After his two-day NHL summit in Toronto last December “became a benchmark from which evolved the sweeping reforms that opened up hockey and produced the new NHL,” Red Wings LW BRENDAN SHANAHAN tops the Toronto GLOBE & MAIL’s list of Canada’s 25 most powerful sports figures for ’05. In Toronto, William Houston wrote, “Of all the stories this year, the Shanahan summit will have the longest and most profound impact on the way a Canadian sport is played.” The following is the entire list (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 12/14):
| CANADA'S MOST POWERFUL SPORTS FIGURES |
| Red Wings LW Brendan Shanahan |
| NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly |
| Suns G Steve Nash |
| Bell Globemedia President & CEO Ivan Fecan |
| Canucks C & NHLPA President Trevor Linden |
| VANOC CEO John Furlong |
| NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman |
| NHLPA Exec Dir Ted Saskin |
| Swimming Canada CEO Pierre Lafontaine |
| High school football player D'Arcy McKeown |
| CFL Eskimos President & CEO Hugh Campbell |
| Senators GM John Muckler |
| Penguins C Sidney Crosby |
| CFL Argonauts QB Damon Allen |
| Coyotes General Managing Partner & coach Wayne Gretzky |
| WTA Tour President Stacey Allaster |
| Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi |
| Former NHLPA VP Trent Klatt |
| Rogers Communications Founder & Chair Ted Rogers |
| CFL Argonauts President & CEO Keith Pelley |
| Hockey agent Don Meehan |
| CBC reporter Bob McKeown |
| Pirates LF Jason Bay |
| Hudson's Bay CEO George Heller |
| Late Blue Jays radio announcer Tom Cheek |
THIN ICE: Also in Toronto, James Christie writes former NHLPA Exec Dir
BOB GOODENOW “landed in the ... pit of lost opportunities with the biggest thud” in ’05. Goodenow “plunged” from being rated 1-2 with Bettman on the ’04 list (
Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 12/15).
