b'He Scores!(continued from page 3) One day there was a school tour going through the What began years ago as a website has recently blos- Hall,herecounts.Isawsomeofthekidspeeking somed into a successful book, fittingly titled Fabric of thearound the corner, into the area where I was working.It Game: The Stories Behind Names, Logos, and Uniforms. made me step back and take stock of the situation, and I I started a website on that topic at 14 years old, hethought: I am doing something cool!recalls.It took off. But in spite of his increasing exposure to key elements The websites exposure would have unforeseenbutof hockey history, the concept of writing a book about his excitingresults. passion remained in Chris future.I made contact with people whod actually been aI didnt really consider it realistic at first.But as time part of logo design and hockey journalism.That openedwent on, I changed my mind.a number of doors, and established me as a voice on theThree years ago, he decided to move ahead with the topic. project.A number of his earlier experiences helped as the One of the people he met through the website wasprocess inched forward.Todd Radom, whod eventually become his Fabric of theTodd and I had formed a friendship from those earli-HE SCORES! Game co-writer. as a graphic designer and a writerest website days.We agreed to work together, divide up Todds resumethe NHL teams and work independently on those chap-is impressive.He designed logos for Superbowls, All- ters, then edit each others work.Star games, and individual teams like the WashingtonAnd we were able to go into the Hockey Halls ar-Nationals.You see his patchesthose small badges onchives to do part of our research, thanks to the connec-Chris Creamer the shoulder of uniformsin all sports.It was an honourtions Id made working there.For a history nerd, that to get to know him. was pretty remarkable!reaches his goalBut well before the two agreed to collaborate on aA year passed while the heavy lifting of writing a book book, Chris expanded his resume. began.Once the timing was right, they began approach-writing a Hockey Book I had jobs with the NHL, doing research for theiring publishers.Centennial, and the Hockey Hall of Fame.And did someWe ran it past Skyhorse Publishing and six weeks writing, too.It was amazing that my personal passionlater, we had a contract.spun into a career. As well as lots of work left to do.His work behind the scenes at the Hall, in particular,Their research turned up a wealth of interesting facts.caused him to reflect on his good fortune. The Vancouver Canucks were named after Johnny ~WELCOME BACK!~10%OFFall hair products50%OFFall in-stock wigs21 Wilbur AvenueI 905-985-0099 Irgreco@quisk.caRosario Greco Styles @RGSTYLES4 FOCUS - MARCH 2021'