Globe and Mail
CBC spares no expense for series on Canada’s game
“…The first episode is closer to being a slick docudrama than a well-developed report on hockey’s early years…. Some of the commentary is excellent. Michael McKinley and Erik Zweig, journalists who have written books on hockey, bring plenty of smarts and enthusiasm to the narrative.”
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In the whole column, Houston is still pretty snotty, focusing on the expense of the project and comparing the character-voice conceit to Ken Burns’ work. Er, was he born when Canada: A People’s History was around? Same people, dude. And if he makes a point of not saying anything else until he’s seen all of the episodes, why did he bother now? To get in some early shots? I’m outside the Broadcast Centre and I’ve seen the whole thing; it has its missteps, grandiose moments and melodrama. But it’s the freakin’ People’s History! Everybody get a helmet…again.