HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Is chief executive officer and vice-chair of the Oilers Entertainment Group
• Served as president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada from 1998-2014
• Oversaw corporate sales and marketing, licensing, insurance and regulations, hockey development programs both nationally and internationally, high performance programs and communications
• Managed and oversaw all operations for competitions Canada participated in internationally
• Oversaw Canada winning 71 medals in international competition – 44 gold, 20 silver, 7 bronze
• Gold at Olympic Winter Games (7); IIHF World Junior Championship (12); IIHF World Championship (5); IIHF World Women’s Championship (10); IIHF
• World U18 Championship (3); IIHF World Women’s U18 Championship (4); Paralympic Winter Games (1); IPC Sledge Hockey World Championship (2)
• Senior vice-president of the Canadian Hockey Association from 1992-98
• Managed all national teams and development programs, and oversaw event marketing and licensing
• Vice-president of programs with the Canadian Hockey Association from 1990-92
• Technical director with the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association from 1979-90
• Serves as IIHF vice-president (Americas)
• Is chairman of the IIHF Development & Coaching Committee, and IIHF Competition & Inline Committee
• Has sat on the IIHF Competition Committee, and IIHF Event Committee
• Helped the Penticton Broncos win the BCJHL and B.C.-Alberta championships in 1973

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

• Born May 27, 1953 in Vancouver, B.C.
• He and his wife, Lorna, have one son, Grant, and two daughters, Mandi and Marijean

HONOURS

• Received the CHL Distinguished Service Award in 2014
• Received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013
• Had his No. 6 retired in Penticton in 2005
• Inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2004