HALTON HILLS SPORTS HALL OF FAME
BUILDER – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2015 Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, the Georgetown Intermediate Raiders had talented players and excellent coaching but would not have become a powerhouse without a way to fund the operation. Finn Poulstrup was a team sponsor until Dave Kentner recruited him to take over his fundraising duties. Poulstrup’s fundraising…
MEDIA – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2018 Though he was a fixture in local sports, Denis Gibbons left his mark on international hockey as well. Gibbons literally wrote the book on international hockey, authoring Hockey: My Door to Europe in 2017. Gibbons was a fan of the St. Michael’s Majors and their coach Father Bauer,…
ATHLETE – BUILDER – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2013 Del Beaumont rose through the hockey ranks until his career was interrupted by the Second World War. Upon his return, he helped local teams reach great heights both as a player and a coach. An original member and team captain in the Little NHL, Beaumont went…
BUILDER – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2014 In 1976, Dave Kentner gathered five prominent hockey people to discuss ways to preserve Georgetown’s hockey history. They decided to hold a dinner each year to honour one person for their outstanding contributions to the game. Kentner chaired the newly formed Georgetown Hockey Heritage Council for the next…
OFFICIAL – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2012 Bryan Lewis began refereeing as a teenager at Georgetown’s Memorial Arena, leading to a career that saw him become the third NHL referee to officiate 1,000 games. With NHL expansion looming, Lewis attended a referee clinic in Detroit, where he caught the league’s attention. He made his NHL…
ATHLETE – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2014 Although he was never drafted, Brian Hayward carved out an 11-year NHL career, earning three league awards. Hayward led the Guelph Platers to a four-game sweep of Prince Albert to win the 1978 Centennial Cup, the national Jr. A championship. He starred at Cornell University, being named an…
BUILDER – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2011 When the Ontario Junior Hockey League established a Hall of Fame 2024, Bob Hooper was among the first class that included NHL stars Paul Coffey and Adam Oates. Hooper was the league’s commissioner from 1996 until 2009. Under his watch the league doubled in size from 17 teams…
ATHLETE – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2011 An original member of The Little NHL in Georgetown, Bob Goldham not only went on to play in the NHL but to win five Stanley Cups. Turning pro at 19, Goldham was in the midst of an all-star season in the American Hockey League when he was called…
BUILDER – BASEBALL – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2016 When the Georgetown Royal Canadian Legion Branch discontinued its sponsorship of the local minor hockey organization in the late 1950’s, Bill Fisher assumed the house league chairman role with the incoming group of volunteers and went on to serve in several other capacities over close to three decades. According…
BUILDER – HOCKEY – INDUCTED IN 2019 When Walter Bianchi was approached about sponsoring a few players on the Georgetown midget team, he didn’t like the idea of the team going into a visiting rink with multiple sponsors on their sweaters. Instead, Bianchi sponsored the whole team. Not only did Sunny Acres Farms appear on…