NHL ALUMNI

We are pleased to announce the following NHL Alumni.

Lanny McDonald

Alberta's favourite son, Lanny McDonald was drafted 4th overall in 1973 by the Toronto Maple Leafs. After a slow start, he started to find the net and joined Team Canada at the 1976 Canada Cup. He was beloved in Toronto and protesters greeted the staff of Maple Leaf Gardens when he was traded to Colorado in 1979. When the Rockies traded him to Calgary, McDonald began to play the best hockey of his career. In 1983, he scored a career-high 98 points and was awarded the Bill Masterton Trophy. The jewel of his career came in his final season ('88/'89) when he scored his 500th goal, his 1000th point, won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and, finally after 15 seasons, the Stanley Cup. McDonald was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.

Wendel Clark

Clark was drafted by the Maple Leafs 1st overall in the 1985 entry draft. He quickly won the fan support in Toronto with his tough style of play and goal scoring touch. In his first NHL season Clark tallied 34 goals and 227 PIMS. Wendel spent 9 seasons with the Leafs before being traded to Quebec for Mats Sundin in 1994. Clark spent the next few seasons with Quebec, NY Islanders and returned to Toronto in the '95/'96 season. A few more seasons in Toronto before moves to Detroit, Chicago, Tampa Bay before returning for a 3rd and final time to Toronto, where he retired as a Maple Leaf in 2000. His #17 hangs in the rafters at the ACC and is one of Toronto’s all-time favourites.

Adam Oates

Adam Oates was signed by the Detroit Red Wings in 1985, just out of college. He was traded to the St. Louis Blues in 1989, and played alongside Brett Hull for 3 seasons where the pair, dubbed "Hull and Oates", put up prolific offensive numbers and Oates topped the 100-point mark for the first time in his career with 102 points. He was traded to the Bruins in 1992, and had a career high 142 points in '92/'93. After 5 years in Boston, Oates was traded to the Washington Capitals in 1997, and helped the team reach the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998. His career total of 1,079 assists was the 5th highest in NHL history at the time of his 2004 retirement, and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

Ric Nattress

Ric Nattress he was drafted 27th overall by the Montréal Canadiens in 1980, but made his pro debut at the Calder Cup playing 5 playoff games. Ric was traded to the St. Louis Blues in the 1985-86 season which gave him a career boost. In June 1987, the veteran rearguard was traded to the Calgary Flames where he played a steady defensive role on one of the league's top teams and won the Stanley Cup. In 1991 Ric was traded to the Maple Leafs along with Doug Gilmour and Jamie Macoun for Gary Leeman. Nattress became a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers, before retiring in 1992-93 season. Ric played for five different teams and over 500 regular season games.

Dennis Maruk

Dennis Maruk was a scoring sensation in the OHL for the London Knights recording 112, 113 and 145 points in 3 seasons. He was drafted in 1975 by the California Golden Seals, where he became the first NHL rookie to score 5 shorthanded goals in a season. He played with the Minnesota North Stars in 1978-79, before being traded to the Washington Capitals 1979. During his time with the Capitals, he scored 50 goals in 1980-81 and 60 goals in 1981-82, along with 76 assists for 136 points remain the Capitals' single-season record. Maruk retired from the NHL in 1989, where he scored 356 goals and had 522 assists for 878 points in 888 NHL games.

Gary Leeman

Leeman was drafted 24th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He was best known as a speedy and gritty scoring machine and he had a 50 goal season to his credit for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He formed the "Hound Line" along with Wendel Clark and Russ Courtnall while helping the Leafs come within a game of the semi-finals. Leeman also played for the Calgary Flames, Montréal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks and the St. Louis Blues. He won a Stanley Cup in Montréal in 1993. He played 667 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 199 goals and 267 assists for 466 points.

Petr Klima

Klíma defected from his native Czechoslovakia in 1985 at the age of 21 and in honour of this, he wore number 85 throughout his NHL career. In Klíma's first 4 NHL seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, he was a consistent 30 goal scorer, with his best year being '87/'88 when he scored 37 times. He was traded to the Oilers during the '89/'90 season, winning the Stanley Cup that year. In 1993 he was traded to Tampa Bay, and spent 3 seasons with the Lightning. He split the '96/'97 season between the Kings, Penguins, and Oilers, and was released in 1997. Klíma attempted a comeback with the Red Wings in '98, and retired from the NHL in 1999.

Shayne Corson

Corson was drafted 8th overall by the Montréal Canadiens in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. A gritty, talented winger, he soon developed into one of the game’s top power forwards. Corson was a regular contributor for the Canadiens for 7 years, and was traded to Edmonton after the '91/'92 season, missing out by a single year when the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in the spring of 1993. He played with Edmonton for 3 seasons, before leaving for the St Louis Blues in 1995. The Blues traded him back to Montréal during the '96/'97 season, where he played until 2000. The Leafs then signed him as a free agent, and he spent three 3 seasons in Toronto. The Stars signed during the '03/'04 season for their playoff run, and Corson retired after the season ended.

Chris Nilan

With 3043 career penalty minutes, they don’t come much tougher than Chris Nilan. The Boston native was drafted 231st overall by Montreal in 1978, and was considered a long shot to make the league. Nilan spent his first season in the minors and was called up in the spring of 1980. He would spend 7 1/2 seasons with the Habs, scoring a career–high 21 goals in 1985 playing on a checking line with Guy Carbonneau and Bob Gainey, and winning a Stanley Cup in 1986. He was traded to the New York Rangers in January 1988, and in 1990, he went to his hometown Boston Bruins. He was traded back to Montreal midway through the '91/'92 season, where he retired.

Al Iafrate

Iafrate was selected 4th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. He played 799 career NHL games spanning over 12 NHL seasons, scoring 152 goals and 311 assists for 463 points. He also compiled 1301 penalty minutes. His best season statistically was the 1992-93 season, when he scored 25 goals and 41 assists for 66 points with the Washington Capitals. That year the Capitals set a record for most goals by defensemen on a team in one season. Iafrate is most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record, which stood for 16 years.

Tom Fergus

Fergus was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1980 NHL entry draft by the Boston Bruins. Tom spent 4 seasons in Boston and tallied 236 points. He was traded to Toronto in 1985 and was a top scorer. Fergus played 7 seasons in Toronto before moving to Vancouver for his final 2 seasons in the NHL with the Canucks. He amassed career totals of 235 goals and 346 assists for 581 points in 726 NHL games, along with 499 penalty minutes.

Joe DiPenta

Joe DiPenta was drafted 61st overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1998 NHL entry draft. He is a Halifax local who grew up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and played for the Halifax Mooseheads. In 2007 he won the Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks. He moved on to sign with Frölunda HC of Eliterien for the 2008-2009 season. In July of 2009 he came back to the NHL to sign a one year contract with the Sabres.

Gilbert Dionne

Gilbert Dionne, the younger brother of NHL Hall-of-Famer Marcel Dionne, was drafted 81st overall by the Montréal Canadiens in 1990, selected. He was named to the 1992 NHL All-Rookie Team after scoring 21 goals and 34 points in only 39 games. Dionne dressed for 75 games in the '92/'93 season, scoring 20 goals and 28 assists for 48 points. He raised his game to another level during the playoffs, scoring 6 goals and 6 assists in 20 games as the Canadiens defeated the L.A. Kings to win the Stanley Cup. Overall, he played 223 career NHL games (6 seasons), scoring 61 goals and 79 assists for 140 points.

Andre Roy

Born in Port Chester, New York, André was raised in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and played his minor league hockey in the QMJHL. Roy was drafted 151st overall by the Boston Bruins, in the sixth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He primarily played in the AHL with the Providence Bruins, before playing 3 seasons with the Ottawa Senators from 1999-2002. Roy then spent 3 seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning, winning the Stanley Cup in 2004. Roy was acquired by the Penguins in the '05/'06, before returning to the Lightning the following season. Roy signed with the Calgary Flames in July, 2008, and retired from the NHL after the '08/'09 season.