selling over 1.3 million books. His first book, 50 Years of Hockey (Pagurian Press) was published in 1968 and he continues to write about hockey. McFarlane is an expert on hockey history and has compiled several volumes of NHL lore titled It Happened in Hockey, a 1999 series detailing the colourful history of the Original Six NHL teams, and "Proud Past Bright Future," the history of Women's Hockey (1994, Stoddard, ). He published two memoirs, Brian McFarlane's World of Hockey (2000, Stoddart Publishing, ) republished as Colour Commentary (2009, Key Porter, ) and From The Broadcast Booth (2009, Fenn, ). In 2008, he began a youth fiction series The Mitchell Brothers which always features hockey in the plots. Personal life Throughout his career, McFarlane collected much memorabilia, photos, and objects focusing primarily on hockey history. In 2006, Brian sold most of his hockey collection to the Municipality of Clarington, where it became Total Hockey, a multimedia, interactive museum located at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex in Bowmanville. The museum was closed in 2007 and the collection was sold to an Edmonton-based collector in 2013. Plans for the collection have not been made public, but McFarlane was assured by the purchaser that the collection would be preserved and made available to the public at some point. From his teenage years, McFarlane was interested in painting. In semi-retirement he began painting regularly producing several hundred paintings, mostly in the Group-of-Seven style of Canadian landscapes. McFarlane has since become an accomplished painter, exhibiting professionally. McFarlane currently resides in the Greater Toronto area. Achievements 1995 inducted into the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Admitted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Admitted into the Ottawa Sports Legends Hall of Fame. Admitted into the Whitby Sports Hall of Fame. Admitted into the St. Lawrence University Hall of Fame. 27 November 2020 - Appointed as a member of the Order of Canada (CM). Bibliography 50 years of hockey, 1917-1967: an intimate history of the National Hockey League, 1967 Peter Puck: Love That Hockey Game!, 1975 60 years of hockey: the intimate story behind North America's fastest, most exciting sport : complete statistics and records, 1976 One hundred years of hockey, 1989 It Happened in Hockey, 1991 More, It Happened in Hockey, 1993 Still More, It Happened in Hockey, 1994 The Leafs, 1995 Clancy: The King's Story, with King Clancy, 1997 Brian McFarlane's