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About the Author

T
odd Millar was formally involved with one of the most successful Private Equity transactions in the history of Bain Capital – the acquisition of SuperPages Canada for $1.9 billion dollars, and less than a year later, its sale for $2.6 billion dollars. After 25 years in senior executive positions in the petroleum, telecommunications, and advertising industries, Millar is now a national speaker and executive coach, as well as immediate Past-President of the world’s largest hockey association, Hockey Calgary. He has been involved in a number of volunteer organizations, including various hockey organizations, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Calgary Stampede and the National Adoption Association.

If you can’t find Millar on the ice officiating a hockey game, he might be scuba diving, climbing to Base Camp of Everest or zip lining across a rain forest.

Find out more at
www.toddmillarspeaking.com

Acknowledgments

Thank you to: the Hockey Calgary Board of Directors; Kirk Reynolds, Past-GM of Hockey Calgary; the Hockey Calgary staff; countless volunteers in “Group #1”; Hockey Canada (specifically Bob Nicholson and Paul Carson for their leadership); the hockey branches across Canada, specifically: Hockey Alberta, Central Zone Executive, and the officials of CZRC; Dr. Carolyn Emery and her team; all of the great professionals calling attention to safety aspects in the game for the benefit of the children; Provoke and Trudy White-Matthews; Wayne McNeil and Sheldon Kennedy, for their work with Respect in Sport; Safer Hockey Canada (especially Andrea Winarski and all of her supporters, for their commitment and dedication); all of the parents who support their children in minor hockey; most importantly, the children who just want to play the game.

Useful Resources

WEBSITES

http://www.thinkfirst.ca

http://www.stopconcussions.com

http://www.playitcoolhockey.com

http://www.biac-aclc.ca

http://www.cdc.gov/concussion

http://www.sportslegacy.org

http://www.momsteam.com

MORE RESOURCES

Please visit
www.toddmillarspeaking.com/hockey
for more resources, and
www.toddmillarspeaking.com/blog
for news and updates about the body checking debate and much more.