Roch Carrier in Toronto Maple Leaf sweater, ca 1947. "And I remember it was when I put on my skates and my Eaton catalogues on my legs, and I stood up, and I was taller than my mom, and I had a stick in my hands, so I was stronger than my brother, and I felt that I was little me. So I started to write about that and turned it into The Hockey Sweater."-Roch Carrier interview. It may seem surprising that young Roch is smiling in this photograph. As he recalls, his mother had asked him to smile for the camera, even though he did not feel like it.
Photograph of Roch Carrier's family downloaded from Archives and Library Canada