Howie Meeker dies on Saturday at the age of 97. He was an inspiration to many, not only those who wanted to play hockey, but those who wanted to be on TV and talk about hockey.
Meeker played for the Maple Leafs from 1946 to 1953 but became a national icon after that when he was a member of the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team and his famous Telestrator work which broke down hockey plays for the audience in ways which simply had not been done by anyone until that point in time for hockey.