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The Magic Hockey Skates (sometimes referred to by short form as Magic Hockey Skates [1] or just Hockey Skates [2] ) is a 1991 children's book written by Allen Morgan and illustrated by Michael Martchenko. [3] It concerns a boy who buys second-hand skates and discovers they give him three wishes.

It was adapted into a 2013 holiday special released by CBC Kids, with guest appearances by Don Cherry, Claude Giroux (as Rocky St. Jean), and Bob Cole. [4] In 2014, the special's directors, Jason Boose and Sarah Mercey, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series.[ citation needed ]

Sprout bought the rights to it in 2016, [1] [5] after eOne had already sold rights to other nations such as Disney Channel and KiKA. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Milligan, Mercedes (19 May 2016). "Sprout Picks Up 'Magic Hockey Skates' Special from eOne". Animation Magazine .
  2. 1 2 Reid, Regan (15 May 2016). "Sprout picks up The Magic Hockey Skates". Kidscreen . eOne has already sold international broadcast rights to Hockey Skates to SRC in Canada, Disney Channel (Latin America, Brazil), France Télévisions, KiKA (Germany), SVT (Sweden), DR (Denmark) and MBC (Middle East).
  3. "University of Manitoba - University of Manitoba - Contact Information". www.umanitoba.ca.
  4. "The Magic Hockey Skates". CBC.ca . 16 December 2013. A boy begrudgingly buys second hand skates which turn out to make him the best hockey player ever--via three wishes.
  5. Lodderhouse, Diana (18 May 2016). "'The Magic Hockey Skates' Scores U.S. Broadcast Deal With Sprout". Variety.com . The half-hour animated special will preem on the channel in December 2016 as part of Sprout's holiday line-up

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