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2013.55.2 B |
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Video Recording |
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Don Awrey Interview 2006 |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Don Awrey, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 2005, born in Kitchener, Ontario, talks about the 1972 Summit Series. Don describes being invited to the training camp without guaranteeing that he would play. He also explains that going into the Summit Series against the USSR, he had no idea it would become such an enduring and celebrated legacy, only that there would be eight exhibition games. Don describes playing games one and four and how he felt the pressure to win even when watching the other games from the stands. Don is also asked questions geared towards youth. He talks about life lessons, the importance of learning how to be a good loser, and how he respects small ice hockey players who have to work hard to play against larger players. Don explains, "you need passion for whatever you do…to be the best possible." Entrevue avec Don Awrey, 20 septembre 2006. MP4 numérisé à partir d'une DVCAM 40 Advanced ME de Sony. Temps de visionnement : 00:23:45. Don Awrey, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 2005 et est né à Kitchener, en Ontario. Il parle de la Série du siècle de 1972. Don décrit comment il a été invité au camp d'entraînement sans garantie qu'il jouerait. Il explique également qu'au moment d'entamer la Série du siècle contre l'URSS, il n'avait pas la moindre idée que cette série aurait un héritage aussi durable et reconnu. Tout ce qu'il savait c'est qu'il y aurait huit matchs d'exhibition. Don décrit le premier et le quatrième match et comment il ressentait la pression de gagner même en regardant les autres matchs depuis les gradins. On pose également à Don des questions portant sur les jeunes. Il parle de leçons de vie, de l'importance d'apprendre à bien perdre et de son respect pour les joueurs de hockey de petite taille, qui doivent travailler dur pour jouer contre des joueurs plus costauds qu'eux. Don explique : " Vous avez besoin de passion pour tout ce que vous faites… pour être le meilleur possible. " |
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Don Awrey interview, 20 September 2006, Digitized MP4 from Sony 40 Advanced ME DVCAM. Total viewing time 00:23:45. 1:30 Invitation to the training camp was no guarantee that he would be one the team but he played so well that they could not have kept him out; no one had any idea at the time that it was going to be so big - he considered it to be an exhibition series 3:22His defense partner was Rod Seiling, another defensive defenceman; they were put together as they were the odd men out, other players had already been paired as they had played together before, they complimented each other and played well together; talks of the best of the league and yes there were some egos there 6:58Talks about the poor scouting reports on the Russians; "they were confusing to us a little but it was up to us to adjust. I guess we didn't realize how good a shape they were in and we weren't in the best of shape. We were only together as a team, doing off-ice and on-ice conditioning for maybe a couple of weeks. The longer we were on the ice together and doing our conditioning and working together as a team, then we started to gel". 8:27Talks about playing only in Game 1 and Game 4 and sitting in the stands behind the bench in the other games and feeling like they were back in the game; they were devastated at the loss of Game 1 by such a large margin 10:05"we went from favourites to underdogs. We all played enough hockey to realize that tides can change. We know we have another 4 games in Russia, in Moscow, so we have to regroup, which we did, and there was no quitting to us. We made up our minds that we were going to go out there and do the best we could. That didn't mean we were going to win, but we were going to give it our best and certainly not be called quitters." 11:18Did he consider the Russians to be cocky? "No, we never detected any of that. (11:39) We just knew our back were against the wall and we had to come out fighting. And we did. We were lucky to get out of this". 12:20Talks about the difference in playing hockey then and now. 13:02Talks again about being in the stands when not playing and playing every shift with them 13:56When asked if they know how big Henderson's goal was: they knew people were watching by the telegrams on the wall. When they came back they played with their regular teams and being in Boston he did hear as much about the series. 15:12When asked how he felt about playing against his Team Canada team mates he pulled up a bit on those because they were something special to him 16:10What was your best memory of the series? Being asked to participate. 30 years later still talking about it, who would ever have thought that. 17:30What is the most important life lesson you learned from sport? "You have to have discipline in life." 18:12What do you learn more from, winning or losing? "You have to learn to be a good loser because if you take that with you, wouldn't you make all people who surround you miserable if you carried that losing nastiness about you. To be a good winner you have to be a good loser." 19:39Who do you respect most in the world of sports? "The little hockey player that is playing in a big man's game (referring to the difference in height and weight). 20:48In reference to the will to win or just to play: "You need passion at whatever you do. It's part of being an athlete that goes to the next level. You need passion, that desire to win, even if you are not an athlete. Carry it on to become whatever the case may be and have that passion to be the best possible with best possible results." |
Date |
2006/09/20 |
People |
Awrey, Don Esposito, Phil |
Search Terms |
1792 Summit Series Team Canada 1972 Don Awrey Interview Ice hockey Hockey Team Canada |