personalities to Pembroke over the years including the CBC’s Rex Murphy and Bob McDonald, Environment Canada’s Chief Meteorologist David Phillips and military historian and journalist Gwynne Dyer. The College can now add Bob McKenzie to that impressive list!

Tickets to hear Bob McKenzie are on sale at the Waterfront Campus for $15 in advance or $20 at the door. All proceeds raised at the event will be donated to the Art Gallagher Memorial Bursary. Gallagher was a long time play-by-play radio voice of the Pembroke Lumber Kings. The bursary supports Lumber Kings players who study at Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus.

Posted by Jamie Bramburger, Manager of Community and Student Affairs

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