During the first game of the 2023 Hockey Playoffs for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the announcers (Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson - Bruce's 1990 9th round "sleeper pick") paid tribute to a hockey pool that has been running continuously since 1979.
Chris Cuthbert mentions that this Hockey Pool is the longest continuously run hockey / sportspool on record, having started in 1979 and still going in 2023.
Click on the video (the arrow) below from the April 18, 2023 Hockey Night in Canada broadcast from the Game 1, Round 1 of the Toronto Maple Leafs vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Hockey Pool was started at the lunch table at Upper Canada College in 1979 and the picture of the participants in the baby blue jackets in the video was taken at the 40th Anniversary of The Hockey Pool when all 15 participants travelled from all over the world to attend in Pinehurst, NC.
40th Anniversary Participants:
L-R standing: John McKinlay (Halifax), John Sinclair (Boston), Jeff Howe (Toronto), Mark Eagles (Toronto), Ben Webster (Halifax), Bruce McDonald (Toronto), Phil Richmond (Toronto), Christian Griffin (Paris), Dave McIntyre (Cayman Islands)
L-R kneeling: Warren Melrose (Toronto), Innes van Nostrand (Toronto), Pete Wilson (London, UK), John Cook (Toronto), Tim Wilson (Los Angeles); not pictured - Bob Latimer (Toronto)