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you're azing.

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MAN: Yes, Iish we

uld get at team ck.

It was aleasure meet

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ah.

Rit on.

Pis it up, shootsoh!

GRAN When'm at thrink,

it was msanctuar

Once I on the e, I

ntrol evything tt I do.

Ere off e ice yodon't

always g to contl what y

dor what y're doin

(cro cheerin

eat playy Fuhr!

Thbest momt

ofy life othe ice,

it's harto say, ere's

a lot ofood ones

so Snley Cup

are viously od.

GRAN Justlaying ithe Naonal Hocy Leagueas good.

He the greest

alie whover live

ere's nooubt in mind.

Without guy likeGrant hr on thnet.

Chpionshipthat we d

AL: Regardle of theera th

if you d't have ld

teing, it'hard to n.

Hr's gothe puck.

MAN: Personal I don'think

ere's ev been a tter

alie to ay in th

Natial HockeLeague.

ANNOUNCE Fuhras generly ratethe top altender

on the pnet.

N: Knowas the bt goalender inhe world

MA He w Whatas thethe lowest ment in yr careerODUCER

obably t lowest ment of

care was theuspensio

Suspsion hur

REPORTER He isuspnishmentromdtting the NHL fodrug use

r what er reason guess

this mig end hisareer.

- You're a of

- some yes old,

u're notupposed have

chest pas and ha panic.

You playn the

Nationalockey Leue.

You don'panic onhe ice.

Why isverythin

comi unglued

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GRAN I me it was nd of thhang t spot f all theids,

and welayed baball drove thneighbou nuts,

ntertimee'd playoad

hockeyn the stet, so w

wereind of t menace the

neighbrhoods.

It was areat wayo grow u

d I stard

skatg at fou

GWe we on theutdoorantedo play gl.

Nks, it'cold,

I ought th

equient look cool,

and yoget to wr the pa,

yoget to wr the gles,

you tally gooidea,k.Lookedike a

so I g to playll the te.And mo than a

fu it's wh I likedo do.

I ha a lot oteachershat

wi tell yothat's a

I red abou

We m have skped someays

school cause thoutdoor

rink ud to be the schl

prerty ande had a

so if yowere mard absenthe'd gto the r

whknew whe to finds,

to seef we werthere, a

therwas alwa 10-12 oushanginout, pla

When Iirst staed playi,

th didn't ve glove

r a leftanded goie.

I probly playemy firsteight ars as I thk growinup,

havi the portunitto sit Surday

nights a it waskind oamily ti,

watchi Hockey ght in nada was great tng.

I think at's wheI firstreallyell in l

had grea

adopti parents

Theyere veryupportiv

Dad pled hockea lot,

d Mom wakind of e

gochffeur sotimes.

If Dad w workingMom wathe chaueur.

Parentswere my rents.

My orinal pares,

I d no bon

The onlyarents

I knew, kept.

GRAN Growg up,

everybodwas a hoey playewano blackhite,

or aaseball ayer

whateveit was.

And that the gre part

about gring up iCanada a

actual here inlberta i

you' treateds a hock

pler, nobo really red,

us I wora mask bk then.

There wano, youcouldn see thrgh.

GRAN As a6 year o I sied with ctoria a moved

aw from ho to go

play junr hockey

ctoria w a greatplace, mean fome,

leaving me at 16t was

a lito startith.nt

BuI was founate engh

toave goodost famies,

d it wasice to gto

thrink andet away

II got ally luc havinga greagroup

thg ait's sanctua.ce

at t time I dn't reaze,

got a rlly good

hockeyeam.

He told that I d to com

Bwatcthis goatendereDirect of Play

in Vtoria.

I went Victori

watcd Grant ay,

he wasn'very goo

and said to rry,

I saidYou've g

to bkidding.

GRAN And en went the morial C and kinof laid

egg in e Memori Cup.

Wasn't vy good tre,

it wokaygreat.i,

ts of scts aroun

and erything

and rely good me PAUL My fir impressn when I first w him pl was at

the Merial CupI went

an sat bide BarrFraser,

chiescout ofhe Oiler the lers werpicking h at year,

nd said ou know, Barry, w are we

Who's thplayer he?"

And went do like th and

heointed athe goal

for Vioria.

Victia was dn 8-1.

This kidet 8 goa in.

That"I d't blockhots,.I remeer sayi

you'rexpectingore

an block shots,

I'm not nna be dng it,"

I sa

"We ed a betr goalie

said "I'not

afting ts guy."

ISoarry and argued r a

lile whilend final

said "Wl you'veseen h twice,

I've sn him ahundretimes."

I said

"Yeah, y're righ"So we afted hi

Thiss Grant hr of th

Edmont Oilers,

ant, I'mure thisas beena veryxciting y

ck in 19.

GRAN Oh yh,

I've en loing forwd to thiever

since I arted pling hock

and w it's fally comtrue.

GRANT: Not su what probably10-12,00 I

thinkI madeoughly a t$4000 my fst year.

Give or ke.

Maybe-

GRANT::$45 grana year That's wt it was I won e lotterearly.

But th had gre goaliesall thugh the

for theto drafte, it

was a lile bit oa shock.

HoI manageto fit ithat

stem, I'not real sure.

AntheHe was or I wn't

efirspick thayear,

d he wastill jusa kid.

Andyoog had ayed so ll

But inaying th,

his we kw that ts firkiwas diffent,,

could s that

he was scial.

MARK: He was a

incrible comtitor,

ved to py the ga,

ju didn't tter if was

actice ogames, a

situion he dn't wanto be

sced on, tt was hidomain

and he dn't wantne piece

ofubber bend him

er at antime.

And wouldo

anhing to op it.

Our ery sing guy, m

Mwhen we acticed, sf,

we tri to scorevery sh.

Shot ha and we ot high.

Never phed him,

nevebotheredim.

Consequely we kn right

then andhere thaalright,

in tim this kis Wh's been e biest adjument forou?

GRANT: A lot ofdefence-n block ots,

d in junr hockeydefence-n didn'tea

blocshots.

So tt's abouthe

ggest chge I had

Feels etty gooplayingwith t big t

it'shat I waed to doand

w I justave to sy there,

guess.

U know, ing

goal tenr really

in thoseays didn

real know mu about t

initabilitor the

opportuny for a y to com

right t of junr and He clear proved s worthright t of theat play on e big cl.

Grt shot tt passed

and ma a goal stay ho,

th would he been t game

right ere.

Ant camen with a

ithe rowd cheing) y.ttallowehim to ee

ANNOUNCE And great save by ant Fuhr

GLEN: They tolme thathe wasn adopteboy

and his rents we white, Grant course

d... I sa

"Bigeal, whoares?"

Said "He a

go hockey ayer,

Heas never'blackto us.

Th's all Iare abou"

As far athere wano racis

or ncolour dferentia

it w all, heas one ous.

Rowd cheing)

never thght

neveeven thoht aboutt.

NOUNCER: Great sa by GranFuhr.

ANNOUNCE Boy is excing toatch whehe gets

that heabobbing d

thlegs areoing.

Fusy, CocoGranny, in

was e of theuys insttly.

Now wh you're tting the,

yogot a prty good ckey

club, u got arably thebest pyer in t

starti to beco

that g, Wayne,

're all ung and u got

this you goalie me in,

he fitn.

Not becae of anying her thanreat goatender.

He w a good mpetitor

so had therainers to need to getim i

the Univsity of berta an

get tennis bl machin

Std him ouide thehall, the dre

Had the nnis bal

mache, loadeit up,

and firethese

tennis bls at hi

anthe onlyquipment'd

lehim haveas his bcker,

and of crse I lehis

stichim we his can

But I nnged hiwith

th tennis ll, a lo

Reallyfter thawe neverhad anproblem

conditiong.

NOUNCER: AnotheOilers

rookie Gnt Fuhr,

e numberne drafthoice,

pected tstart inet.

NOUNCER: In theecond

period t Oilers ess the

Wiipeg tertory andhen

kowich ce up wita break

the Jetoint

ahd streamne.

Rst NHL me,

at I rember is Iost.

From whaI rememb

the me went ay,

buat the e of theday it still aos

not reay a

od way tstart.

Movingorward iI rememb,

thgs turneout pret well.

ANNOUNCE Grety, missehim, ound, toowers!

Ant Fuhr got it.

Count Grant Fr

histle bwing)

playing his fir playoff

load on s should.Great seational ok

And loss onl-.

GRAN If Iemember rrectlywe weninto th

gooff to areallyood star

ANNOUNCE It'sll over,

ood meback bthe Oile team,

and w--.

Wee gonna t oursels

erconfinrouble.we

It's jusa matterf we

I think 'll beatem.

And thenhe Mirac

of Mchester ppened.

Where welew a 5 thing le

in t third piod in L

ANNOUNCE Fiveeconds t play iregulati time,

eve Bozebackhand the

bound arnd Grantuhr's

ds, sendg the

game intovertime

And thcomebackas madecompletet 2:35

first ertime, ryl Evan

scor his fouh goal

of this ries.

--Ese twogoaltends were sry-- Kingwin at 6

in overme wi a win Mday nigh-.ANNOUNR:

NOUNCER: The shotuality

has beenxcellent

bound!

Hecores!

Came bachome andlost 7 to losehe s

Ni defencetruggle.

Lo 6-5, lo 7-4.

So.Didn't ink I wagonna

have a lg careerfter tha

at the Cosseum--

first yr, with e

amnt of wiing thate did,

probablwere a ltle

ckier th we

shou have be.DAVE: It's jusa gr

we had tcome up re

fothe fiftgame,

we knewhat we d to do, we had tforce t

we h to try four-chk

hi and thas what wdid.

WAYNE: They plad well, d they d a

trendous j, and...

They wonhe serie

PORTER: What bt you?

I don't ow, probly the

biggest ing thateat us w

the ct that did notng

fothe 5-noing lead

probly we di't do th

we wou have ha

ree straht wins.

Ha wired owinning: I thineverybo

so t recognion and t

notoety indidually wn't

thatmportant

it was bause of ant andthe ne that weo

angiven nit, you kw,

rowd cheing)

Heas speci in

sense th he coulhave

played beball, h

tablin the rm, he washe bestping

was theest athle

I er playewith.

Rowd cheing)

WAYNE: He was money glie,

just waed to ma a save,

he wast acrobac,

heidn't trto be,

but times hhad

be and could,

cause heas so

naturallathletic

Go opportuty,

at a savby Fuhr.

Grant Fu

movi to his ft,

sh out tharight ha

and saved t goal.

Yodon't wiStanley ps

wiout havi a good alie.

You don'need to a goali

that'soing to n every

ngle gamfor

yo hockey ub,

but u got toake sureyou dot lose

d I thinthat's wt

Grt did, y know,

he wasust a stdy goali

athat all youan ask fowin evy singl

of your alie.

Shot, stped,

hr down!

ANNOUNCE Shoo,

Fuhr made theave!

Stl liningup thehot,

and a eat saveby Gra Fuhr!

As Cude Lemix

goall of tt one.

Rowd cheing)

Saved byrant Fuh

GRANT: I meanou

len differt ways,

and think thbiggestthing s being

doesn'tave to bpretty

or anythg, it's st,

stop t puck.

Ere's alys a wayo find

the way get a l or hand

on i and unt it wentn

tthe t, you dn't quit

Sot times was prey, at

times itasn't ve pretty.

NOUNCER And at was sort of off spe shot,

wasn it?

WAYNE: He was a

incrible teaate.

The eatest tng aboutrant

s when aoal was ored,

and yosee goalnders

today, oeven in e past,

they looat a defceman

or they int theistick,

"I didn'see the ck,

t out ofhe way,"

that sorof thingGrant

just wou reach bk in the

t, grab e puck a throw

to cent ice anday"Let'so."

Oh, I ha a tempe

I a mper, ev as a kit.I mean've alwa

You st don'tet it ou

GRANT: Well, second ar

gooff to aad start

I we to reha my shouer,

had a suery donen the

suer, and habed th

shouer witho really

trning.

So Ias a lite heavycomingnto tra

Whicanthen had hard tityou ofto a verg

gettinhit by t puck,

and I deded I shld

prably sayomethingeally

t good tthe

ns one nht,

anI get a vely

ip down Monkton

Real not a good

the fans bunch ojerks.

I sat m down,

wentown, he ayed,

u know, ing to t minorsbrois a rl good

for somedy, and

wasn the onlguy,

I sent Mk Messieto the

minors o time beuse he

Glen cou have

done onef two thgs.

En couldave kepthim in Eonton,

ANNOUNCE send hiI fe veryrt,

h good forndy Moogmo.

He'sot his cnce--.

First eeriencein the N it was re

anI truly el that wasn't ady for e NHL athat gomy feet the grod,

me, and think Grt's mae a litt differe,

was rea for theHL but he just t off to rough

start st year d it

ver smooed out f him.

Thatear, comg

ba from thminors,

I got chance t

wod have led to, but noas much I

and th Andy pled all

but abou10 minut

Anwe got r over

the Islders.

Unfortately I dn't

t a chan to play

but the samtime, I t to

sewhat theinals we

all out.

It jt lit thfire aga

that y gotta bbetter.

ANNOUNCE

Oh, si

Grant hr makesa greasave her

rd in thcorner!

Grant hr has bn hurt.

Unfortunely I we

out handle e puck a got

caught uin a spowhere and hit shoulde I on t dasher ard.

Couldn'tift my

arm up o my hip,

so unfornately

for me iwas done

ANNOUNCE Andyoog in pce ofrant Fuhwho was big

factorn game nber thre

dy and Iwe playetogether

haone u're parers,!

Sof we botdo wellthen theeam doese

And tw we wereriends,

thinthat washe bigge

thin we wereriends

ago withoutaving hiAnd I uld haveeve

my partr.

GRAN I thk that w realiz that evy game

was goa be har

As dending cmpion yo

don'get any sy night

th all wan everybo

wants beat th

defeing chamon.

D there'Hawerchu

a ll of a ot and

save by ant Fuhr

think itas Pat Bns,

or one othe old me

cohes saidou know,

"Goal nding's %, but i

you n't havet, it's 0 %."

Anto win cmpionshi,

touild a dasty,

you ne great gl tendin

We don'tin the cmpionshi

thate did wiout a gulike

ant Fuhrn the ne

Grant isrobably e

mo unrecogzed supetar

r his abity whenhe

chs are onhe line,

to make at big se, and

those gu in the lers tha

kn it, thedon't ha half

the goalthat theve score

cause Grt Fuhr

de them tter.

Players pick

it up, lk at thaleg save

Excellengoal tenng.

: Ednton,

th were r and gun

ey used eir spee

theysed theiskill,

theyanted toet

in a trackeat,

they lov to

exange chaes,

theynew whathey

d back tre,

and Grt alwaysseemedo, you kw,

riseo the ocsion.

E only te Grant er

sahis defeer or hiteam

mates wain the

dressingoom.

Rowd cheing)

Wahing theilers

were prey big athat time

sohen I waable to e

a y like Gnt Fuhr ay,

and I st wanteto

beike him well.

Maged the ot, oh, beautil save.

GLENN: He wou literal try the plays that

we comingn onim to geit out pt the

ue line, nowing tt

nobo was bacchecking

PAUL: There we games

that we'come in,

up tthe seco period, we'd bin the d

hr'd say"Boys,

Wae's eyes go likehat,

rk, everody, we'just go,

we'd winhe game7-4, hshut theoor.

Thgame, anif you he that

kind of rson andhat kind

competir in thegoal tder posion,

everteam wilhave a gd

oprtunity be succsful

anwe were cky to he

Grt to leaus out othat

essing rm.KEVIN: Yeah, suppose

it the icken anthe egg, did thcamara

oseness me becau

of theictories

or didhe victoes comebecausof the

the caraderie?

We just ayed.

Weidn't lo at it le

30ears fronow we'rgonna

come bk and beoted

e best tm ever.

Weever evethoughtabout ings likth

were ktrng to woknow,

tryiout anpractice

pl the beswe can.

Glenould connuouslysay, y know,

hese areemories u're

ing to he foreve

you n this yr

you' gonna--

Yeah, t we werso younge

we just so of like

"Oh, oy."

GRAN The ay was 6f the st playe in the me.

Every y you gea lesson

so y're watcng what u're

trying tdo on thice,

at they' trying think,

and tryi to readwhat ty're doi,

anyou get tter thaway.

WAYN Nevecomplain that we had fr guys dp or it'

nothing let

two goa late,

becauswe're trng

toet a 7thoal.

Weere luck

that whad him,

d a lot ways I ink

fit intour teamlso.

What we ew of hi

is iit came wn to

crunch te, you kw, and i

the me got t7-6,

he washutting e

do at 7-6,0u know,

and we we winnin

the hoey game.

When he cided

to buckldown,

there wanothing ing in.

(Cro cheerin

I go, I joy myse,

pl as wells I can,

RICH Monenever rely asdre him,

y know,

thers a dimishing

ility ofoney,

like oncyou haveenough tbe comfoable

anhe had me than h

everreamed psible,

the facthat I

could gehim more

Thatould makmaybe hiwife

ppy, mig make meappy,

didn't ed the lelight, he didt want t

but an (cro cheerinhay.

THEORE And en you he the greatestlayer th's ever

played t game, y know,

the greast leadeen mass,

you ow, all ose guysyou

rget howmportanthat guy

was tohat team

rowd cheing)

ANNOUNCE Off thside,

an theyearly woon 2-notng.

His firs2-3 year

in t league,

Grancouldn'titerallyass

e puck fm the go line

and spent t next twd noeel for,

years rking onhooting

the cld pass e puckg

anywherend fire around

the ards.

Menko us to comen the

om all t time ansay

"Fuhy, slow wn,

u're makg me loobad,"

but whs ever gng to

get 14 aists as goalie,

ANNOUNCE And e crowd,

everyby is staing, it's jusunheard.

Hetops it, rant

hr gets e stop.

Onit's kin

of lika finals

and thfact thaeverythi

seem to go rht that ght,

and ifou didn'see

shot it'hit you.

You nged to t a toe, maybe glove on

whe everytng went ght

in big setng.

It's ki of whatyou drm for as ki

Coratulato

(chandhakes.

W do youeel?

Great!

'S the bt feelin

I'vever had.

REPORTER

Two a row.

It sweer

th the lasone?

, Definily

for it's mu sweeter

REPORTER The lers d a sad ty today

e funeraof

Grt Fuhr'sather.

We wereplayinVancouve

And it w right aer,

passed e mornin

of game.two.

Codn't telyou

d I pout the me.t.

NOUNCER: He scos!

What a st by MarMessier.

(Cro cheerin

re goes, the brkaway,

and ved by Gnt Fuhr, and heovers up

secondseft.

Got there ght afte

t again, ife.

And one those tngs

ere theyell you,

well he'got six nths.

Turned to two wks, so.

GRAN

Don'remember thing.

Actuly the oy game Irememb out of

Asrant Fuhdid

the.

Ores!

(Cro cheerin

AnSmitty'soal,

not get d?"e"Oh, howid you

Small rt of mylife athat tim

So notomething was

ally wored about

that

era it w almost,

u probab

woul't miss game.

Grant s very pvate,

he was t type ofuy that,

u know, was abl

to sp on thece,

anlike manof us, setimes

getting the iceelped yo

forgethat happed

ofthe ice,

and I suect that how

ant tread that pticular

ploff year

GRANT: Ah, yo

ho he was oud.

I thk first d foremo,

whicI think

I'd ve got aot morelecturesbout goi

wod have bn.

The wronroad, bu

at theame time

he w of the age

u have tlive youlife.

U have tmake miskes to

find outhey're mtakes.

ANNOUNCE The nter 's tippeby Gavinowe,

here's 2-1-1,

cents it, th score!

Yodon't li to loseT: I thinas a p

I an Glen d

taht us th yeah,

you n't win ery gamebut

u expecto win evy game,

our gro of guys

we dn't likeosing.

It dn't matt whetherou'd

n 10 in row, 15 a row.

Yodidn't le to los

and ys took sses har

(cro cheerin

GLEN Well always id gotenders e the babone

ofour teamn the

the iceor 60 mites.t's thenly guy at

You wiand youlose, anGrant,

won withim

mo of the me.

(**

When I tnk of

playing e Oilers

I'not surehere's abody

o playedhem morehrough

ay defen trying

suppt their alie? All ou offensi.

They jt knew ty had a y

whwould ma the bigave

d if he ppened tlet

e in thed get tw

JAROME Whattood outost iny mind w you kno

wh I wouldream

be in t NHL, wh comment

dicome a l,I'd say"I wanto be in

d ere's nolackll

geezayers inhe NHL,"s,

hocould yonot seeGrant hr righthe

It gavme a lotf streng

and a t of condence.

You knowhe's plang,

he an all-ar,

winng StanleCups, hedefinily meant

in helng me foow my drm.

Landers the d of the run,

e Oilerst the

beginninof their

d that'shen I wa

introded to Grt Fuhr,

anGrant waprobablyhe

fit goalieho was a

incredib athlete

GRANT: Alwaysp agains-.

- Whs up?

Pling golfduring pyoffs,

first ofit gets u away

from theame for ur hours

GLEN

Yeahthat wasa gooddea I thght.

Mean he es out, u relax.

The ole ideaf

pling golfhe afteron of

game in e playof, and

things le that we just,

you ow, he cld back up.

Cit bame a biof them

mystiquef Grant hr.

Sittg besideim in th

lock room anthe medihad

co in, I tnk it waJim

this andhe writefor the

Ednton Joual happed

hat did u do yesrday?"

AnGrant sa

"I wengolfing.

And all e media s in sho

ththday befo game 7.g

One of t writerssaid thim,

"Howany holedid you ay?"

And I'llever fort

AnGrasong as Iive,."

The mea guys we just

in shockt this stement,

d somebo said "H

comeou playe54 holes

And Granjust quily

saidWell, itot dark,

couldn'tlay 72."

And course won 3-1

he sod on hihead.

The bett

team w the cup

(cro cheerin

Th'87 Cana Cup

als, butt the sa time, eah, I ve up a t

And that what go tendingcomes wn to is

thsaves athe rightime.

Cada Cup, 7,

inedibly dficult sies to

be, the Soet Unionthe

chor thawe needeto beat

at team s Grant hr,

d that'she reasowe did.

5, and

what a cebration

GRANT: Try toake

couple ses,

hopefuy you ke

the gas close.

If youeep 'em ose, you

guys a gonna sre some

als evenally.

MA Heanperhaps ene goteworlright noag,

ANNOUNCE

Simplyhe best ere is.

A altenderand 's a gre goalie.

Really braised tbe

AnGrant Fu--.

Rowd cheing)

, as faras I'm ccerned,

the Way Gretzkyof his pition.

(**

GRAN I lod pling everday.

I mean Ihink as goalie

that's wt you wi and you

dream, and evybody's ke

"W, you'reonna getired."

No, you' not

You ess evergame anyy.You prare for

sohy not py every me?

Think th'87-'88 a.m. was

probablyur best ler team

mean I tnk our dth

wathe deeptt yr.

My fst marrie

probly couldave been

a litt bit betr,

buhockey w it,

d that'sust the y it

s, and y live, bathe,

die hock, and th there'sfamilyime aftet

BRIAN: Grant res

r his ki a lot.

I ink the ckey, pling

ckey andeing on e road

a lot, is diffict to

a fathe you kno

at aoung ageGrant stted

aying hoey, and u know,

he was atar, andhen you'

thatthe fs hockeyhe s,

I ink thatrant wasthe mo comfortl

waactuallylaying gl,

anhe was bind his sk.

Lowi)

goalteers in t world, Grant hr appea

coidered o of the st

have iall.

E winners Grant hr.

PORTER: Stanley p ring, cele send to none,

an houred place inhe Hall Fame,

waitinfor him.

T Grant hr, the vinciblehockeylayer waa

Grt Furh, e troubl

humabeing.

Subsnce abuswhile

being a mber of e team.

PORTER: Meanwhe troubl

goal Grant Fr is in

ToroGrant Fu'sth the

drugdmissionould meahis rently repte

a lifeti suspensn for

the Oilenet mino

TheL Presidt Johnlicyleaveshe door

Ziegler punish hr.

M Barretand

ve Stapl of the monton

Journal th brokehis

ory abouGrant Fu's drug

proble, but yohave to e Sportsllustrat

articleto finout abo all e way ba to 19860

and ugs probms.

Whatrompted e breaki

of ts stgelemen? Orni,

M:

Welllike eveone elsewe've ard the

yes about ant, bute

ner had anreal har

eviden, anythi that Unl about month agwe gosome infmation tt we

thought s very vy solidthat Gra had beei

treatmencentre i1989.

Weidn't kn where owhen,

but we ft that iwe could

na that do, we cou

throthe storaround i

His -wife Conne agre to

lk to usnd tell some

things bause of r

coern abouhim.

E story ally

he was gting divced fromEN: Then wt had

his wifeand he h been

firing h agent a they we

upt with h, so thesent

e informion to aeporter

in Edmton.

Itll coinced

rit aroundhat time

Ri and Corne

we good frnds,

Conne... kn the repter,

that cile is ki of how

came ou

ah, we ted

a t to getim help,

tried aot to, y know,

it's typal with coholics

d drug urs, theye

nodoing itright,

"No yore not, u're notright,

ike I'm e point had himested and thoskinds ofhings to

try and lp and tat

let be ford to adm it,

but we ner gen they wrote e story, eah, ld

they h some fas wrong.

Bu..guess at, it'sedia.

And thene had too over te

the urnal, a at the me,

the gentman who ote it w

basilly maki a name

to me i

was alhearsay.

I meanere you' going t

desty this g's repution.

I know Gnt in thend up

admittinthat he d used

so of thistuff.

But he ctainly

wasn't hked on i

Itasn't, hwasn't arug

adct, that for sur

dsportsr any ple that

had moneat that me,

ey're exrimentin

withrugs.

T to sayhat thesguys

re addicd to anying,

just don believeyou can that.

RICH: Force hiinto trement

th Corin's assisnts.

D at thastage, srtly afr that Ias firedyGrant,

o I wasn a to do anhing furer,

and rinne anhe separed,

much afr that,

GRAN I stopd gog at thapoint.

So goingown for e

evaltion pisd me off

a lile bit ain.

But at t same ti,

itas a chae to say

I've stoed.".

Thbiggest snomer iif

you e, that u abuse.

Well, ing a goie and bng

inhe Natiol Hockeyeague,

you can'abuse

because, uess wha

doesn'take it

easier tplay goa

And you looback at e

reco, if I w abusing

the reco wouldn'

haveeen wherit was,

so thas kind othe

fferenceetween t two,

d they h a hard me

dephering tween thtwo

back the

--ve by Grt Fuhr.

GRAN I dot know iit ev really came an sue.

Think pele changtheir

opinionsecause siety was

starng to chge

athat time

and I ink it bame moref

anssue aft everythg had

alreadstopped.

After Dapassed ay at 86, we tooa whole

t somethg you cado if

au're outunning aund.Hence I ayed 75

paying.

RICH: He didt thinkabout s drug ase,

thoughtt was

just druuse.

It's casl, it'srecreaonal,

it'sot a proem.

And mae it wast a I ink he h it morendere itll the te.

Corol thane though

Anwhen us shing hi

to aress it, ike, guy

like is not th big a dl.

Likee missedt, we weren't lping hi

First ofll, therwas

drug teing in t NHL

at thatime.

We h a real tness

program Edmonto

anpart of was tesng.

We dn't findnybody tt

haany illel drugs

their stem.

Get to ronto,

ask the ague,

I sa "Well h

anyby testedim,

have y got anyonclusiv , it wasis own

aittancethat he'been in ris rlly intohis stuf"

GRANT: That te, the Nional

ckey Leae didn'tave

a dr policy.

AnI think ey

dermined, ay, well

we're re to push, we'r

not he to helpnybody.

So they cided bere

I er got tToronto.

PORTER: The Leag could

hand Gra Fuhr a fetime

suspensi for usi drugs, but itrobably n'

hr says 's been f

drs for a ar now,

and thNHL has history

lenicy for pyers whoave

cleaneup theirct.

In ft, in 19 when Tonto

Mae Leaf Bje Salmi

admitti--mewith Zieerhegot on an 8 ga s

foabout 75inutes

thisfternoonno one w

willg to sayuch afteard.

Noomment fm us,

or from ant Fuhr

GRANT: I thinwe werethere ybe 20-2min

think itas abouthe

nextay, Glenalled me

"Go to t office, he says.

"I gotad news.

I'm ke, and en at th

timeidn't thk it wasoing

to be long susnsion.

"They' suspend

you foa year."

ODUCER: You faed no

am or Leue drug st.

How do suspensn fly,

like it uldn't f today.

No

But at tt tiey said"We're gna suspe you,

about relts or athing el.

U can adt it or t

adt it, itoesn't mter,

it's gna happe"I thout I was nna

ve a hea attack.

IWhy everythg kind

cof cominunglued? Pan.you'reot suppod

you don have th mentaltoughns or tha

Thmedia anthe fans theyill beatou down d

confiden, it hasroken gu

and eto ever ay.en ae

FoGrant,

playing Edmonto

havingone so melf, thecity les and ds

Oilersit's whathey livfor

the cit it's Oirs 24/7,

I n see... at grindg

onomebody ke Grant

and u guys suld layof Gra Fuhr f Ye I thinGrant Fu,

's got eugh

oblems ait is.

MAN:) in Edmoon forge thator five ars GranFuhr

monton suld be bind him, not shting hi

I ink thathe peoplof

li a dog.

It's absutely

deplorab that anperson

chooses do drug and I

think hehould beanded th

fullt penalt and

finitelyhould bexpelled

from theeague.

GRAN I me I don'think ybody was to livtheir

lifen the nepaper.

So it'funny wh you talto

ki and talto peoplnow,

th're like"well, i

it hd to livlife

And m like, ah.

You'ren a fishwl.

MAN:--shou be helpg the

y out inead of ting

tI'm disiusioned atds

ganyby with tt kind o

highrofile wld use rs.THEOREN: There is

being spended, ight,

I'veyou knowmy caree r endeas a susnded

hockey pyer.

PORTER: Zieglehanded dn

hiruling ely this ening,

banishg the Oirs net mor

fromhe NHL f one ful

seasontarting day.

I was thfirst on

thateally godragged

I got suended wiout pay.

It w just a at

ou here's e deal,

yThe ague didt

knowhat to d

Antheir fit

thght was punish.

Therwas no wried abo

helpg anybod it was ke,

"oy, you me a miste,

wee going punish u for

th mistakewe don'tare,

don't wt to helyou."

CRAIG: To me, tt's notrewardg a guy r get lp for hself,

bu sendg a messe to somody

who es have problem

justeep quieabout itnd I

mean, itoesn't ge you an

incente to reay clean up.

They wergoing

suspende regardss.

So iwas easi just tosay "Y, I did a

The was rely no

solid evence thathe NHL

could pr"Yeah, y're usin

whto be thfall guynd nobo wants

RICH So l's do th publ relatio thing,

let'just picon thisguy, andhat was

cause th must

ve killehim,

to be tan away fm the

thing heoves so ch.

Suspendomebodylike Gra, bad miak

t... hardime.

GRANT: Glen h come

up with plan,

"well, y can't pctice buwe'd likyou to work outvery day

I workeout twica day,

and the ague camback and

sa "Well, 've decid

yove been der good

behaviou we're gna

cuit to 40ames."

PORTER: And aryou preped

toandle althese qutions

about dr abuse,

d the throh and holong do u thk you'reoing to ve to

Ahit'll prably sta

'tilou get aund the ague

oncer twice, nd then 's

goa slowlyade awaynto

thdarknessso it'lle

therfor a lile while

t it's sething tt I haveto livwith andt

bad toive withnymore.

The Natial Hocke

Leag fans we fabulou

and ri, so thawasledat oncand a wh

whenthing dierent.itg

But somef the Amican

ague cits were aittle

more hdcore,

little rgher.

D ifANNOCER: it

--few boo-s are ou

Th check i gets

wnt to thnet,.

Jus--ske, Lemiewas

blockewith shot,r.ANNOUNR:

d a fineave by Fr.Here'she--.

Rowd cheing)

Fuous backnd

anFuhr sto it!

(Cro cheerin

Grt Fuhr h

return to the tional

Hoey Leagu and--

ANNOUNCE

--of h career.

At a retn for Grt Fuhr.

Think

monton's great cy.One, ty live, brea

I think at's theiggest

thing ist's a hoey city

firsand forest, and ah,

ere's so challens to

playinin Edmonn,

buat the se time,

if you'rcommitte

to wt you'reoing,

: A ockbustetrade between e Edmont Oilers it also anasy ci to playn.

And Tonto MaplLeaves.

TSN contted Leaf

genel manageCliff Flcher

to finard it n w

cfor the weeks,

there's more

rcond gueing,,

there'no more ndering.

But onhe otherand,

it hard toay goodb.

GRANT: When I w tradedfrom t Oilers t

thiBualso at e sameas me growi up as aid,

you get watch Mtreal

Toronton TV,

so I w a Leafsfan at t time,

so thepportuni to

play foToronto,

go play Maple Lf Garden

kindf took se of theting

t of it.

U're gon move arnd a

ttle bitnd move some

fferent ams, and thoughtI'd have longer

Buffal but it dn't

rk out tt way.

You ke movest the

end of yr career

unfortately th's

hothe gameorks.

NOUNCER: Grant hr who w

achpionshipwill staesfirst ur Stanl

tomorrowgainst t Oilers.

He's hing to

return this form

I ess withhe

oppounity, swing up,

it may ba good te

totake a cim here,

pl show pele I canstill pl for nexy

any is made meealizeo be backup y.

That if m going continu

, I can st kind

sett for whe I am,

or Ian push self

be bett again.

GRANT: That washe goal s toush myse to be bter.

So I hadt got tohe pointwhere wanted

justet.

ANNOUNCE Five ge winnin Ohhat a sa by FuhrANNOUNR:

What a gat save.

Bob Barrand

were in w York,

aabout thpossibilyevw

anofoming tohe blues

d this lge vehic went

Bob and as we s in

outdoorafe.

The eaks scrmed on, d

oujumps Jat and

Wae Gretzk

d I'm taing abouour

am and blding outeam,

and e possibity

hiring goalie.

EI said "u'rentFuhr'sour goal."

Solutelyight."

And at's howrant

hr got tSt Louis

WAYN Whenike saido me,

"Should sign him

ain, he'the bestgoalieho ever ved

I said "e you cry?

D so whehe

was St Loui

he wass good aor bette

than Iver saw m play.

MIKE: Grant wawithout job.

Mike bris him in camp an suspds him bause he s out shape,

we didn knowhat we we gettin

ore're loong at a y that

was at t end of e trail.

So he shs up,

he's notn shape,

I d send h home,

and I sa

rantanyou're rdy to pl, g

th you're r goalteer."

Atirst I tnk

heas gonnayou know

releashim of h contrac

bfito play u can reasethere you're t

a guy om his ctract,

and you ow,

we didn'want thato happe

When Fuhy showedup to aining cp i

heas a lite hefty.

(Laughin

t clcalland I godemotedtdown tthe bike

t quite t sent he,

practiceand Fuhr walkedon thereadmill

abou10-12 da, and th

he gotack to pctice.

MIKE: I remod him fr the

am untile lost t weight

d then hcame

gas playedy a goalnder a cord forhe nu

inis seaso

ANNOUNCE

--ale he shos, oh!

Hr!

I think at happed

wi Grhis n epipha.He was jt like, he

His innecompetiteness wa

whatrove himo get in

she again, nd proveto evebody tha"he

I'm on good te, I've g

a guthat stu his necout

d broughme here, and I beeve in mel

and u watch is."

It a threeon twoit's--.

Saveand

big one r Fuhr.

Latebacally I uldr,

ll it abe almost

He playeevery sile game, and wod play

hievery ga.

Throh the ploffs.

Grt was onof thoseguys tt said"

I'm ok, okay tplay,"

but he wld play rt.

Itas tougho pull heone eycovered

onout a hockegame.

He was t toughesgoalie

Ibeuse he w so goodWAYNE: Nothing at

He lovedo play.

The beau of thatas

ifou talk the St uis

gu, they'day

"Welno wondeyou guys

n all the cups.

This g's unbelvable."

Likee knew i right?

But you ow, you t all

these otr guys pying wit

him, ty're lik

"Thiguy's unlievable

Every sile night

and th the manrisms.

They're oking atim goinglike "Ohhe's not

he's jt kind o

doing is thing

but he'sBuit was..oesngrubberike it'so

surprisme?

No.

At's a l of game

to plain a row

GRAN St Lou,

we wer havi a prettgood yea

ANNOUNCE --brkaway, oots, ohbaby,

at a savby Fuhr!

JIM: Playedreat d a greateam in Louis,

and we ce reall th St Los,

close at year, nd you d't

reize how od an atete

and a ckey plar someon lent lev isurpsed me aittle bi.

Justow easy made

it look, ou know,

he g the penlum

ing withis stick

and I me I used

marv in pracce,

he'd juskind of it for

you and st... tun tunk,

I me it was real.

Could sse wherethe pl was goi and

e pass, d

it stoppedy Fuhr.

Oh, what stop byrant Fuh

I ve nothi

but adration, ced his mons

and has de a comack, andnot on made a

he gotack to t top of s Ohhe is roed,

solutelyobbed byuhr!

GRANT: The playfs got d collion withick and eygood a then w crse,

and re an AC MCL,

which foa littlehile I

thought might beble to

play wh, but aarently

doest work sgood thaway.

Ug a hocke

play, rst and remost,

a hockeylay.

I want to crea somethi,

so havoc ifront ofhe net.

Did it bause

ris Pronr who wathere,

and osscheck me, andit's alay tha

countls amountf times, every ti I've d

goalteers haveotten

and finhed the me,

and wereever evehurt

the extd where ant,

unfortunely, coun't fini

the sees and h major

surgery his kne

CHRI I rember pusng Kyeos to t right,

and hisomehow ving lef

I'm nosure howhat happs.It wasefinite

unrtunate tuation.

Ankfullyobody bled me.

I an it's derstandle, en mfault agn.G

ayoffs y fall onoalies.

It hpens.

Dihe mean hurt

me, not ally.

But athe same me did h And could sahe

was mAt t obably mleasttt.t thatime, th's

favori person.

Obously hiright le

he's n gonna me it

the dreing room

thinjury ourred, a I

thk you cod tell hknew

someing was ong,

anthen theunny par

or n so funnpart, ise

wagonna we a brace

and ay!

Legit wted to py and

ey were ke, you ow,

"You can play."

This is t gonna rk.

And u know, think

at was cshing toim.

The The seas that Grtuis

whad, e was on missionAL:

and I lt we haa team

capable winning

a Stley Cup.

I kn the dous and fe you

ve in yo mind cong back,

peciallylaying aositionwhere u're cona

on yr knees e way

he playe up down

havi to relyn his

eed, andis quickss,

that an imprsive tot,

pling 73 ges afterlowing

out ur ACL, 36 yearold.

AL

You ow, realing howhard iis to r

as iressive it

to play9 games,

to py 73 aft surgeryhe

folling yearas to be

morempressiv

PRODUCER GRAN Probab playingthe

79ames outf 8 What your prdest recd?

Mean I tnk betwe that

and I thk there'only may

one alie thahas

re Stanl Cups.

76 ia row wa

fun,9 was grt.I'm prd of tho b

durabili even asn old ma

I thoughI wouldretiren St Lou.

TThoughI could obably play oneore yearto

I thout the bo would

hold outor anoth year.

JAROME I on got to ay wi him forne year,

but u could e he wasa reallyood team

reallyood pers, playedwith aot of di

alies ov the yea,

and ere's a riety of

personities asyou cod imagin

Some geteally, y could s

theme get rlly quie t,

He didn'really cnge, JIM:

Nothinreally g uundeeath hiskin.

Heas cool der

prsure andandled i

anthe crearose to e top.

In comtitions, here's

some may, I meanisten,,

GranFuhr's n the

eatest glie ever

but the's nobo better.

Ifou look

goalending tay,

erybody'about stistics

and thisnd that.

Athe end othe day en youtisc that sll m

go to netiate a ntract,

FRED For watchinhim,

itwasn'tbout a c whatWi and loss?

It w just abt

how od he wa

and at impache

ma to the ague,

d just bng one othe

st goali out the.

VerThis timshe kindf howimportt his m

wbsurrdered a ttle bit

was gooand it w bad.

I mean s wasn't ffering, so thas the g

t, it's ill yourom.

Anshe wenthrough t wholenowhe saw t who

rigmfunItas alwayero

anenothg but suort.d.Even tn.

Niffs)

(**

Let's saI retire

one, ecause Ias old.

Think thbiggest ing

s the bo was don

I meanhe kneehad be chewed.

Spent mo time inn ice tub withce on myody

than Iid on thice,

it was me.

I an it wastartingo

we on the nd a lite bit,

d I thinas an atete,

en you cmb the hl and

u realizthat youcan't t any beer,

and thin were on

gointo get wse,

at you he to mak

a desion it'time.

Pplause)

ANNOUNCE Theant Fuhrn theameis pleed to in ayer Catory.

(Applaus

We had auge

mily in monton,

d it wasll a tea

But...

And think th's why

we were ccessful

I'like to ank

llie O'R, I mean

it's an tra specl honourto be e first

And just shs that hkey

isuch a dirse spor

thatnybody c be succsful

it, and'm proudf that.

I'd li to thanmy famil

KendylRochelleson RJ,

daught Janine,

hey I'm pret much maied the gamof hocke.They me the bisa

I meanhat's

first anforemost

that's pbably ouwife

the gamof hocke

And theyind of te

a ck seat that.

So I tnk them r that.

Thanyou.

(Applaus

I ink thatrant is

way tter fatr now th

hever was.

Loves h kids, a I thinkas he s more

to them nstantlys

amera flhes)

BRIA I thk the tr sign of what ant has come as

a pers is matung, is

I was raed to doGRANT: It's sething

mean I eoy goingout anhelping her

athinwas ingrned in mwhen

andwas a kithat youaI

ve to gi back.

E Centenals Greast

Teamas a gre honour,

If you lk at ourpan fromthe ti I star

play wi those gs.

Thrco throughhe city, ave

t a chan to playere,e

e splacto play th aI

cotter gro of guysr

hrsy's lking inbetterhape now-da

than hwas backhen.

Ain't th frighteng?

At year s it thawe

hato wear e weightag?

GRANT: Oh, send year, unning u

and do all thetairs.

Ad we di't

ha this buding.

(Laughin

u were t first

star, thfirst fo games.

E first ur games

MAN 2: It justakes awhile get intit.

N:

Hifault.

GRANT: There re no myeries

to what nd of te we were

mean I tnk that s the

nd of a n and guteam, veryby knew wwer

and the ct that learnedto plagood def

I me we weret

bad fensivel

but weidn't pl defence

I get asd all th

timehat it'sike havi him

as a d, and I ver knowow

tonswer itecause y don't

ow anythg else.

CHELLE: He's jt our da

're justwaiting Marty.

E world sn't chaed.

GRT: WeIt good torrekind the ban having uout, Fuhy.

It is.

GRAN And the ggest thg that I've tak away fr it is

there's many go

peop in the me.

Fe's gooright no

I mean think is you g a chancto lookback ayour lifan at's sti out the for

u, and I happy wh

whe I am ilife.

Yeah, I' still g some

ings I'dike to dand

such, buI'm goodwith wre I'm a

I'd li to playgain, buI

knowhat's nogonna haen so.

What I'deally li to getback io the ho

I'like to t back o

the icand teacagain.

One youotta plaTY: Fuhrsythis

ree.

That's t rumour, ike I wa

tellg my kidthe otheday,

great plers knowwhen tplay, rit? Li

You mit, whater,

fit seconderiod,

bucome thehird perd in a

tightupy five bore thaty.GRANT: Well

Wh's that?

GRANT: I usuay give u-.

Ll know,e'd gi up fivereakaway

ODUCER: Do youhink Gra

woultrade a uple of

Stanley p Champiships fo

a suessful p golf caer?

PAUL

No.

, He ain givingthose ampionshs u

They'rtoo hardo get.

StanleCup for pro in gf? No.

WHe went the icenley

anotr he sll has--Fu.

Rowd cheing)

NOUNCER: And thpuck

llowed h about aecond

lateand he soped it.

Grant Fu is the n

ofhe hour far.

KEVIN: One ofhose guythat

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we by far e better

hockey pyers.

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for ery puck

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d there sn't oneame that

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lead us t of theressing

room thaI didn'teel thatwe were ways gon

his veryest.

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peopleou'll ev meet.

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after u leave e game.

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when wfirst drted him, to becing one

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rst blacguy to g in the

ckey Halof Fame.

NOUNCER:--Stoppe

by Gnt Fuhr!

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agait him inhe beginng,

and w we've veloped is

retionshipver the ars

th worked t prettywell f both ofs

fe's gon turn ou

rowd cheing)

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Can't beeve it tt

Grt Fuhr his hangi on.