nbc's peter alexander is in belleville, illinois with details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. of course, trick-or-treating is intended for little kids, but increasingly it's become an excuse for some big kids to go out in search of candy, and here in belleville the concern started several years ago when some adults became frightened by some of the big kids knocking on the door with masks on. again this halloween they're cracking d cracking down. halloween usually means a good bit of harmless fun but answering a knock at night can open the door to real fears when instead of a little goblin there's a grown ghost asking for a treat. >> many said when are you going to do something about stopping the real big 6-foot tall trick-or-treaters from coming to our doors late at night. >> reporter: to address the problem of intimidating teens, belleville, illinois, put an age limit on trick-or-treaters. banning anyone older than 12 from going door to door. >> i'm sad that we're not allowed to go. i'll stay home with my mom and dad pass

years later i came along, 1939, and then after that ten years later i'm playing minor hockey in the bellevillerea and then from there it's junior hockey and to the blackhawks in 1957-58. >> and now of course you were telling us we will talk about brett in a minute. but his son is now thinking about playing hockey as a goalie? >> he is a goal tender. i chuckled when brett was introducing the family in st. louis when they retired his jersey in st. louis and said, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, my dad and my dad and i stand here before you with over 1300nhl goals. he had scored 740 some and i had 600. and he said and my son jude wants to be a goal tender? >> couldn't quite understand that. >> and what's nice is that this book not only has a great pictures but you must be happy that the great bob verde worked on this project. >> bob verde is likely the greatest writer, sports writer in the history of chicago putting things together the way they should be. >> you want the right words. >> and the right feeling towards it. >> great book. and we were showing some video from the old days and you