The last line of Real Turcotte's obituary was a fitting epitaph for one of Michigan's hockey pioneers.
"The family . . . would like to remind you to 'practice your moves 10 minutes a day.'"
Turcotte, a former Michigan State forward who designed a systematic approach to teaching skills like stickhandling and puck control at his hockey schools in the state and across the country for nearly 50 years and who helped develop generations of American stars in the National Hockey League, died June 15, 2020, at age 79 of congestive heart failure.