SASKATOON SPORTS HALL OF FAME, JUNE 2013-AUGUST 2013 NEWSLETTER Thank you sponsors TAKING FLIGHT: HALL INDUCTEES IN ACTION l Al Anderson’s Source for Sports l Brian Mallard & Associates l Cherry Insurance l Great West Brewery Co. Ltd. l Hunters Bowling l Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon l Realty Executives Saskatoon l Saskatchewan Blue Cross l Travelodge Hotel Hall directors l President Jerry Shoemaker l John Neufeld l Past president Ed Bryant l Bob Reindl l VP Keith McLean l Ron Walsh l Ken Gunn, treasurer l Ron Woodley l Noreen Murphy Members at large l Don Cousins Gerry Heskett l Allan Few Walter Mudge Clara Wall, long jumping l Mary Green Mark Tennant Wall is in the Hall with U of S Huskies track & field team l Ian Mirtle Bob Florence when she competed in relays, 600 metres Gerry Ehman Vic Lynn Bill Hay Glory days Stanley Cup winners with a connection to Saskatoon: Cam Hutchinson, curling l Mike Babcock, head coach, Red Wings, 2008 Hutchinson is in the Hall with ’69 Merchants Bruins minor hockey, Blades, U of S Huskies player as batboy of the men’s softball team l Bob Bourne, centre, Islanders, 1980, ’81, ’82, ’83 Pat Lawson, speed skating Saskatoon Blades player Lawson is in the Hall as an athlete in many sports l Gerry Couture, centre, Red Wings, 1950 and with ’59 Adilman Aces basketball team Barb Danaher, golfing Saskatoon Quakers player, U of S Huskies player Danaher is in the Hall as a golfer l Gerry Ehman, right wing, Maple Leafs, 1964 scout, assistant GM, Islanders, 1980, ’81, ’82, ’83 Lived in Saskatoon in off-season l Pete Friesen, athletic therapist, Hurricanes, 2006 University of Saskatchewan Huskies trainer l Gordie Howe, right wing, Red Wings, 1950, ’52, ’54, ’55 Played for King George School in Saskatoon l Neil Hawryliw, right wing, Islanders, 1982 Touching base with Hall inductees Saskatoon Blades player Hall of Fame team inductees Don Bates and Coach Hundseth, Earl high achievers in basketball l coached Canada into the playoffs at Bill Hay, centre, Black Hawks, 1961 Les Howey Scott Hundseth and David Earl are in the the 13th International Softball Federation men’s Sports University of Saskatchewan Huskies player Hall as teammates on the 1990 Huskies football l world championship in March in Auckland, N.Z. Illustrated team. This season they met in the city final in Orest Kindrachuk, centre, Flyers, 1974, 1975 Bates is head coach of the Canadian team. Howey, the girls division of the Saskatoon High School Saskatoon Blades player l who lives in Conception Bay South N.L., is an assis- Basketball League. Hundseth is head coach of the Curtis Leschyshyn, defenceman, Avalanche, 1996 tant coach. Canada went 6-1 in its pool then in the Holy Cross Crusaders and Earl is head coach of Saskatoon Blades player playoffs was defeated by Venezuela 3-1 and by the Evan Hardy Souls. Holy Cross won the girls l Tony Leswick, left wing, Red Wings, 1952, ’54 Argentina 2-1. New Zealand beat Venezuela 4-1 Morgan Sawatzky city championship and was second in the 5A pro- Saskatoon Dodgers player, Saskatoon Quakers player in the final . Hall inductee was Lyle Sanderson vincial final. Hardy was runner-up in the city final and Marc Chartier l in Monaco in March for the annual meeting of the school and youth Mann Park Crooks Dave Lewis, defenceman, Islanders, 1980 commission with the International Association of Athletic Federations . third in provincials . Marc Chartier, Dave Adolph and Saskatoon Blades player Merv Mann is inducted into were teammates on the 1983 Huskies hockey Morgan Sawatzky of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies won Willie Desjardins l Ed Litzenberger, right wing, Black Hawks, 1961, the Saskatoon Sports Hall of club that is in the Hall. This year Adolph led the Huskies into the the 300 metres in the Canada West conference track and field cham- Maple Leafs, 1962, ’63, ’64 Fame with Bayne Secord’s rink University Cup national championship tournament for the 10th pionships this season and finished fifth at the Canadian Interuniversity University of Saskatchewan Huskies player Sport (CIS) championships. Morgan’s mother is in that won the 1954 Canadian time in the 20 years he has been head coach of the team. Chartier is Linda Sawatzky l Vic Lynn, left wing, Maple Leafs, 1947, ’48, ’49 the Hall with the ’85 Huskies track and field team. Morgan’s father high school curling championship. head coach of the Saskatoon Contacts, fourth-place finishers at the Mann is one of three Saskatoon Saskatoon Embassy, Saskatoon Quakers player Kevin Sawatzky was an All-Canadian receiver with the football Huskies Telus Cup Canadian AAA midget championship in Sault Ste. Marie, athletes who have appeared in l Brent McEwen, scout, Kings, 2012 . Hall inductee Diane Jones Konihowski was inducted into the Ont. Desjardins is AHL coach of the year with the Texas Stars . Athletics Canada Hall of Fame this month. Faces in the Crowd, a feature in Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock from Saskatoon was University of Saskatchewan Huskies player and coach, Sports Illustrated magazine. Mann the cover story in March in the magazine published by the Coaching Saskatoon Blades GM l Coach Sargeant, Hilltops win awards was in Sports Illustrated in 1970 Association of Canada . Huskies basketball coach Lisa Thomaidis Todd McLellan, assistant coach, Red Wings, 2008 Saskatoon Blades, U of S Huskies player Tom Sargeant received the coach of the year award from Sask after winning the CBC curling is the new head coach of the Canadian national women’s program. Sport for 2012. Coach Sargeant led the Saskatoon Hilltops to the championship. l Troy Parchman, equipment mgr, Black Hawks, 2010 Canadian junior football title. He is in the Hall Jeff Park and Sarah Crooks Double play for Gavlas University of Saskatchewan Huskies trainer as a player, assistant coach and head coach have also had their picture in the Brian Gavlas of the U of S Huskies is the l Garry Peters, centre, Canadiens, 1965 of Hilltops teams. The Hilltops are SaskSport’s magazine, Park as a high school Canada West conference coach of the year in Saskatoon Blades coach, instructs hockey in Saskatoon men’s volleyball. Gavlas is in the Saskatoon Hall team of the year for 2012 . Brian Guebert football player for Bedford Road l Brian Skrudland, centre, Canadiens, 1986 with the 1987-88 Huskies team and as an athlete is the new special teams coach of the football Collegiate in 1970 and Crooks Saskatoon Blades player as a University of Saskatchewan . Cindy Pischke is in the Hall with the 1979, Huskies. Guebert works as high performance l Harry Watson, left wing, Red Wings 1943, Huskie student-athlete in 2007. ’80 and ’81 Huskies volleyball teams. Cindy’s director with Football Saskatchewan. He is in Maple Leafs 1947, ’48, ’49, ’51 son Dane Pischke of the University of the Hall with the Hilltops, winning the Canadian Crooks is a two-time winner of Chuck Armstrong Saskatoon Quakers player Brian Guebert title in 2001, ’02 and ’03 as a defensive lineman . the Nan Copp Award as women’s Manitoba Bisons received the national Dale Iwanoczko Award this year for academics, athletics and com- . Hall inductee is an assistant coach with the basketball player of the year in Curtis Leschyshyn munity achievement. Both Dane and his sister Passings Saskatoon Blades who were fourth in the Memorial Cup this year . Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Taylor Pischke will represent Canada at the Universiade in July in Russia, Dane Phylis Barclay, 1915-2013, age 98 Hall inductee is the new defensive co-ordinator of the Athlete inductee in Hall, golf Jerry Friesen in indoor volleyball and Taylor in beach volleyball. Taylor won UBC Thunderbirds football team . The International Olympic Com- bronze at the recent world under-23 championships in Poland Phylis Barclay of the Saskatoon Golf & mittee is dropping wrestling from the Country Club won the Saskatoon women’s Let’s hear from you . As a StarPhoenix reporter, Ron Rauch wrote a truckload of 2020 Summer Games. Two wrestlers in articles on athletes, builders and teams who are inductees in the golf title four times — in 1950, ’51, ’52 and Have you competed in the ’62 — was twice the provincial champ and the Saskatoon Sports Hall have been Saskatoon Sports Hall, especially curling and softball. Rauch moved at the Olympics: as an Legion national youth track once won the Saskatchewan senior title. Gord Garvie to Victoria and was a reporter with the Times-Colonist for the last She represented Saskatchewan 11 times at and field championships? athlete in 1968 in Mexico City and 20 years. Rauch is this year’s recipient of the Fred Collins Award the Canadian championship and B.C. once coach in 1976 in Montreal, and Do you know somebody who has? presented by Canada West athletics for coverage of university sports . in the senior event. Phylis Barclay Bob Molle as an athlete in 1984 in The event has been held in Canada Saskatoon Sports Hall inductees Chuck Armstrong, Evelyn Nesdole, Phylis played second on the rink with lead Los Angeles . Roger Schmidt for 73 years. Allan Semeniuk and Gwen (Wall) Ridout are in the Class of 2013 Merle Dertell, third Eileen Sexsmith and skip Maybelle Spooner that won the Saskatchewan women’s curling title in 1952. played lead on Rick Folk’s rink If you have a comment about joining the Saskatchewan Sports Hall. Armstrong (sports physiother- apy) and Nesdole (track and field official) are both being inducted She also finished second in the half-mile event in the city that finished second at the 1978 Brier the championships or a speed skating championships.