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Week 2 Bryan Trottier's page
Upon reading the introductory part of Bryan Trottier's wikipedia page, I noticed a few claims that were missing citations. As I continued to read through the article, there was a good amount of citations provided for statistics and facts, however, the lack of citing for other facts and statistics continued to be an issue. A second issue for this article continues to be an issue that revolves around citing. Under the references section, reference links number 6 and 7 do not work at all and number 10 seems to be an article that must've been out of date and removed from the data base of the publisher. The majority of the article seems to be written from a non-bias or neutral point of view, taking into consideration that Bryan was considered as one of the NHL's (National Hockey League) best players during the 1980's.The statistics justify what was written about Trottier during his hockey days. The majority of the Statistics and facts used to compose this page (minus the lack of citing at some points), comes from verified or credible sources such as NHL.com, and the hockey hall of fame website. Other citations come from articles written by the teams he has helped coach which are also considered as credible sources. The rest of the citations come from a documentary about Bryan Trottier and hockey blogs about him, which may be considered reliable, but not fully valid/credible. — ~~~~.
Early life
editBryan grew up in a small town called Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada with his parents and 4 siblings (excluding him)[3]. Growing up in the 60's, Bryan wanted to be like his idol Jean Beliveau. When compared to other professional hockey players, Bryan had little resources to help him achieve the elite level of hockey, yet he did. According to Bryan, his father would clear out the dam on the creek across their home with his machete, to allow his children to practice[4]. Bryan has one older sister, Carol, and 3 younger siblings, Kathy, Monty and Rocky. Both Monty and Rocky made it to the professional level as well, but not on the same caliber as Bryan[3].
Career
editBryan claims that without his friend "Tiger" Williams, he would've dropped out of hockey due to home sickness. Bryan and Tiger have become best friends due to the special bond they built early on their careers [4].
Post career
editEarly on in Bryan's life, His mother, Marry Trottier, taught him an important lesson that would establish who he is. At a young age, Bryan faced discrimination and racism due to his native heritage. Bryan was called offensive things such as "half-breed". His mother's lesson to be proud of his native heritage is the reason that during his hall of fame induction speech, he decided to bring light to the issue(cite). Bryan now travels to aboriginal communities and teaches kids about his heritage, and shares why it is special to be confident in today's world as an aboriginal. He believes that teaching them leadership skills and the ability to believe in who they are is vital for success in any field they choose to be in.(cite)
Notes
edit- ^ Zaitoun, Ahmad. "How to reference". wiki dashboard. Wiki. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Wikiwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Shea, Kevin. "Bryan Trottier's journal". Hockey Hall of Fame. Kevin Shea. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ a b Trottier, Bryan. "Letter to My Younger Self". The Player's Tribune. Player's Tribune. Retrieved 12 March 2017.