Visit from a Hockey Legend
Posted by Craig Claus
On Thursday, August 7th, the Alton Centennial
Rotary Club welcomed Robbie Ftorek (center) as their guest speaker.
On Thursday, August 7th, the Alton Centennial
Rotary Club welcomed Robbie Ftorek (center) as their guest speaker. Ftorek is a
former Head Coach of the Boston Bruins, a member of the United States Hockey
Hall of Fame, and played on the 1972 Winter Olympics Team that won a silver
medal. Today he is the head coach of the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey
League. He gave the club an overview of his hockey career, passed around an
Olympic medal and Stanley Cup rings, and entertained questions from members and
guest at the club's weekly breakfast meeting held at the American Legion in