Book cover for Bearcat Murray: From Ol' Potlicker to Calgary Flames Legend by Jim Murray and George Johnson

Bearcat Murray

From Ol' Potlicker to Calgary Flames Legend

2021 Released
288 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Triumph Books (IL)ISBN 9781629379142
Jim "Bearcat" Murray knows what it means to live and breathe Calgary Flames hockey, and he's carved out his own spot in team history as an unforgettable character. The young man from Okotoks who once dreamed of becoming a jockey found his calling as the Flames' longtime athletic trainer, went on to sip beer from the Stanley Cup, and later was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame.

Murray now reflects on decades of incredible memories, from the Flames' earliest days after moving to Calgary in 1980, to the glory years of Lanny McDonald and Theo Fleury, to the madcap sequence of events that inspired a group of Boston Bruin fans to create The Bearcat Murray Fan Club.

Packed with countless unforgettable gems, this rollicking tour of Flames history is essential reading for all fans.

Jim Murray

Jim Murray has illustrated several strips for The Galaxy's Greatest Comic including Judge Dredd, Harmony, Batman/Judge Dredd and Sláine.

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George Johnson

George M. Johnson is an award-winning writer, fascinated by the more visual (and collaborative) forms of writing: drama, screenwriting, and picture books. His first picture book, How Hope Became An Activist (Dixi Books) was a Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Awards Montaigne Medal for the most thought-provoking books in all genres. Marisa and the Mountains was a starred selection in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids, and it is a Finalist in the Chocolate Lily Book Awards. Sophia's Secrets won the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association Children's Story competition. Dawn Burn is a painter, with a Masters Degree in Visual Art, who took a leap of faith in 2020, retiring early from a career as a highschool art teacher to pursue her life fulfillment goal. Since retiring Dawn has realized what was creatively possible of her love of art, books, and education, while illustrating Aldo Renaldo and the Renegade Alphabet. Dawn has also used the experience of her own empowerment, to become a certified Life Empowerment Coach, and speaker, engaging others in their own momentum for change, and personal fulfillment.

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