\u201cIf you watched Ken play, you knew he understood very well what his defense would do in certain situations, so he\u2019d be in the right place at the right time, when the opponent shot,\u201d Parent said. \u201cMy memories of him shouldn\u2019t be great, playing for the other team, but they are. Ken\u2019s poise was a great attribute.\u201d<\/p>\n
And then, with a laugh: \u201cBut he once told me that I was a good goalie, so what did he know?\u201d<\/p>\n
No one will mourn the loss of Dryden more than Bowman, who had to be coaxed into working with his former goalie on a 2022 biography of the NHL\u2019s most successful coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cKen was a very cerebral person,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cHe approached me about a book project, but I wasn\u2019t interested. I told him I was pretty busy and that I liked my winters in Florida.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he came back with a timetable, said he wasn\u2019t in a rush, saying he could call me three times a week and do a couple hours on the phone. Everything was so organized. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 o\u2019clock he\u2019d call me or I\u2019d call him and we\u2019d talk sometimes for almost three hours, about subjects that he came up with. He came down to Florida and to my Buffalo home a few times, transcribing our talks, gathering photos and books from me, for nearly three years before the project was finally finished.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll always remember that about Ken, how thoroughly he prepared, how organized he was, how simple he made things for me. That\u2019s the way he was in hockey, and that\u2019s how he was in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
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