Based in Calgary, Alberta, he was the lead hockey columnist for The Globe and Mail and is a writer for The Athletic.
The three-part series led him to receive an offer from the Calgary Herald, where he became one of their premier hockey writers for 20 years.
[7] After serving 15 years on the selection committee for the Hockey Hall of Fame, Duhatschek's term ended and he was replaced by Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Mark Chipman in 2018.
His daughter Paula was awarded the inaugural Jim Kelley Memorial Scholarship by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
[10] His parents were Austrian immigrants, and he entered school not knowing English given they were still learning the language and only spoke German at home.