Event class: hockey, played, season, hockey league, team, junior, cup, career, playing career, playing

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Fernando Pisani	He returned to the Oilers lineup on December 2, 2007, and was nominated for the Bill Masterton Trophy -- given for perseverance and dedication to hockey -- at the end of the season.
Norm Beaudin	After the Jets' AVCO World Trophy championship in 1976, Beaudin signed with Swiss team SC Langnau, with whom he played for two seasons before retiring.
Alex Kaleta	He recorded consecutive 31-point seasons in two seasons with the Rangers before ending his NHL career by joining the Saskatoon Quakers of the minor pro Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL) in 1951 -- 52.
Joey Cupido	Cupido began his junior lacrosse career with the Hamilton Bengals in the Ontario Junior B league in 2007.
Drew Bannister	Bannister was drafted from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League Where he won a Memorial Cup in 93 and was chosen to the Memorial Cup All Star team 91-92 and 92-93 he also won a World Junior Championship with Canada in 1994 ; (OHL).
Hughie Lehman	Lehman began his playing career in 1903 -- 04, playing for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Ottawa Valley Hockey League (OVHL) for the first three seasons of his career.
Jason Pinizzotto	In 1996 Jason began his career with the OHA Ontario Provincial Jr A Oakville Blades (OPJHL) as an underage player at 16 years old.
Angelo Esposito	Despite losing in the President's Cup final series 4 -- 2 to the Moncton Wildcats, Esposito and the Remparts earned a berth in the 2006 Memorial Cup as runner up to the tournament hosts.
Robbie Ftorek	Ftorek quickly became the Roadrunners' biggest star and he made history in 1977 when he won the Gordie Howe Trophy as the league's most valuable player -- the first American ice hockey player in major professional hockey to accomplish this feat.
Maxim Noreau	His younger brother, Samuel Noreau (born January 31, 1993), is a professional hockey player within the New York Rangers organization.
Brandon Kozun	He continued playing, first with the Blackfoot then Midnapore minor hockey associations in Calgary before attending Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota in 2005 -- 06.
Jacques Plante	Quebec Citadels | right | thumb tuque, with the Quebec Citadels | right | thumb Jacques joined the Quebec Citadelles in 1947.
Mitch Korn	Korn was hired by the Buffalo Sabres in 1991, where he coached Dominik Hašek to 4 Vezina trophies (leagues best goaltender), and 2 Hart trophies (league MVP) over seven seasons.
Jeff Beukeboom	In June 2009, Beukeboom was named the assistant coach of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League.
Lewis Ratcliff	He is a 2-time Mann Cup champion with the team Ratcliff was drafted by the San Francisco Dragons of the MLL in 2006.
Cooney Weiland	Cufflinks presented to Weiland after Owen Sound's Memorial Cup win in 1924 are part of a permanent junior hockey exhibit at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Bobby Hull	He played his minor hockey in Belleville, and then Jr.' B' hockey for the Woodstock Warriors in the fall of 1954.
Kevin Constantine	Constantine made a name for himself as a head coach in the late 1980s and early 1990s by guiding the Rochester Mustangs of the USHL and the Kansas City Blades of the IHL to winning records, as well as coaching the 1991 U. S. National Junior team to its (then) best-ever record at the World Junior Championships.
Craig Charron	He was a prolific player in the American Hockey League for many seasons, and he was the highest-scoring player on the 1995 -- 96 Rochester Americans team which won the Calder Cup.
Danny Grant	He was then acquired by the Minnesota North Stars, and in his 1969 rookie season with the club won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's most outstanding rookie player, thus becoming one of only four players who won the Stanley Cup the season before winning the Calder Trophy.
Bobby Bauer	The Bauer children learned to play hockey in a backyard rink, In 1933 -- 34, Bauer recorded 15 points in 13 Memorial Cup playoff games to help the Majors capture the Dominion junior championship.
Neil Colville	During the war, he and his brother were stationed in Ottawa and played on the army's Ottawa Commandos team, winning the Allan Cup in 1942.
Alf Pike	He played two more seasons with the Rangers, the final one as a left winger in 1946 -- 47, becoming one of the very few individuals in professional hockey history to play three different positions.
Bep Guidolin	In 1965 he became the coach of this former junior team the Oshawa Generals, featuring 17 year old future Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Bobby Orr.
Mark Chipman	After the original Winnipeg Jets left for Phoenix in 1996, Chipman was part of a group that purchased the International Hockey League's Minnesota Moose and moved them to Winnipeg, renaming them the Manitoba Moose.
Keith Campbell (ice hockey)	After briefly playing with Pittsburgh and then the Moncton Hawks of the Maritime Senior Hockey League, Campbell signed with the Richmond Hawks of the English National League (ENL) for the 1935 -- 36 season.
Jim Vandermeer	In his final season (2000 -- 01), Vandermeer was the Captain of the Rebels team that won the WHL Championship and the Memorial Cup.
Busher Jackson	Selke signed Jackson to a contract and assigned him to the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA)'s junior league for the 1927 -- 28 season.
Greg Bignell	As Bignell's playing career was over, he decided to join his hometown team, the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL, as an assistant coach for the 1994 -- 95 season.
Kevin Reiter	In 2010, Reiter rejoined the Fort Wayne Komets in the newly formed collaboration of the International Hockey League and the Central Hockey League.
Paul Reinhart	Reinhart began his junior career with his hometown Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) in 1975 -- 76, scoring 39 points in 53 games.
Sergei Kostitsyn	Sergei was instrumental in the London Knights' 2006 playoff run, which saw them lose to the Peterborough Petes in the OHL final.
Kay Whitmore	His contract expiring thereafter, Whitmore spent the next five seasons in the minor leagues, his most successful season being 1998, when he led the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League into the league semi-finals, as well as winning First Team All-Star accolades.
Barney Stanley	He left the Eskimos after one year to join the Calgary Tigers and in 1921 once again turned professional as the Tigers joined the newly formed Western Canada Hockey League.
Jason Doig	In 1996 he was returned to the QMJHL where he led the Granby Predateurs to the President's Cup - winning the coveted Guy Lafleur Trophy as the playoff MVP and then on to a Memorial Cup Championship where he was named as a first team all-star.
Bruce Landon	In 1973, Landon signed with the upstart World Hockey Association's New England Whalers and was the team's backup goaltender for five seasons.
Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1982)	Smith began his hockey career in 1999 playing for his hometown Kingston Frontenacs of the OHL.
Dan Gendur	The following season, in 2004 -- 05, he joined the major junior ranks with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Todd Hlushko	He returned to Canada in 2006 where, after playing two seasons of senior hockey with the Dundas Real McCoys, Hlushko retired as a player.
Kris Chucko	Chucko retired in 2011 as a result of concussion s. Chucko was drafted after scoring 87 points in 53 games for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks of the British Columbia Hockey League.
Tyson Sexsmith	Sexsmith made his major junior debut in the WHL during the 2004 -- 05 season, playing a total of three games with the Medicine Hat Tigers and Vancouver Giants.
Jim Fahey	Before becoming a professional hockey player, Jim was a member of the Dorchester, MA (Greater Boston Youth Hockey League), Tier 2 National Championship Midget Team in 1996, and subsequently a standout at Catholic Memorial High School, winning MVP awards while leading his school to four straight state championships.
Don Hay	Immediately upon returning to major junior with the Tri-City Americans in 1998 -- 99, Hay won the Dunc McCallum Memorial Trophy as WHL coach of the year ; furthermore, he was prestigiously honoured as the WHL's best coach of all-time by the CHL.
Dick Howard (soccer)	He moved to Canada and played for the Hamilton Primos of the National Soccer League in 1967, making it to the championship finals before losing to Windsor Teutonia.
Gertrude Dunn	When the league was unable to continue in 1955, Dunn joined several other players selected by former Fort Wayne Daisies manager Bill Allington to play in the national touring team known as the All-Americans All-Stars.
John Tavares (ice hockey)	He broke into the OHL after gaining'' exceptional player'' status at the age of 14, allowing the Oshawa Generals to select him in the OHL Priority Draft as an underage player in 2005.
Jim Johnson (ice hockey b. 1962)	He played junior hockey before playing for University of Minnesota Duluth with Brett Hull in 1984.
Fred Shero	For the 1970 -- 71 season Shero again changed teams this time coaching in the Central Hockey League with the Omaha Knights, winning the league Championship.
Justin DiBenedetto	DiBenedetto began his junior hockey career with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the Ontario Hockey League in the 2004 -- 05 season, recording nine points in 64 games as a rookie, followed by no points in nine playoff games.
Ron Hainsey	He is friends with New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro, both of whom were drafted in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Ian Herbers	He briefly returned to North American hockey in the 2003 -- 04 season, playing in four games for the United Hockey League's Flint Generals, before retiring.
Mike Weaver (ice hockey)	In 2001 -- 02, Weaver played his first 16 games in the NHL, in addition to helping the Thrashers' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, to a Calder Cup championship.
Gilbert Perreault	After the Quebec Junior A League shut down, Perreault joined the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) for the 1967 -- 68 season, the first of three years with the Junior Canadiens.
Jake Taylor (ice hockey)	After being drafted by the New York Rangers in 2002, Taylor completed his junior career, playing his final season with Green Bay, and was the winner of the USHL's Curt Hammer Award in 2002 -- 03, before going on to represent the University of Minnesota the following year.
Sylvio Mantha	Mantha started as a right-winger for the Notre Dame de Grace Juniors in 1918 -- 19 season, before playing for Verdun in the Intermediate Mount Royal Hockey League, Montreal Imperial Tobacco, and Montreal Northern Electric in the Montreal industrial league.
Andy Chiodo	After playing three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, Chiodo made his professional debut with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in the 2003 -- 04 season.
Sheldon Keefe	On December 3, 2012, Keefe was named the head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.
Phat Wilson	He was a top player in the NOHA, leading Port Arthur to an Allan Cup championship in 1925 as Canada's national senior champions.
Bernie Geoffrion	Geoffrion was born in Montreal, Quebec, and began playing in the NHL in 1951.
John Grant, Jr.	In 1995, Grant moved up to the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) with the Peterborough Lakers, where he won the Top Rookie of the Year award.
Hod Stuart	In 1902, the Pittsburgh Bankers of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League signed Stuart to a professional contract ; this was disputed between the Bankers and the Pittsburgh Victorias, who also claimed him.
Horace Merrill	The following year he also started playing for the Ottawa Cliffsides and was a member of their Allan Cup - winning squad in 1909.
Hamby Shore	He played in the Maple Leafs' unsuccessful 1908 Stanley Cup challenge against the Montreal Wanderers.
Brooks Laich	Laich started his junior hockey career with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL) during the 2000 -- 01 season.
Claude Julien (ice hockey)	Julien began his professional coaching in the QMJHL for the Hull Olympiques, with whom he won the Memorial Cup in 1997.
Matthew Ezzy	In 2004 Ezzy played for Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League before moving to the Welland Jr.
Wayne Gretzky	In 1978, he signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA), where he briefly played before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers.
John Wisden	He travelled with a touring team led by George Parr to Canada and the US in 1859, where eight matches in Montreal, Hoboken, Philadelphia, Hamilton and Rochester were won easily.
Sammy Hebert	He played the following seasons with amateur competition, returning to professional hockey with the Saskatoon Sheiks of the WCHL in 1921.
Mike Hoffman (ice hockey, born 1989)	He transferred to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), where he would play until 2010.
Phil Oreskovic	Phil played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Brampton Battalion and the Owen Sound Attack before turning professional at the end of the 2006 -- 07 season with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.
Marty Barry	Barry was born December 8, 1905 in Quebec City, Quebec, but grew up in Montreal and played amateur hockey for various teams in the city where he earned the nickname'' goal-a-game Barry''.
Gene Chouinard	Chouinard played OCHL senior hockey from 1921 -- 25 in his hometown with the Ottawa Montagnards.
Annie Guay	Annie Guay retired from competitive hockey in April 2011.
Bj?rn Skaare	In the fall of 1977, Skaare moved to Canada, where he was signed by the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League, where he became a teammate of future NHL star Bobby Smith.
Jaden Schwartz	Schwartz was named the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League Top Forward for the 2007 -- 08 season, after leading the league in scoring.
Bob Cook	In 1966, Cook's rights were bought by the Vancouver Canucks, then of the Western Hockey League.
Cory Cyrenne	He left Colorado College before playing a single game, claiming that the school was a'' joke'' academically, and he was suspended in 1999 when he refused to report to Flint of the United Hockey League after being demoted there by Flint's parent club, the Manitoba Moose.
Bobby Orr	After Orr signed with Chicago, the Black Hawks gave him permission to play for Team Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup tournament.
Eddie Gerard	Gerard was attending the 1922 Stanley Cup Final, held that year in Toronto when Harry Cameron, a defenceman of the St. Pats, was injured.
Billy Hague	He joined the Moncton Victorias with several other Galt players, winning the Maritime championship and played in another Stanley Cup challenge in 1912 against the Quebec Bulldogs, losing a two-game series.
Bob Dawson (Canadian football)	Dawson was a standout junior player with the Windsor AKO Fratmen team, winners of the 1952 national junior championship (the'' Little Grey Cup'') in a 15-12 victory over the Edmonton Wildcats.
Christian Bordeleau	He left the NHL after the 1972 season and would also play in the World Hockey Association for the Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques.
Ross Lupaschuk	He was traded from the Raiders to the Rebels in 2001 in time to play for the Rebels during their 2001 Memorial Cup win.
Lyndon Byers	Byers spent a year with the Notre Dame Hounds before beginning his major junior career in 1981 with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
Ken McRae	In the summer of 2008, the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League hired McRae to become their new head coach.
Gary Agnew	In 1990 Agnew took over the head coaching job of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League.
Scott Niedermayer	As a junior, Niedermayer was a member of a Kamloops Blazers team that won two Western Hockey League championships and was voted the most valuable player of the 1992 Memorial Cup, leading the Blazers to the Canadian Hockey League championship.
Marc-Andr? Gragnani	After completing his four-year Quebec Major Junior Hockey League career with the PEI Rocket, Gragnani began his professional career within the Sabres organization in 2007 -- 08.
Jack Wells	In 1952, Wells turned down the play by play job on Hockey Night in Canada to remain in Winnipeg.
David Huntley	Huntley's career in professional lacrosse began in the inaugural season of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (a predecessor of the National Lacrosse League) in 1987 when he served as the Philadelphia Wings general manager and coach.
Sergei Samsonov	In 1996 -- 97, he played for the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League, and won the Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year.
Lucas Burnett	This productivity saw Burnett move up to the British Columbia Hockey League's Trail Smoke Eaters for the 2001 -- 02 term, a Tier II' A' junior team.
Eric Lindros	Lindros helped lead the Generals to the 1990 J. Ross Robertson Cup, and a 1990 Memorial Cup victory.
Yannick Weber	However, he moved to Canada in 2006 to develop his game with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League.
Frank Gnup	A native of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania who was a star player at Manhattan College, Gnup took the Ontario Rugby Football Union by storm in 1946 as a player-coach, leading his Hamilton Wildcats to the league championship game, was named an all-star, and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as ORFU most valuable player.
Roger Neilson	Neilson's coaching career began as head coach of the Ontario Hockey League's Peterborough Petes (then the junior farm team of the Montreal Canadiens in Hamilton) in 1966, and remained for 10 years in Peterborough, Ontario, where he maintained a home until his death.
Matt Frattin	He played junior hockey for the Fort Saskatchewan Traders of the AJHL during the 2006 -- 07 season.
Bobbi-Jo Slusar	Currently, she played for the Brampton Thunder in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and competed in the 2010 Clarkson Cup.
Bullet Joe Simpson	In 1921 -- 22, he won a Western Hockey League first team all-star berth.