Stan Fischler entered the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday, enshrined there after a career in sports media that has spanned seven decades and continues on today with a new gig at The Hockey News.
"There's also a sentimental aspect to it that," said the 89-year-old. "I was an original THN subscriber since 1947 and still have a bound version of those magazines and bound books for every season through 1962. The Hockey News is part of my metabolism."
Nicknamed "The Maven," Fischler has written more than 100 books -- including his latest, "Tales of Brooklyn" -- and has had a professorial presence in the New York hockey media as a television reporter and analyst.