One man's dream ignited a debate over the true, best place for hockey's hall of fame, that still simmers to this day. While THE Hockey Hall of Fame is famously located in Toronto, few know it was originaly slated for a site in Kingston Ontario. Fewer still know that a hockey hall of fame and museum still struggles to exist in Kingston, in the shadow cast by the larger, more popular shrine in Toronto's downtown.
Captain James Sutherland, known to many as the father of hockey, struck upon the idea of a hall of fame to honour both the founders and the greats of the game, much the way Cooperstown did for baseball. With local backing and the backing of the NHL, he seemed to have his dream within reach, then the unthinkable happened...
Now one film explores his life and his passion for the game. It looks at the struggle to build a shrine to hockey in Kingston and complete Sutherland's vision. And, how one man's dream came crumbling down around him...
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