[Alberta's Child]

I just did some research. Gordie Howe is from a place called Floral, Saskatchewan -- just east of Saskatoon. Looks like a tiny town of no more than a few hundred people -- I've been through this area on the Yellowhead Highway (Route 16), and there isn't much out there but endless fields of grain!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, general speaking, that's the norm among good players, isn't it? They come from poor surroundings, and poor families, and their way to success is by becoming good players.