For a brief shining moment Derek Sanderson was the highest paid professional athlete in the world.
Not too long after, he was a has-been.
But in between this and that, he was my hockey idol.
I don't recall if he actually wore the white skates, but I definitely remember him talking about it. Lacing up a pair of white skates was gonna be a red flag for the opposing team. After all, white skates were girlie skates. Figure skates.
By pulling on a pair of figure skates he was not-so-subtly telling the opposing side that even girls could whup 'em. That would have the effect of discombobulating the other side even before the opening face-off.
Sheer genius!
I was so impressed that I looked for a pair of white size 12 hockey skates myself, the better to intimidate the opposition in the second or third tier of industrial league hockey I played at the time.
No luck.
Did find a pair of white hockey gloves though.
If they ever intimidated anyone, I never noticed.
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