Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1958. Promoted from line coach to head coach, Johnny Babineau brought back the winning tradition to the Hilltops after many challenging years of not advancing past the league final. With a talented roster full of Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Football Champions, 1953. The Saskatoon Hilltops have developed a proud tradition since the club was organized in 1947 and it all started in 1953 when the club won their first Canadian championship. This also marked the beginning Read more →
Accomplishments: Dominion (Canadian) Junior Rugby Champions, 1938. The Regina Dales started out in 1929 as a way for young people living in one of the city’s poorer areas to participate in a wide variety of sports. By 1933 they entered Read more →
Accomplishments: Dominion (Canadian) Junior Rugby Football Champions 1928. For the young athletes and staff of the Regina Pats Junior Football club, the 1928 season proved to be quite a challenge, both on and off the field. To Al Ritchie, mentor Read more →
Accomplishments: Western Canadian Rugby Champions, 1922. In 1922, a 19-man rugby team formed in Saskatoon and became that year’s Western Canadian Junior Rugby champions. Saskwanis, as they called themselves, was made up of rugby players from Saskatoon teams, the University Read more →
Jim “Chief” Neilson was born in the small town of Big River, but his hockey aspirations would see him become one of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) top defensemen in the 1960s and 70s. Enjoying a seventeen-year career in the Read more →
In 1927, Kenneth “Ken” More’s sport involvement flourished and he began coaching softball at a local level. Following this, Ken turned his energies to executive duties. In 1949, he was president of the Saskatchewan and the Western Canada Softball Associations. Read more →
During the fall of 1934, Nicholas “Nick” Metz went to the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a stint with Syracuse, a farm team, he was back in Toronto for the playoffs. In 12 seasons with the Leafs, between 1934 and1948 (minus Read more →
Donald “Don” Metz began his hockey career under Père Athol Murray at Notre Dame College. From 1931 to 1933, Don played for St. Michael’s College in Toronto. Don then played for the Toronto Goodyears for 3 years. Metz moved to Read more →
Jack McLeod, a right winger, turned pro at 18 with the New York Rangers and spent 4 years (1949-1953) with them before moving into the Western Hockey League. He played with the Saskatoon Quakers, the Vancouver Canucks, and the Calgary Read more →
The Wesley hockey team was started as a hockey club for the boys of St. Thomas Wesley Church. Under Charles “Charlie” McCool’s guidance, they represented the City of Saskatoon in the juvenile and junior divisions from 1924 to 1953. The Read more →
Jack, who was born in Moose Jaw and has been a resident of Indian Head since 1973, has a long outstanding hockey career in the Qu’Appelle Valley area. After retiring from active participation in hockey as a result of an Read more →
Vic Lynn’s very interesting hockey story began in Saskatoon. He had a short junior career with the Saskatoon Quakers that included a Memorial Cup appearance in 1942. Vic had a one game trial with the New York Rangers of the Read more →
Eddie was born in Neudorf and played his minor hockey in Weyburn. He became an outstanding player with the Regina Pats from 1949 to 1952 scoring 332 points in 197 regular season and play-off games for an outstanding 1.69 points Read more →
Elmer Lach played professionally with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Elmer remained with the team for 14 years until retiring after the 1953/54 playoffs. Lach centered the “Punch Line” between Maurice Richard and Toe Blake. During Read more →