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The Magic Hockey Skates (sometimes referred to by short form as Magic Hockey Skates[1] or just Hockey Skates[2]) is a 1991 children's book written by Allen Morgan and illustrated by Michael Martchenko.[3] It concerns a boy who buys second-hand skates and discovers they give him three wishes.
It was adapted into a 2013 holiday special released by CBC Kids, with guest appearances by Don Cherry, Claude Giroux (as Rocky St. Jean), and Bob Cole.[4] In 2014, the special's directors, Jason Boose and Sarah Mercey, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series.[citation needed]
Sprout bought the rights to it in 2016,[1][5] after eOne had already sold rights to other nations such as Disney Channel and KiKA.[2]
eOne has already sold international broadcast rights to Hockey Skates to SRC in Canada, Disney Channel (Latin America, Brazil), France Télévisions, KiKA (Germany), SVT (Sweden), DR (Denmark) and MBC (Middle East).
A boy begrudgingly buys second hand skates which turn out to make him the best hockey player ever--via three wishes.
The half-hour animated special will preem on the channel in December 2016 as part of Sprout's holiday line-up
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