Rob Blake

I think Modano went early, and Mike went first that year.

I've got to get this picture now.

No, it was amazing room to walk into.

Um, you know, Larry, I played with quite a bit there.

Uh, the one guy that, you know, was close to where I grew up was Marty McSorley grew up in Cuga.

So once he knew I was from Simcoe and, and Wayne was from Brantford, we're all pretty close.

And, you know, Marty was single and he was always good to the young guys.

And, and that's how I kind of ended up in Manhattan beach.

So as soon as I got here, he's like, Hey, you gotta, you gotta look down by the beach.

Our, our practice rink was a little bit away, but he said, you want to, you want to live down by the beach.

And it's been that way forever.

So he was, uh,

He was a real important figure early on just in helping me understand what the NHL was all about.

Well, what did you buy a double lot or something?

I got lucky there.

I, yeah, I was living on the strand.

I was in a smaller, uh, you know, single little at the time was just beach Tom, you know, it was a little beach homes and everything, you know, with this,

was 30 years ago now and uh yeah i got fortunate got one beside me and yeah good thing i got in then because i wouldn't be getting in now yeah good for you you deserve it when you came in or even in college were you always like because you were known for your hits it wasn't just the offense like was that always a part of your game no not really i think i told this one day um

So in college, I had shoulder surgery, one shoulder surgery.

My second or third year of pro in the NHL, I had another one.