Ex-Raiders Hodgson reflects on Manson’s ceremony; own career
You didn’t mess around when Dave Manson was on the ice.
He was nicknamed “Charlie” after a convicted murderer Charles Manson. He finished his Prince Albert Raiders career with 666 penalty minutes. When playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, Manson apparently once chased Hawks head coach Mike Keenan around Chicago Stadium, while still in his skates.
But not everybody remembers him that way.
He may have been a nightmare to his opponents, and maybe Keenan at times, but teammates who got to know him paint a different picture.