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Ted Nolan conducts a youth hockey camp in northern Ontario (Photo: courtesy Ted Nolan)
Ted Nolan’s home on the Garden River First Nation reserve in northern Ontario didn’t have electricity or running water, but it did have a hockey rink in the backyard that Nolan built to satisfy his own passion to play. That passion grew into a successful hockey playing and coaching career that included the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year. In his book, Life in Two Worlds: A Coach’s Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back, Nolan recounts both pride in his Indigenous identity and overt racism as he worked to excel in his sport.
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Ted Nolan (Garden River First Nation), President of 3Nolans, former NHL player, award-winning NHL coach, and former Olympian
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I loved the segment with Ted Nolan. I am going to buy my Nephew, Dylan, his book. My niece and nephew both play hockey and are members of the Spokane Tribe in Washington State. My nephew is going to school in Minnesota so that he has the best chance of getting drafted. He has been drafted to the minor leagues.
Ted is a great inspiration.