ICE HOCKEY: Expert 'hand' guiding giants.(Sport)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: November 11, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: RICHARD BULLICK

RICHARD BULLICK talks to Belfast Giants coach TONY HAND about life as an ice hockey legend TONY Hand is living proof that British boys can make a name for themselves in ice hockey.

The Belfast Giants' Scottish supremo is universally acknowledged as the top man these islands have ever produced in the sport and was duly decorated by the Queen when awarded ice hockey's first ever MBE last year.

Still playing professionally at the age of 37, Hand is holding his own on the ice as well as presiding over what is proving a successful season for the ...

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