Hockey: A People's History A Simple Game (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, Sport

Hockey: A People's History

A Simple Game (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, Sport

A hockey puck is dropped for the first time in 1875. A young country of Canada, along with patrons like Lord Stanley of Preston, suddenly have a new passion.

Director

Laine Drewery

Writer

Laine Drewery

Producers

Wayne Chong (producer) | Laine Drewery (producer)

Composers

Claude Desjardins | Eric Robertson (as Eric N. Robertson)

Cinematographer

Maurice Chabot (director of photography)

Editor

Sheldon Beldick

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 17, 2006

Release date

Sep 17, 2006 (Canada)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Carlson Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Warehouse 13 (2009)
Oliver Dennis Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	American Hangman (2019)
Marc Donato Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	White Oleander (2002)
Matthew Ferguson James Creighton James Creighton See fewer	La Femme Nikita (1997)
Paul Gross Narrator Narrator See fewer	Due South (1994)
Mark Hewitt Frank McGee Frank McGee See fewer	Hockey: A People's History (2006)
Darren Keay Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Misadventures of Tron Bonne (1999)
Geoffrey Pounsett Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Grand Army (2020)
Michael Spencer-Davis Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Flash of Genius (2008)
Keavin Stanford-Finnerty Frank McGee Frank McGee See fewer	Hockey: A People's History (2006)