“This can’t be the same guy.”
It’s Vancouver in the 70’s and the city’s sports stars were in attendance at a charity event. Bob Lenarduzzi of the Whitecaps, Jack McIlhargey and Harold Snepsts of the Canucks, and Al Wilson of the Lions were representing their clubs, and Lenarduzzi meets McIlhargey for the first time after having only watched the bruiser defenceman on TV.
“He was a fighter on the ice, I had only known him from watching him play. When I first met him, I thought, this is a totally different guy! He seemed the farthest thing from his on-ice persona,” remembers Lenarduzzi fondly.