PUCKSTOPPERS
JUNE 2022 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM
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BY JAMES MacDONALD
What do you call the ones before the trailblazers?
They 're the ones who aren't inextricably tied to the move-
ments and moments we see as defining the times as they are
a' changing. But they were there, before the world changed, and just as
responsible for that progress, trailblazing before there was a trail, making
their way to the door before history let someone else in.
The ones who are inextricably tied to those movements and
moments are quick to laud everyone who came before them.
History, though, favors the famous. Which is a shame, par
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ticularly when you find out about the world before the
trails. One thing 's for sure. It makes it a whole lot easier
to appreciate the trails.
