Red Fisher (journalist)

Saul "Red" Fisher, CM (22 August 1926 – 19 January 2018) was a Canadian sports journalist who wrote about the National Hockey League and the Montreal Canadiens in his newspaper column.

[1] He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999,[2] and became a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 2017.

[4] Fisher began his hockey reporting for The Montreal Star on 17 March 1955, the night of the Richard Riot.

[6] Fisher was known for his "no-nonsense approach" to his career, such as his refusal to talk to rookies and walk away if a player answered his questions with cliches.

Over his career, he worked for ten editors and publishers, and won the Canadian National Newspaper Award three times.