Editing Al MacInnis (section)

==Early life==
MacInnis was born in [[Inverness, Nova Scotia]], and grew up in nearby [[Port Hood, Nova Scotia|Port Hood]], a fishing village on [[Cape Breton Island]].<ref name="LOHBio" /> He is the seventh of eight children born to Alex and Anna Mae MacInnis, and one of six brothers. His father worked as a coal miner and later as the assistant manager of the arena in Port Hood when the mine closed while his mother was a school teacher.<ref name="SISlapHappy">{{cite magazine |last=Montville |first=Leigh |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1992/03/09/126117/slap-happy-calgarys-al-macinnis-loves-to-do-something-his-foes-dread-blast-away-with-the-nhls-hardest-shot |title=Slap happy |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=March 9, 1992 |access-date=May 4, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019162901/https://www.si.com/vault/1992/03/09/126117/slap-happy-calgarys-al-macinnis-loves-to-do-something-his-foes-dread-blast-away-with-the-nhls-hardest-shot |archivedate=October 19, 2017}}</ref> The brothers all played hockey in [[Port Hawkesbury]] during the winter.<ref name="SISlapHappy" /> MacInnis often assisted his father's work at the arena, collecting pucks that he used to shoot repeatedly against a sheet of plywood set against the family barn during the summer. It was through this practice, which occasionally left him with blistered fingers, that he developed his powerful [[slapshot]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pinkert |first=Chris |url=http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=432535 |title=MacInnis inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame |publisher=St. Louis Blues Hockey Club |date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=May 2, 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017000903/http://blues.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=432535 |archivedate=October 17, 2009}}</ref>