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The Old Goalie Skates

By: tom holmes
Narrated by: Adrian Newcastle
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Summary

A boy gets a pair of old rusty goalie skates for Christmas. This is a present the boy will treasure forever. "The Old Goalie Skates" was written up in the sports section of the Montreal Gazette, the oldest newspaper in North America. It was written up as a spotlight story, meaning it was the best sports story of the day. The title of the article was "Sharing a Sacred Hockey Bond". This story also won the Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award.

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