Glen Sonmor's hockey footprint is wide and deep in Minnesota, where he started shaping a legacy as a player, coach, manager, scout and broadcaster when Harry Truman occupied the White House.

One of the game's renowned characters is a cultural guidebook for bygone eras of the rebel World Hockey Association and a rowdier NHL when grudge matches ruled divisions named after the sport's founding fathers instead of sterile geographical regions.

For younger fans unfamiliar with Sonmor's place in the sport's history, here is an abridged version:

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