Day 11

Sunday, March 20

Serbia & Montenegro - Belgrade

Interview with Donald & Judy McLennan
Canadian Ambassador to Serbia & Montenegro
Age 59
Says, "Win together, lose together, have fun together."
Plays defence.
Has played for 54 years.

Q. Have you played organised hockey before?
A. In 1965-66 I played house league at Laval University. It was called, "La league des poires."

Q. How important is hockey to Canada?
A. In 1972, when game 8 of the Summit Series was played, Canada completely shut down and of the 20 million Canadians at that time, 14 million watched.

Q. During our conversation over the weekend, you've mentioned several interesting points about how much hockey is part of Canadian culture, would you tell us one of them?
A. In 1984 when the first Canadian astronaut, Marc Garneau, entered space he took a hockey stick and a puck. To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Garneau was not even a hockey player.

Q. Donald, you have agreed to play on the Warszawa Canadians tonight. Are you looking forward to the game?
A. More than you could know. This is the first time I have ever played a proper game with the actual maple leaf on my sweater.