Grant Menzies
GRANT MENZIES (1957- ) Grant’s love affair with hockey began as a boy wearing a toque and bulky snowsuit, on wobbly skates with a battered hockey stick over his shoulder heading for the outdoor rink across the street from his home in Grande Prairie. Later his skills were honed on rinks at the Bear Creek […]
Marj McAusland
MARJ MCAUSLAND (1951- 2017) She is the face of women’s hockey in the North. In a sport dominated by men and boys, Marj McAusland states that she was not a social crusader but none-the-less she is a trail- blazer with a litany of “firsts” to her credit. She has experience and leadership credibility in every […]
Terry Bangen
TERRY BANGEN (1950- ) For twenty-six years Terry Bangen has coached hockey and nurtured the development of elite young athletes both on and off the ice. A flooded backyard, frozen ponds and outdoor rinks in Grande Prairie provided the context for Terry’s introduction to his favorite sport. He first coached at age 24, shortly after […]
Jim Patterson
JIM PATTERSON (1934- ) If there is a hockey gene the Patterson family carries it. Like the Sutters, the Patterson brothers were a hockey-playing quartet with superior skills on the ice and although not all of them were destined for fame abroad, they are heroes in Hythe and respected throughout the Peace River country. Street […]
Marvin Bird
Marv Bird (1938- ) Marv Bird’s contributions to hockey were not limited by geographic or other boundaries. He was involved in all areas of hockey, every age level, different roles and at local, Provincial and National levels. As a player Marv once scored a deuce against the great goaltender, Glenn Hall, while trying out for […]
Max Henning
MAX HENNING (1924- ) Old time Grande Prairie hockey fans will remember defenseman Henning’s patented end-to-end rushes that resulted in a goal or at least a successful “shoot in.” The maneuver was based on Max’s ability to pass the puck to himself using the boards as he rushed headlong, head down from end to end. […]
Ken Head
KEN HEAD (1929- ) The Ken Head story stretches from pond hockey and Johnny Macdonald’s natural ice in the breezy Wapiti Arena to the era of artificial ice and today’s comfortable and fancy arenas; forty-five years of hockey history. He was born in Grande Prairie in 1929 where his sparkling talent and rugged qualities as […]
Roy Borstad
ROY BORSTAD (1932- ) “Never say never” is a slogan that characterizes Roy Borstad’s attitude when it comes to initiatives in hockey, and community service in general. He moved to Grande Prairie in 1944, at the age of eleven. Even as a school kid he was inventive and resourceful. After high school he went into […]
Bob Neufeld
BOB NEUFELD (1929- ) Apart from four years of post secondary education Bob has devoted his entire career to the education and development of young people in Grande Prairie. Sport and recreation, broadly defined, are his major tools for influencing young people but hockey was and is still his favorite game. Hockey is in Bob’s […]
Roy Peterson
Roy Peterson (1927- 2014) “Build it and they will come.” This line from the movie, “Field of Dreams,” represents one of Roy Peterson’s missions: to provide free accessible, ice for Grande Prairie kids. During the 1950s, Roy could often be found operating the City’s fire truck to flood local outdoor rinks where local kids skated, […]