Helen Edwards has been a fan of professional hockey in Victoria since the 1950s when a local radio station offered tickets to Victoria Cougars games for a nickel. She was a season ticket holder for the Victoria Maple Leafs and later for the Victoria Salmon Kings. Spurred by the demise of the Salmon Kings and the death of Bill Shvetz who had played defence for the Victoria Maple Leafs, she embarked on an ambitious project to document the stories of the 483 men to play at least one game for a Victoria team. After over seven years of meticulous research, the book is finally complete.
Helen is an architectural historian by training but was able to combine her two passions, historical research and hockey, to bring to life long-forgotten stories about personalities who deserve to be known to today’s hockey fans. She has lived in Victoria, BC all her life and is married with four children and three surviving grandchildren.
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