Hockey Accomplishments

• Director of player personnel with Team Canada at the 2005 Spengler Cup (second place)
• Director of player personnel with Team Canada at the 2004 IIHF World Championship (gold medal)
• General manager of Team Canada at the 2002 IIHF World Championship (sixth place)
• General manager of Team Canada at the 2001 IIHF World Championship (fifth place)
• Recorded five points (three goals, two assists) in 13 games with Team Canada
• Captain of Team Canada at the 1981 IIHF World Championship (fourth place)
• Won the 1976 Canada Cup with Team Canada
• Recorded 1,006 points (500 goals, 506 assists) in 1,111 NHL games
• Won the Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989
• Won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 1987-88
• Won the Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy in 1982-83
• Named to the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1976-77 and 1982-83
• Played in the NHL All-Star Game (1977, 1978, 1983, 1984)
• Captain of the Calgary Flames from 1983-89
• Won the WCHL championship with the Medicine Hat Tigers in 1973
• Named to the WCHL First All-Star Team in 1972-73
• Named AJHL MVP in 1970-71
• Named to the AJHL Second All-Star Team in 1970-71
• Currently serves as chairman of Hockey Hall of Fame Board of Directors
• Served on the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee from 2006-15

Additional Background

• Born February 26, 1953 in Hanna, Alta.
• He and his wife, Ardell, have two sons, Barrett and Graham, and two daughters, Andra and Leah
• Ambassador for Canadian Tire Jumpstart
• Honorary coach at the 1986 Special Olympics Summer Games in Calgary

Honours

• Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2017
• Received the WHL Governors Award in 2016
• Inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015
• Inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1993
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992
• Had his No. 9 retired by the Calgary Flames in 1990