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- ↑ "1980 NHL DRAFT PICK Shawn MacKenzie". Hockey Draft Central.com. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
- ↑ "Former Mooseheads coach finding fulfillment in minor hockey". Halifax News Net.ca. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
