Claim: MacGregor, also called "the Wayne Gretzky of hockey writing", has a longstanding interest in the life of Tom Thomson (a Canadian artist only active in the early 20th century), and has written both a novel and a biography exploring the artist's life and mysterious death.
Evidence: MacGregor has also been called "the Wayne Gretzky of hockey writing" and the Washington Post once declared him to be "the closest thing there is to a poet laureate of Canadian hockey." He has a longstanding interest in the life of Tom Thomson, and has written both a novel and a biography exploring the artist's life and mysterious death. Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877 – July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century.