Smooth-skating Paul Coffey embodied everything an offensive defenseman could be - lightning fast, a skilled playmaker, a booming shot and savvy, yet still able to defend his team's zone employing blinding speed. Through twenty-one NHL seasons, Paul Coffey won the Norris Trophy winner on three occasions and appeared in fourteen NHL All-Star Games and represented Canada at four Canada/World Cup tournaments. Paul retired as the highest scoring defenseman in NHL playoff history and the second most proficient defenseman in NHL regular season history. He finished his career with an outstanding 1531 points. Paul Coffey was voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Edmonton Oilers retired his uniform number 7 in 2005.

Joe was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Stars, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers. He is one of only ten players in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three different teams, winning titles with Calgary in 1989, Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003. A two-time Olympian, Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames on March 7, 2014.

A hard worker without a lot of flash who was good on defence and at making plays, Adam Oates was one of the few NHL stars never to have been chosen in the draft.

Oates played nineteen seasons in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Edmonton Oilers. Known as an elite playmaker, Adam Oates scored 341 goals and contributed a staggering 1,079 assists for a total of 1,420 points in 1,337 regular season NHL games. He also scored 42 goals and 114 assists for 156 points in 163 playoff contests. After retiring as a player in April 2004, he served as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils prior to joining the Capitals as their head coach for two seasons between 2012 and 2014.

In 2012, the outstanding playmaking skills of Adam Oates were recognized when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

He was touted as a star throughout his early hockey career. Savard's amateur teams consistently won titles at all levels of peewee, midget and provincial leagues. He was projected as a “can’t miss” prospect in the NHL. The Chicago Blackhawks drafted Savard in the 1st round, 3rd overall in the 1980 NHL Draft. After being traded to Montreal he helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1993. Savard was among the top 10 in scoring five times in his career, including two third-place finishes. His exceptional stickhandling skating and playmaking skills earned him numerous appearances on hockey's highlight reels. Over the course of his stellar 17 year NHL career he registered 1338 points in 1196 games.

Nicknamed "Trots," Trottier was drafted in the second round, 22nd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, the team he played his first 15 out of 18 seasons in the NHL with. In 1976 he set a new record for most points by an NHL rookie player with 96 points when he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year. Bryan holds an NHL record with most points in a period with an incredible 6 points. Trottier won the Stanley Cup 6 times as a player and once as an assistant coach. Over the course of his brilliant NHL career Trottier recorded over 1400 points. Trottier is currently the 16th highest scorer in NHL history. Trottier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1997.

Guy Carbonneau was drafted 44th overall in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. His strong play as a defensive forward helped the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup championship in 1985/86. Named as the 1989/90, he was named the captain of the Canadiens in 1989-90 he led them to another Stanley Cup win in 1992/93 against Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings. Carbonneau spent one season in St. Louis before he was traded to Dallas, where he won his third Cup in 1999. Carbonneau retired in 2000.

Smooth-skating Paul Coffey embodied everything an offensive defenseman could be - lightning fast, a skilled playmaker, a booming shot and savvy, yet still able to defend his team's zone employing blinding speed. Through twenty-one NHL seasons, Paul Coffey won the Norris Trophy winner on three occasions and appeared in fourteen NHL All-Star Games and represented Canada at four Canada/World Cup tournaments. Paul retired as the highest scoring defenseman in NHL playoff history and the second most proficient defenseman in NHL regular season history. He finished his career with an outstanding 1531 points. Paul Coffey was voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Edmonton Oilers retired his uniform number 7 in 2005.

The native of Whitby, Ontario was best known for his physical presence and gritty play as a stay-at-home defenceman. His rugged style of play and ability to move the puck ahead to his forwards made Foote a source of frustration and admiration for the opposition. Foote was drafted out of the OHL 22nd overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques. He began his NHL career with the Nordiques in 199192 before relocating with the franchise to Colorado, where he won two Stanley Cups in 1996 and 2001. In 2005, Foote signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he served as team captain for three seasons. He then returned to the Avalanche in 2008 via trade, where he would eventually complete his playing career. Retiring in 2011, his impressive career includes over 1100 NHL games played, two Stanley Cup Championships, a Gold Medalist at 2002 Winter Olympics, and World Cup Championship.

Born in Concord, Massachusetts, Hal Gill was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. The hulking defenceman split his first pro season with the Bruins and their AHL affiliate in Providence and after eight seasons with the Bruins, Gill was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 2006, only to be traded in second season at trade deadline to the Pittsburgh Penguins where in in 2009, after an epic 7-game epic Stanley Cup Final, the Penguins dethroned the Red Wings and earned the franchise's third Stanley Cup title.

Gill's strong defensive play was a key contributor to the Penguins success. His plus 8 rating was tops among Pittsburgh defensemen and he was frequently used to shut down opponent's top scorers. Gill finished up his career with strong stints with the Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators playing over 1100 NHL games.

Mike Krushelnyski was a versatile forward who was equally proficient at left wing and centre. He was a good stickhandler with a long reach who could score, set up plays and check. “Krusher” was selected 120th overall by the Boston Bruins in 1979 NHL draft. After being traded to Edmonton, Krushelnyski scored 13 points in 18 games while helping the Oilers repeat as Stanley Cup champions. He would go on to win 4 Stanley Cups and record over 500 points in his 15 year NHL career.

After a standout season with the Regina Pats (WHL) in 1981-82, Gary Leeman was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round (24th overall) of the NHL Entry Draft. He would return to Regina the following season, where he was selected to join the Team Canada World Junior team, before making his debut with the Maple Leafs in the 1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs. By the 1985-86 season, Leeman had become part of the “Hound Line” along with Russ Courtnall and Wendel Clark. From 1986-90, Leeman was the top goal scorer on the Leafs with four 20-goal seasons to his credit, including a 50-goal season in 1989-90 which made him the second Maple Leaf to ever accomplish that feat. In his 10th season as a Leaf, Leeman became the key piece in a trade that saw Doug Gilmour dealt to Toronto from the Calgary Flames.

Leeman would spend a year with the Flames before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens in 1993 and went on to win a Stanley Cup later that season. He would spend the following season with the Canadiens before signing with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent. Leeman would spend a brief period with the Canucks and St Louis Blues organizations before going overseas to play in Italy, Germany & Switzerland. At the conclusion of his NHL career, Leeman played in 667 regular season games, scoring 199 goals and 267 assists for 466 points.

After a strong sophomore season with the Niagara Falls Thunder of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he amassed 91 points and 223 penalty minutes in 61 games, Brad May was drafted 14th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He would make his debut with the Sabres during the 1991-92 season and chipped in 11 goals during his rookie campaign to go along with 309 penalty minutes. As his play improved, his role increased the following year and culminated in a series winning overtime goal against the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 1992-93 playoffs where he would earn the nickname ‘Mayday’ after Rick Jeanneret’s infamous call of his game winner. May would spend parts of six and a half seasons with the Sabres before a trade to the Vancouver Canucks in 1998. He would spend the next two and a half seasons in Vancouver before being dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes in 2000 and would return to the Canucks in a trade in 2002. He would then head to the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent prior to the 2005-06 season and was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks midway through his second season with the Avalanche. The trade worked out well for Brad, as he would play a big role in Anaheim’s playoff run and won his only Stanley Cup that season. May opened the 2008-09 season with Anaheim but was dealt to his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs midway through the season. He would play the remainder of that season with the Maple Leafs before signing as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings for his final NHL season in 2009-10. May represented Canada at the World Junior Championships in 1990 and the World Championships in 1996. Throughout his NHL career, May played in 1041 regular season games, scoring 127 goals and adding 161 assists for 288 points along with 2248 penalty minutes.

Prior to being drafted in the NHL, Mayers was a star player at Western Michigan University from 1992-96. Drafted 89th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft he played 10 seasons for the Blues until he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange of a 3rd round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft on June 19, 2008. On January 31, 2010, Mayers was traded to the Calgary Flames in a deal that brought Dion Phaneuf to Toronto. On July 1, 2011, Mayers joined the Chicago Blackhawks and won the Stanley Cup with them when they defeated the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. This was Mayer's first Stanley Cup win in his 15 seasons in the NHL. Mayers officially announced his retirement from the NHL in December 2013.

Marty McSorley is one of the toughest players to ever play in the NHL. During the mid-80’s he was best known around the hockey world as “Wayne Gretzky’s Bodyguard”. His physical play would play a prominent role in Edmonton capturing back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1987 and 1988. In just 961 career games, he amassed over 3000 penalty minutes. Over the course of his career, he has made several television and film appearances, including Bad Boys & Con Air.

Bryan Muir played for Canada’s National team in a tournament in Moscow where he impressed the Edmonton Oilers as they signed him to a try out. Muir was a gritty defenseman that did not have a problem with protecting his teammates. In 2001 the Colorado Avalanche acquired Muir to add some strength to their defense core. Muir and the Avalanche ended up winning the Stanley Cup that year. Over his 12 year NHL career, he played for 7 different franchises recording 281 penalty minutes in 279 games.

Mark Napier was blessed with blinding speed and a natural scoring ability. In 1974-75 while playing with the OHA's Toronto Marlboros he registered 66 goals in the regular season and then led all playoff scorers with 24 goals and 48 points when the team won the Memorial Cup. Following the season he was named to the OHA first all-star team. Napier turned pro in 1975-76 with the Toronto Toros of the WHA. That year he earned the Lou Kaplan trophy as the league's top rookie. He was selected tenth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. He accounted for 235 career goals with four different NHL clubs, won two Stanley Cups then excelled in Europe for four seasons.

Joe was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Stars, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers. He is one of only ten players in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three different teams, winning titles with Calgary in 1989, Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003. A two-time Olympian, Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames on March 7, 2014.

He was touted as a star throughout his early hockey career. Savard's amateur teams consistently won titles at all levels of peewee, midget and provincial leagues. He was projected as a “can’t miss” prospect in the NHL. The Chicago Blackhawks drafted Savard in the 1st round, 3rd overall in the 1980 NHL Draft. After being traded to Montreal he helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1993. Savard was among the top 10 in scoring five times in his career, including two third-place finishes. His exceptional stickhandling skating and playmaking skills earned him numerous appearances on hockey's highlight reels. Over the course of his stellar 17 year NHL career he registered 1338 points in 1196 games.

Thornton was drafted in the first round, third overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He also played left wing for the Edmonton Oilers, Montréal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. In his first season with San Jose, he had a career year, scoring twenty goals playing alongside gritty centre Mike Ricci. He signed a two-year contract extension in the 2003/04 season. The first season of the extension coincided with the 2004/05 NHL lockout, and after the second year, Thornton became an unrestricted free agent and on July 1, 2006, he signed a 2 year contract with the Los Angeles Kings.

Thornton announced his retirement on July 28, 2008.

Nicknamed "Trots," Trottier was drafted in the second round, 22nd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, the team he played his first 15 out of 18 seasons in the NHL with. In 1976 he set a new record for most points by an NHL rookie player with 96 points when he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year. Bryan holds an NHL record with most points in a period with an incredible 6 points. Trottier won the Stanley Cup 6 times as a player and once as an assistant coach. Over the course of his brilliant NHL career Trottier recorded over 1400 points. Trottier is currently the 16th highest scorer in NHL history. Trottier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1997.

After winning the CHL Rookie of the Year Award as a member of the Detroit Whalers in 1995, Bryan Berard was drafted 1st overall by the Ottawa Senators. He would later be dealt to the New York Islanders where he would begin his NHL career in 1996-97. While he had a standout rookie season in New York, where he won the NHL’s Rookie of the Year Award after a 48 point campaign, Berard would be dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1998-99 season. He helped lead the Leafs to a conference semi-final later that spring but that would be his only playoff appearance with the Leafs after sustaining a career threatening eye injury late in the 1999-2000 season. After sitting out a year to rehab, Berard would sign with the New York Rangers prior to the 2001-2002 season. He spent a year with the Rangers, a year with the Boston Bruins (2002-03) and a year with the Chicago Blackhawks (2003-04) where he would win the Bill Masterton Trophy for his perseverance and dedication to the game of hockey. He would sit out the following season before spending two season with the Columbus Blue Jackets (2005-07), a year back with the New York Islanders (2007-08) before spending his final professional hockey season with Vityaz Chekhov of the KHL. Berard represented the United States of America at the World Junior Championships in 1995 & 1996, the World Championships in 1997 and the Nagano Olympics in 1998. Throughout his NHL career, Berard played in 619 regular season games, scoring 76 goals and adding 247 assists for 323 points along with 10 points in 20 playoff games.

A native of Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Wendel Clark was selected first overall in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs after spending two years with the Saskatoon Blades in the WHL. For much of Clark's childhood, and through most of his playing days in Saskatoon, he was a defenseman but also saw some playing time on left wing during his final season in junior. During his rookie season in Toronto, the coaching staff decided to move Clark to the left wing on a full-time basis. The change seemed to agree with him, as he scored 34 goals and finished second in the Calder Trophy race for the NHL’s top rookie. Clark spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Leafs and would be named team Captain in 1991.

Clark was traded to Quebec in 1994 and would spend the next two seasons split between the Nordiques and New York Islanders before returning to the Leafs in a deadline deal in 1996. He played the next two seasons with the Leafs before signing as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1998. Spending less than a season in Tampa and two brief stints in Detroit & Chicago, Clark would return to Toronto for his third tour of duty in 2000. In 793 career NHL regular season games spanning 15 seasons, Clark recorded 330 goals, 234 assists, 564 points and 1690 penalty minutes.

Drafted 8th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1984, Shayne Corson quickly established himself as a power forward and would spend parts of eight seasons with Montreal before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. Shayne spent three seasons with the Oilers before being dealt to the St. Louis Blues returning back to Montreal during the 1996-97 season. Shayne spent the next four seasons back with the Canadiens, representing his country on the Olympic stage in Nagano in 1998, before signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2000. He spent the next three years with the Maple Leafs before signing with the Dallas Stars prior to the 2003-04 season, his last year in the NHL.

After spending his junior career with the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL and two seasons with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs of the AHL, Dan Daoust was called up to the Montreal Canadiens in 1982-83 where he played four games and tallied one assist. Soon thereafter, Daoust was off to join the Toronto Maple Leafs, where the bulk of his NHL career would be played. In 48 games with the Leafs that year, Daoust contributed 18 goals and 33 assists for 51 points. He had high expectations for himself the following year, and he came through as promised. In 78 games, Daoust averaged almost a point per game, scoring 18 times while assisting on 56 others for 74 points.

Daoust played a total of eight years in Toronto, becoming a fan favourite along the way. Despite his lack of size, he was always willing to stick his nose into a scrum. The final numbers for Daoust read 522 games played, 87 goals, 167 assists, 254 points, and 544 minutes in penalties.

After playing his minor hockey in Chicago, Tom Fergus went on to play his junior hockey for the Peterborough Petes and was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 3rd round (60th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. Fergus would return to Peterborough for the 1980-81 season before jumping straight to the NHL with the Bruins in 1981-82 where he put up 39 points in 61 games during his rookie season. Over the next three seasons, Fergus would develop into a solid second line center for the Bruins and put up a career high 73 points during the 1984-85 season. That offseason, Fergus was traded to Toronto for Bill Derlago and responded with a career high 31 goals and matched his 73 points from the season prior. He would spend the next six seasons with the Leafs before being picked up by the Vancouver Canucks partway through the 1991-92 season. Fergus would spend time with Vancouver from 1991-93 before signing with EV Zug of the Swiss League. After two seasons in Switzerland, Tom Fergus retired in 1995. Throughout his NHL career, Fergus played in 726 regular season games, scoring 235 goals and adding 346 assists for 581 points.

Iafrate was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after a standout career with the Detroit Compuware Spitfires and a short but distinguished stay with the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Iafrate played for Team USA in the 1984 Winter Olympics at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

He played 799 career NHL games over twelve 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 with the Washington Capitals.

He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record in 1993 which stood to 16 years, at 105.2 miles per hour (169.3km/h).

A native of Toronto, Ontario, Peter Ing was drafted by his hometown team in the 2nd round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft (48th overall) after a dominant season with the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL. Ing would spend one more full season in the OHL, split between Windsor and the London Knights, before making his professional debut during the 1989-90 season. He spent the majority of that season with Toronto’s AHL affiliate in Newmarket but also had a brief stint back in junior with the London Knights, along with some time spent with the Canadian National Team and, finally, played his first three games in the NHL with the Maple Leafs. Ing would earn the starting role in Toronto’s goal the following season and recorded 16 wins on a struggling team. That season he was named the team’s recipient of the Molson Cup along with the NHL’s Rookie-of-the-Month in December 1990 when he posted a 7-3-1 record with a .913 save percentage.

Prior to the 1991-92 season, Ing was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in a blockbuster deal that saw Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson & Craig Berube sent to Toronto for Ing, Vincent Damphousse, Scott Thornton & Luke Richardson. He would spend a brief time with the Oilers, split between Edmonton and their AHL affiliate in Cape Breton, before being dealt to the Detroit Red Wings in 1993. Ing played in only 3 games with Detroit that season, spending much of his time with the Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) and Las Vegas Thunder (IHL), and went on to play two more seasons in the IHL before retiring in 1996. Ing played in 73 career NHL games and finished with a record of 20(W)-37(L)-9(T) with 1 shutout.

Kevin Maguire was signed as an undrafted free agent prior to the 1984-85 season and the hard-nosed right winger got his first taste of NHL action as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1986-87 season. The following season he was picked up on waivers by the Buffalo Sabres where he quickly became a fan favourite with his gritty play. It was with the Sabres in 1988-89 that he had a career year by amassing 18 points and 241 penalty minutes in 60 games. Kevin split the 1989-90 season between the Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers before returning to Toronto for parts of the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons. Throughout his NHL career, Maguire would appear in 260 games scoring 29 goals and adding 30 assists while amassing 782 penalty minutes.

Born in Camden, Connecticut, Matt Martin would spend his collegiate career playing alongside Paul Kariya with the Maine Black Bears (1990-93) after being selected in the 4th round of the 1989 NHL Draft (66th overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Martin played in a handful of games with the St. John’s Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League at the end of Maine’s NCAA season in 1993 before spending the majority of the 1993-94 season with the US National Team where he would suit up in 47 games with the national team, including 8 games with the US Olympic Team in the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games. Martin would suit up for his first dozen NHL games with the Toronto Maple Leafs later that season and spent the 1994-95 season split between Toronto & St. John’s of the AHL. It looked as though he would remain with Toronto throughout the entire 1995-96 season but a broken ankle would sideline him for a large portion of the season. The 1996-97 season was Martin’s last with the Maple Leafs, a year he spent partially with Toronto & St. John’s, before signing as a free agent with the Dallas Stars in 1998. Martin played in 76 career NHL games, collecting 5 assists and 71 penalty minutes.

After a strong sophomore season with the Niagara Falls Thunder of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he amassed 91 points and 223 penalty minutes in 61 games, Brad May was drafted 14th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He would make his debut with the Sabres during the 1991-92 season and chipped in 11 goals during his rookie campaign to go along with 309 penalty minutes. As his play improved, his role increased the following year and culminated in a series winning overtime goal against the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 1992-93 playoffs where he would earn the nickname ‘Mayday’ after Rick Jeanneret’s infamous call of his game winner. May would spend parts of six and a half seasons with the Sabres before a trade to the Vancouver Canucks in 1998. He would spend the next two and a half seasons in Vancouver before being dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes in 2000 and would return to the Canucks in a trade in 2002. He would then head to the Colorado Avalanche as a free agent prior to the 2005-06 season and was dealt to the Anaheim Ducks midway through his second season with the Avalanche. The trade worked out well for Brad, as he would play a big role in Anaheim’s playoff run and won his only Stanley Cup that season. May opened the 2008-09 season with Anaheim but was dealt to his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs midway through the season. He would play the remainder of that season with the Maple Leafs before signing as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings for his final NHL season in 2009-10. May represented Canada at the World Junior Championships in 1990 and the World Championships in 1996. Throughout his NHL career, May played in 1041 regular season games, scoring 127 goals and adding 161 assists for 288 points along with 2248 penalty minutes.

Born in Seaforth, Ontario, Dave McLlwain would spend his junior career with the Kitchener Rangers and North Bay Centennials before making his NHL debut with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team that drafted him in the 9th round of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft (172nd Overall). McLlwain spent the majority of the 1987-88 season and parts of the following season with Pittsburgh before being traded to the Winnipeg Jets. He had two productive seasons with the Jets but would spend the 1991-92 season bouncing from team to team. He would spend time with the Jets, New York Islanders and Buffalo Sabres before settling in with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He spent the 1992-93 season with Toronto before being claimed by the Ottawa Senators, where he would spend parts of the next three seasons.

McLlwain had two brief stints back with the Penguins and Islanders in 1996 and 1997 before heading to Europe, where he would spend twelve seasons split between Switzerland and Germany. McLlwain played in 501 career NHL regular season games, scoring 100 goals and adding 107 assists for 207 points.

Joe was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL Entry Draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Stars, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers. He is one of only ten players in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup with three different teams, winning titles with Calgary in 1989, Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003. A two-time Olympian, Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames on March 7, 2014.

Selected as the Leafs’ first pick and eighth over-all in the 1970 Entry Draft, Sittler’s offensive exploits began to shine during his third-season in the league when he scored 77 points. At the age of 24, he became the second-youngest captain in team history. On February 7, 1976 in a game against the Boston Bruins, Sittler scored six goals and added four assists to set a NHL record one that still stands today for most points in a game with 10. That record-breaking moment helped Sittler become the first ever Maple Leaf to reach 100 points in a single season. Later that April, Sittler’s sensational scoring streak would continue in the Stanley Cup playoffs when he scored five goals in a single game against the Philadelphia Flyers, tying a playoff record. On September 15, 1976 during the Canada Cup final Darryl scored the tournament winning goal for Canada. In 1989, Sittler was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

After a highly successful junior career that included three Memorial Cups with the Kamloops Blazers and a gold medal as a member of Team Canada’s World Junior team in 1995, Darcy Tucker began his professional career in the Montreal Canadians organization playing for Fredericton in the AHL. Tucker would win the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s top rookie that season and would spend the next two years with the big club in Montreal before being traded to Tampa Bay.

After spending parts of three seasons in Tampa Bay, he would be traded to Toronto and would quickly establish himself as a fan favourite while wearing the blue & white. Tucker would spend eight seasons in Toronto before signing with the Colorado Avalanche prior to the 2008-09 season. He would spend the next two season with Colorado before retiring after the 2009-10 season. Throughout his NHL career, Tucker played in 947 regular season games, scoring 215 goals and adding 261 assists for 476 points.

Vaive was selected fifth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft.

In 1980, the Canucks traded Vaive, along with Bill Derlago, to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Dave "Tiger" Williams and Jerry Butler. In Toronto, Vaive and Derlago were teamed with Pat Hickey, and Derlago became Vaive's setup man. Vaive scored prolifically with the Leafs, becoming the first 50-goal scorer in franchise history, surpassing that threshold three times. He recorded 54 goals in 1981-82, 51 goals in 1982-83, and 52 goals in 1983-84. He also served as captain of the Maple Leafs from 1982 to 1986.

After two standout seasons with the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL, Todd Warriner was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the first round (4th overall) in 1992. Warriner would spend another season in junior, split between Windsor and Kitchener, before joining Canada’s National Team for most of the 1993-94 season. Warriner would win a Silver medal at the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer and made his professional debut later that year with Quebec’s AHL affiliate in Cornwall.

That summer, Warriner was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of the blockbuster deal that saw Mats Sundin end up in the blue & white and Wendel Clark with the Nordiques. He would spend parts of six seasons with the Leafs before being dealt to the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 1999-2000 season. Warriner would spend two seasons in Tampa before being dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes. He would only stay in Phoenix briefly and made stops in Vancouver, Philadelphia & Nashville before moving overseas to play in Finland. Throughout his NHL career, Warriner played in 453 regular season games, scoring 65 goals and adding 89 assists for 154 points.

Drafted 8th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1984, Shayne Corson quickly established himself as a power forward and would spend parts of eight seasons with Montreal before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers. Shayne spent three seasons with the Oilers before being dealt to the St. Louis Blues returning back to Montreal during the 1996-97 season. Shayne spent the next four seasons back with the Canadiens, representing his country on the Olympic stage in Nagano in 1998, before signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2000. He spent the next three years with the Maple Leafs before signing with the Dallas Stars prior to the 2003-04 season, his last year in the NHL.

From early on Gaston could skate like the wind was at his back. His blueline mobility made him a bluechip prospect wherever he played. As a member of the Montreal Canadiens, he humbly slipped into the dressing room to apprentice with the likes of Robinson, Gainey, Lafleur and Shutt. But four seasons into his dream, he was dealt to the rival Maple Leafs where he toiled for several years before a return gig in Montreal. In 1986, Gingras reached the peak of his career, winning his first and only Stanley Cup as the Canadiens ousted the Flames in five games. Gingras rounded out his NHL career with the St. Louis Blues before heading to Europe to play for five seasons in Switzerland and Italy.

After a standout season with the Regina Pats (WHL) in 1981-82, Gary Leeman was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round (24th overall) of the NHL Entry Draft. He would return to Regina the following season, where he was selected to join the Team Canada World Junior team, before making his debut with the Maple Leafs in the 1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs. By the 1985-86 season, Leeman had become part of the “Hound Line” along with Russ Courtnall and Wendel Clark. From 1986-90, Leeman was the top goal scorer on the Leafs with four 20-goal seasons to his credit, including a 50-goal season in 1989-90 which made him the second Maple Leaf to ever accomplish that feat. In his 10th season as a Leaf, Leeman became the key piece in a trade that saw Doug Gilmour dealt to Toronto from the Calgary Flames.

Leeman would spend a year with the Flames before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens in 1993 and went on to win a Stanley Cup later that season. He would spend the following season with the Canadiens before signing with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent. Leeman would spend a brief period with the Canucks and St Louis Blues organizations before going overseas to play in Italy, Germany & Switzerland. At the conclusion of his NHL career, Leeman played in 667 regular season games, scoring 199 goals and 267 assists for 466 points.

Left-winger Sergio Momesso was a bruising forward with a soft touch around the net. The native of Montreal, Quebec was chosen 27th overall by the Canadiens in the 1983 Entry Draft and in his first NHL season, Momesso meshed well on a line with Brian Skrudland and Mike McPhee and recorded an impressive 8 goals and 15 points in his first 24 NHL games and went on to win a Stanley Cup that year. Momesso went on to spend two more seasons in Montreal only to be dealt to the St. Louis Blues in a multi-player trade where he went on to score a career high 24 goals in 1989-90.

Prior to the March 1991 trade deadline, Sergio Momesso was shipped to the Vancouver Canucks where he played his best hockey. In 1994, he registered seven points and provided leadership when Vancouver reached the Stanley Cup finals for the second time in franchise history. Late in his career, Momesso suited up for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis for a second time. Sergio Momesso is currently colour commentator and game analyst for Montreal Canadiens broadcasts on TSN690 Montreal and regularly joins that station’s Morning Show.

Mark Napier was blessed with blinding speed and a natural scoring ability. In 1974-75 while playing with the OHA's Toronto Marlboros he registered 66 goals in the regular season and then led all playoff scorers with 24 goals and 48 points when the team won the Memorial Cup. Following the season he was named to the OHA first all-star team. Napier turned pro in 1975-76 with the Toronto Toros of the WHA. That year he earned the Lou Kaplan trophy as the league's top rookie. He was selected tenth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft. He accounted for 235 career goals with four different NHL clubs, won two Stanley Cups then excelled in Europe for four seasons.

He was touted as a star throughout his early hockey career. Savard's amateur teams consistently won titles at all levels of peewee, midget and provincial leagues. He was projected as a “can’t miss” prospect in the NHL. The Chicago Blackhawks drafted Savard in the 1st round, 3rd overall in the 1980 NHL Draft. After being traded to Montreal he helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1993. Savard was among the top 10 in scoring five times in his career, including two third-place finishes. His exceptional stickhandling skating and playmaking skills earned him numerous appearances on hockey's highlight reels. Over the course of his stellar 17 year NHL career he registered 1338 points in 1196 games.

Al Iafrate was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft after a standout career with the Detroit Compuware Spitfires and a short but distinguished stay with the Belleville Bulls of the OHL. Iafrate played 799 career NHL games over twelve NHL seasons, scoring 152 goals and 311 assists for 463 points. He also compiled 1301 penalty minutes. His best season statistically was the 199293 season, when he scored 25 goals and 41 assists with the Washington Capitals. He is perhaps most famous for his rocket slap shot that set the NHL Skills Competition record in 1993 which stood to 16 years, at 105.2 miles per hour (169.3km/h).