MacGregor, also called "the Wayne Gretzky of hockey writing", has a longstanding interest in the life of Tom Thomson (a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century), and has written both a novel and a biography exploring the artist's life and mysterious death.
MacGregor has also been called "the Wayne Gretzky of hockey writing" and the Washington Post once declared him to be "the closest thing there is to a poet laureate of Canadian hockey." He has a longstanding interest in the life of Tom Thomson, and has written both a novel and a biography exploring the artist's life and mysterious death. Thomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877  July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. 
