I have been very disciplined about writing for at least 2 hours a day. If the weather is inclement, I get a lot more writing done. I have now passed 80,000 words. I know I will have to cut a lot of material out of the narrative, but I have carefully documented each source so it will be much easier to confirm facts later.

I am also compiling game statistics for the Victoria Cougars of the 1950s as nobody has done it before. I find it much easier to write about a team and their games if I have the complete records of games played, the dates, and the final scores. After all, statistics are what determines success or failure and it is up to me to ensure that they are accurate. Once I have completed this project, I will be posting the season stats to a Wikipedia page so that others will not have to do the work that I have done.

I am so glad to finally writing about people that I actually saw play and some of whom I have actually talked interviewed. It is a real pleasure to write about a very young team that was so successful in their early years. Writing about the later years will not be as fun, but the truth is there. What is now interesting is the links between different eras of professional hockey in Victoria. There is, of course, the Patrick thread, with their ownership of the original Cougars, the Cubs, and the 1950s Cougars. Players from the 195s Cougars who also played for the later Victoria Maples Leafs included Andy Hebenton and Eddie Mazur who were young stars in the 1950s and were in the autumn of their careers in the Maple Leaf era.