Wanting to hear from local fans, who like myself spent many a night in chilled arenas in the across the city watching local standouts at every level, so I also reached out to a number of friends and acquaintances to hear their thoughts to further the fan’s perspective.
With this in mind, we contacted a number of local products from Thunder Bay home who have spent many a year involved in the game, and asked them the following two questions:
1. Who was your favourite local player, or someone from the city who played at any level, that you admired growing up?
2. Who do you think the best player from your era, or otherwise, from Thunder Bay was and why?
Listed below are the thoughts of a local products as to who their favourites and best players were: