Samuel “Rusty” Crawford
Samuel “Rusty” Crawford was billed as one of the greatest hockey players of his time. During a career of over 21 seasons in professional hockey, Rusty never missed a game due to an injury. He was a member of 3 Read more →
Samuel “Rusty” Crawford was billed as one of the greatest hockey players of his time. During a career of over 21 seasons in professional hockey, Rusty never missed a game due to an injury. He was a member of 3 Read more →
Born in Dodsland, Ed Chynoweth’s name will always be closely associated with hockey in Western Canada, as well as the rest of the country. In addition to having the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) championship trophy named in his honour, Chynoweth Read more →
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan heralded the arrival of a future hall of famer in November of 1924. Bower played on frozen ponds with catalogues and mattresses for body protection. He started in the nets at eight years of age. Bower’s junior Read more →
Frank “Buzz” Boll, known as the “Western Tumbleweed”, was regarded as one of the fastest skaters in the National Hockey League (NHL) during his era. Boll started off his hockey career with the Weyburn Wanderers in the 1928-29 season. In Read more →
Red played his minor hockey in Regina and showed great promise with the Regina Pat Midgets who were two-time Provincial Midget Champions. Berenson was the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Rookie of Year with the Regina Pat Juniors in the 1956-57 Read more →
Max Bentley followed his older brothers footsteps and had a lot of success in Saskatchewan as a talented hockey player. As a teenager he joined the well-known Saskatoon Wesley’s Junior Hockey Team for the 1935-36 season. Max moved on to Read more →
Doug Bentley played all over Saskatchewan during the start of his hockey career but began in his hometown, on the Delisle Tigers. Soon after that he moved on to play on the Saskatoon Wesley Juniors. Doug then played in Regina Read more →
Dave Balon was born in Wakaw and played his minor hockey and baseball for the local teams. Junior hockey took him to Prince Albert where he played two years with the Junior Mintos. He turned pro at the ripe old Read more →
Although Murray Balfour was born in Manitoba, it was in Regina where he first became involved in hockey. Like so many other Regina residents, Balfour got his start with the Regina Pats organization playing with the Pat bantams in 1949. Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1976. The goal of 1976 was to make it one to remember for head coach, Gordon Currie, as it would be his last season with the Rams after ten successful years with the program. The Read more →
Accomplishments: Karcher Junior Men’s National Curling Championship, 2005; World Junior Men’s Curling Championship, 2005 Curling out of Regina, the 2005 Kyle George Curling Team, consisting of skip Kyle George, third Justin Mihalicz, second David Kidby, lead Chris Hebert, alternative Dustin Read more →
Accomplishments: World Junior Men’s Curling Champions, 2003. When the Steve Laycock junior men’s curling team from Saskatoon captured the 2003 World Junior Men’s Curling Championship, they accomplished what no other Saskatchewan junior team had done before. Laycock, together with third Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Champions, 1998. The Regina Callie Club was home to the 1998 Canadian CIBC Senior Men’s Champions. The team was composed of Gary Bryden (Skip), Dale Graham (Third), Wilf Foss (Second), and Gerry Zimmer (Lead). The Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Mixed Curling Champions, 1983. The 1983 team of Rick Folk, Tom Wilson, Elizabeth Folk and Dorenda Schoenhals, had finished in second place in both the 1981 and 1982 Canadian Mixed championships and were determined to complete the job Read more →
Accomplishments: World Men’s Curling Champions, 1980. On March 30, 1980, Rick Folk, Ron Mills, Tom Wilson and Jim Wilson brought Canada its first world curling championship since 1972. After a convincing win at the Brier in Calgary, where they beat Read more →