At 18 years of age, Harold “Harry” Watson joined the professional ranks with the Brooklyn Americans (1942/43), of the National Hockey League (NHL). After 1 year, the Detroit Red Wings claimed him, and then the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Read more →
Grant Warwick began his hockey career playing in the Regina minor leagues. His team, the Regina Abbotts, won the Saskatchewan Junior championship in 1940. In 1941, he helped lead the Regina Rangers to the Allan Cup. Turning professional the next Read more →
Richard “Dick” Warwick got his start playing minor hockey in Regina and was a member of the Saskatchewan Juvenile champion, Regina Commandos, in 1944. Dick moved to junior ranks, where he spent time with the Brandon Elks, Humboldt Indians, and Read more →
William “Billy” Warwick was a versatile athlete; competing successfully in hockey, athletics, softball, football, and boxing. Hockey became his focus and after spending time in the Regina minor leagues, Billy joined the Regina Abbotts, the 1942 Saskatchewan Junior champions. Warwick Read more →
Robert “Bob” Turner played with the Regina Pats, the Regina Capitals (Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League) and the Shawinigan Cataractes (Quebec Hockey League) before joining the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1955. Bob earned 5 Stanley Cup Read more →
Bryan Trottier played junior hockey with the Swift Current and Lethbridge Broncos, and in 1974/75 was voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the Western Canada Hockey League. In the 1975/76 season, at age 19, he joined the New York Read more →
After growing up in Moose Jaw where he played much of his minor hockey, Ed Staniowski moved to Regina to become the goaltender for the Regina Pats Juniors from 1971 to 1975. His outstanding junior hockey career resulted in him Read more →
Fiona Smith-Bell found herself drawn to play hockey as a young girl growing up in Edam, Saskatchewan. Since girls’ hockey programs were nonexistent at the time, Bell simply played with the boys. Playing in North Battleford a few years later, Read more →
After playing senior hockey for the Melville Millionaires, Eddie Shore turned professional with the Regina Capitals of the Western Canada Hockey League, and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Hockey League. In 1926, he was traded to the Boston Bruins. Read more →
Elwin “Al” Rollins began his sterling hockey career as a 16-year-old goaltender with the 1942 Moose Jaw Canucks junior hockey team. In 1947, playing with the Edmonton Flyers, Al played on the first of 2 teams that won the Allan Read more →
Glenn “Chico” Resch was born in Moose Jaw, but he took to the ice in Regina. He then skated his way to a championship career with stops throughout North America and around the world. Working his was through local hockey Read more →
Claude “Chuck” Rayner was born and raised in Sutherland and played his minor hockey there. In the 1933-34 hockey season, the Sutherland Midget team with Chuck in goal, won the Saskatchewan championships. His junior career began in Saskatoon and while Read more →
After serving 3 years as a pilot overseas in World War I, William Beattie Ramsay returned to captain the University of Toronto Blues hockey team. They were university and Ontario Hockey Association champions in 1920, and then in 1921, Allan Read more →
Metro Prystai played bantam and midget hockey in Yorkton, but it was with the Moose Jaw Canucks that he made a name for himself (1943/44-1946/47). The team was the Western Canadian Junior champions in 1945 and 1947. In 1947, Prystai Read more →
Lanigan’s Brian Propp enjoyed an outstanding minor hockey career in the Melville area. His first team when he graduated to the junior ranks was the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the 1975/76 season. He led the Read more →