Ed Arnold
Ed Arnold is best known as a journalist for the Peterborough Examiner. The former managing editor of the newspaper, he was instrumental in insisting on it focusing on local youth and adult sports coverage. He spearheaded drives to build the children’s Fisher Baseball Park as well as the Chiasson Children’s Pond in downtown Peterborough. He founded Kids In Need charity as well as quarterbacked the local Gainey Foundation Concerts with proceeds helping Canadian youth and was an original member of the Peterborough Pro Hockey Alumni raising funds and awareness for community youth. Ed helped organize NHL Slo-Pitch charity games for local groups as well as the annual fundraising Chris Fee Cup “Battle of the Best” hockey games for minor hockey. In 1996 he helped a grassroots effort to get the Memorial Cup games in Peterborough. He was later instrumental in trying to get Peterborough named the CBC’s Hockeyville and locate the Hockey Hall of Fame in the city. Ed has written six sports books including: a history of local golf co-written with Roger Self, as well as the national bestselling “Whose Puck Is It Anyway?” to try to change youth hockey in Canada. For the 150th year of Peterborough lacrosse in 2022, Ed wrote “Peterborough’s Perfect Season” and sat on the local anniversary committee while helping write a television documentary on the sport’s history. He was a Peterborough Lakers’ board member winning a Mann Cup and helped coach or manage many successful champion youth softball, lacrosse and hockey teams from house league to all star from 1980 to 2001. Ed Arnold has written millions of words about Peterborough and district sports and athletes in a journalism career spanning 50 years.
Year Inducted:
2023
Status:
Active
Ed Arnold is best known as a journalist for the Peterborough Examiner. The former managing editor of the newspaper, he was instrumental in insisting on it focusing on local youth and adult sports coverage. He spearheaded drives to build the children’s Fisher Baseball Park as well as the Chiasson Children’s Pond in downtown Peterborough. He founded Kids In Need charity as well as quarterbacked the local Gainey Foundation Concerts with proceeds helping Canadian youth and was an original member of the Peterborough Pro Hockey Alumni raising funds and awareness for community youth. Ed helped organize NHL Slo-Pitch charity games for local groups as well as the annual fundraising Chris Fee Cup “Battle of the Best” hockey games for minor hockey. In 1996 he helped a grassroots effort to get the Memorial Cup games in Peterborough. He was later instrumental in trying to get Peterborough named the CBC’s Hockeyville and locate the Hockey Hall of Fame in the city. Ed has written six sports books including: a history of local golf co-written with Roger Self, as well as the national bestselling “Whose Puck Is It Anyway?” to try to change youth hockey in Canada. For the 150th year of Peterborough lacrosse in 2022, Ed wrote “Peterborough’s Perfect Season” and sat on the local anniversary committee while helping write a television documentary on the sport’s history. He was a Peterborough Lakers’ board member winning a Mann Cup and helped coach or manage many successful champion youth softball, lacrosse and hockey teams from house league to all star from 1980 to 2001. Ed Arnold has written millions of words about Peterborough and district sports and athletes in a journalism career spanning 50 years.