The Great Defender

 LARRY ROBINSON is the Associate Coach of the San Jose Sharks. This inducted member of the Hockey Hall of Fame played seventeen seasons with the Montreal Canadiens and 3 seasons with the Los Angeles Kings. He hung up his skates after having won 6 Stanley Cups, then went on to coach with the Kings, and then coached the NJ Devils to a Stanley Cup Championship before joining the Sharks in the summer of 2013. This Norris Trophy winner is widely regarded as one of the greatest defencemen to ever play in the NHL. KEVIN SHEA is a noted hockey historian and Globe and Mail bestselling author. He sits on the Toronto Maple Leafs Historical Committee, is the Hockey Hall of Fame's writer, teaches hockey history at Toronto's Seneca College and is a frequent contributor to various publications, including The Hockey News. A Leafs' season ticket subscriber since 1984, Shea's passion for the Blue and White is immense, dating back to the origins of the franchise. He co-wrote Derek Sanderson's bestselling memoir, Crossing the Line, and is the author of Toronto Maple Leafs: Diary of a Dynasty, 1957-1967, Barilko: Without a Trace, Centre Ice, A Fan For All Seasons, and Over the Boards. Shea is the Associate Director of Public Relations at The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and lives with his wife Nancy in Ajax, Ontario.