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hockeygodMONTREAL HOCKEY WRITER RED FISHER CALLS IT A CAREER
TSN.CA STAFF, June 8 2012
One of hockey's most well-known writers is calling it a career, as the Montreal Gazette announced Friday that columnist Red Fisher is retiring after six decades of covering the Canadiens.
Fisher started his career with The Montreal Star in March of 1954 and his very first assignment on the Canadiens beat was covering the Richard Riot the following season. He was The Star's hockey writer and columnist and its sports editor from 1969 to 1979.
He then joined The Gazette as sports editor and served in that capacity for several years.
Fisher, 85, won the National Newspaper Award for sportswriting in 1971 and 1991 and has been nominated for award on two other occasions. He was also the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Sports Media Canada in 1999.
Fisher covered the Canadiens for 17 of the club's 24 Stanley Cup victories.
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