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Going the
Distance All photos courtesy Doug Meyer
FINAL CUT
By Blair Adams
W hen he’s not working on the
golf course he has meticulously
maintained for over a decade,
superintendent Doug Meyer
can be found playing hockey or a round
of golf with friends who happen to drop
by for a visit. But when you have been
involved in sport and the local community
as much as Meyer, those friends include
some of the biggest names in professional
hockey—Patrick Roy, Guy Carbonneau,
and Yvan Cournoyer, to name a few.
However, Meyer takes hanging out with
some of the Montreal Canadiens’ elite all
in stride; his commitment to excellence
and his job remain at the fore of most
everything he does, which is what you
would expect from an individual who has
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