August 2019 SASKATOON to October 2019 Newsletter SPORTS (306) HALL664-6744 Saskatoonsportshalloffame.com OF FAME Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame on Facebook n behalf of the board of directors of the Saskatoon their given sports from local to Olympic and world levels. OSports Hall of Fame we hope everyone had a great The induction proceedings are a special event for the summer and are enjoying the beautiful fall. Welcome to the inductees, their family and friends. Please join us in making latest edition of our newsletter. this an evening for them to remember as we honour their We are nearing the annual Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame accomplishments and contributions to the Saskatoon sport- Dana Kidd induction ceremonies and dinner. This year’s event will be ing community. Hall of Fame president held on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 2 at TCU Place. Remember support like yours at our induction dinner This is our 34th Induction proceedings. We extend an ensures that we will be able to continue to honour athletes, invitation to all past inductees and board members to builders, teams and sport organizations for their contribu- Athlete inductee, golf, 2014 attend and honour the inductees for 2019. During our tion to sport in our community. We hope to see you all 34 years we have inducted hundreds of individuals and there. numerous teams into our Hall of Fame. With our move Tickets can be obtained at Al Anderson’s Source for Sports into the Gordie Howe Sports Complex, the Hall’s future or by emailing Anna-beth Zulkoskey at: is looking very bright. This year’s inductees have made important contributions to saskatoonsportshalloffame@com You should see this Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame museum opens soon in Gordie Howe Sports Complex Construction continues on the new home of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. When the museum opens, admission is free. There are 173 athletes, 163 builders and 91 teams enshrined in the Hall, which has been based in the Field House. Among the Hall’s inductees: Vic Ferrer Frank Kurenda Irene Kokotailo John Leicester Emily Farnham Gail Daley Barb WIlson Ron Walsh Ron Atchison Allan Francis Diane Lynn Bobbi Waldner —Saskatoon StarPhoenix photos of Farnham, Francis, Kokotailo, Leicester, Daley, Lynn, Walsh, Wilson, Waldner; Photo courtesy Kurenda; photo of Atchison from Saskatchewan Roughriders/Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame; photo courtesy Ferrer Touching base With Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame inductees wo of the annual awards presented by Athletics Canada are named after inductees in the Saskatoon TSports Hall of Fame. The *Arnold Boldt Award is given to the ambulatory athlete of the year. The *Lyle Sanderson Award is for the combined event athlete of the year . Middle distance runner Courtney Hufsmith of Saskatoon is recipient this year of a Bruce Wilkie Award from Athletics Canada. Bruce Wilkie was a Canadian veterinarian and a lifelong runner who supported sports in the Com- monwealth. Wilkie scholarships of $2,500 each are awarded to middle- and long-distance runners in Canada. Hufsmith holds team records at the University of Saskatchewan in the indoor 1,500 and 3,000 metres . .*Trevor Ethier is an assistant coach on the Canadian junior women’s softball team that won a bronze medal this year at the U-19 Women’s Softball World Cup in Irvine, CA. That is Canada’s best ever result in the event. Keith Mackintosh of Melfort is the head coach . *Les Howey is an assistant coach on the Canadian men’s softball team that won a bronze medal at the World Baseball Softball Confed- eration world championship this summer in Prague and Havlickuv Brod in the Czech Republic. Patrick Burns of Saskatoon pitched a complete game for Canada in a 2-1 win over defending champion New Zealand for third place. Devon McCullough of Saskatoon is also a pitcher on the national team . *Dave Paetkau is an assistant coach on the Canadian women’s softball team that has qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. Soft- ball will be contested in Tokyo from July 22 to 28 . *Rick Ruzesky is a coach on the Delisle Pride, which fin- ished second at the Softball Canada U19 men’s championship in Owen Sound, ON. *Kerry Tarasoff of the Sutherland Curling Club has been inducted into the CurlSask Legends of Curling as a builder for promoting the sport in the media. *Jerry Shoemaker is chair of the Legends of Curling committee . *Lloyd Tulp is enshrined in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame with the 1991 Hilltops football team. Tulp was named male coach of the year for 2018-19 in the West Central Athletics Association, which is in the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association. Tulp has coached football in Delisle, Loreburn and Outlook, golf in Loreburn Cover story and track and field in Beechy, Kyle and Loreburn . .*Cody Halseth and *Kyle Stroeder were on the coaching staff of Team Saskatchewan, which won the annual Football Canada Cup in July in Kingston, ON.The Two recent books have a special connection competition is for athletes under 18 . *Kelly Bates joined the CFL’s B.C. Lions in August to coach offensive with the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame linemen . *Gord Garvie and *Val Schneider are among the inaugural inductees in the Canada West The Little Community That Could: The Story of Mesakanaw University Sports Hall of Fame. Garvie competed in wrestling and football at the University of Saskatchewan, Written by *Vera Pezer, who is enshrined in the Saskatoon was the head coach of the Huskies wrestling program and an assistant coach on the Huskies football Sports Hall of Fame with the Saskatoon Imperials senior softball team, with five curling teams and as an athlete, team. Schneider was the head coach of the football Huskies and the athletic director at the University of Saskatchewan. “(Val) became one of my mentors in my early years at the University of Regina,” said Dick White, Excerpt: an inductee who was Regina’s athletic director for 20 years. Also joining the Hall are Ethel Mary Cartwright The author owes her success as a national champion on a Saskatoon team to the many hours spent playing with friends at school and in and Jack Neumann. Cartwright was on staff at the U of S from 1928 to 1943 as a teacher, coach and tournaments in this small Saskatchewan community with deep softball administrator. She was a leader in Canada in developing and promoting physical education and sport for roots. Vera Pezer women. Neumann, a graduate of Walter Murray Collegiate, was the sports information director at the Uni- vertiy of Calgary from 1978 to 2012 . *Dave Hardy is the new chief athletics officer (CAO) for Huskie Pezer lived on a farm north of Mesakanaw, a town near Melfort. Her father was an icemaker at the Meskanaw rink, the first place where she ever curled. Athletics at the University of Saskatchewan. Bernie Federko: My Blues Note Rings leaders Written by Bernie Federko, who played for the Saskatoon The Nissen Emery Award is presented annually to the outstanding senior male gymnast in United States Blades junior hockey team from 1973 to 1976. They were colleges. Two gymnasts from the Saskatoon Taiso Club have been a finalist for the award:*Warren Long coached by *Jack McLeod, who is enshrined in the Saskatoon of the University of California-Berkeley in 1979 and Joel Gagnon of the University of Minnesota in 2018 Sports Hall of Fame. Federko played in the NHL for 14 years, scoring 369 goals with 761 assists in the regular season for . *Willie Desjardins is returning as coach and general manager of the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers. 1,130 points. He is enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Desjardins was with the TIgers from 2002 to 2010. He has coached in the AHL, the NHL and with the Cana- Excerpt: dian national program for the last nine years . Todd McLellan was a centre with the WHL’s Saskatoon I believe there was no better coach than *Jackie McLeod to teach you Blades from 1983 through 1987 and also played a season with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. He is the game of hockey the way it’s supposed to be played . no one Bernie Federko the new head coach of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. Joining McLellan on the coaching staff is former Blades knew the finer details of the game like he did. defenceman Trent Yawney . Tim Kroeker wrote a letter of recommendation to support the nomi- When Federko was in Grade 11 he was a setter on the school’s volleyball team in nation of *Al Mitchell to the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. Mitchell will be enshrined in the Hall as Foam Lake, coached by Eugene Buchko. Foam Lake won the provincial high school builder this November for his work as a football official. Wrote Kroeker: “A teacher by trade, Al was instru- boys championship in 1971. Federko was invited to try out with the Canadian national mental on my growth as a young official. Al has volunteered countless hours to supervise, mentor, and evalu- junior volleyball team, but because of hockey commitments he did not go. ate officials ever since I have known him.” Kroeker has been an official in the CFL since 2006. This summer In Grade 12, Federko was a student in Saskatoon at E.D. Feehan High School. Kroeker was invited to join the CFL-NFL officiating development program, which included going to Dallas That’s where he met Bernadette Stadnyk, a student who played for the Feehan for a camp and being on the officiating crew for an NFL pre-season game in August .