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Shayne Corson was drafted in the first round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens, and quickly established himself as a rugged winger who could score. His NHL career took him from Montreal to the Edmonton Oilers followed by the St. Louis Blues, back to Montreal, the Toronto Maple Leafs and he concluded his career with the Dallas Stars. A three-time All-Star, Shayne also captained both the Oilers and the Blues during his stints there. Shayne twice played for Canada at the World Junior tournament, played in two World Championships, a Canada Cup series and in 1998, was a member of Team Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
Sami Jo Small burst onto the world stage when she was named to Team Canada at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, the first time women’s hockey was presented at the Winter Olympics. Although Canada won the silver medal in 1998, Sami Jo and Team Canada rebounded, collecting gold at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and in 2006 at Turin. Sami Jo and Team Canada also claimed gold medals at the World Championships in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004. In 2014, Sami Jo backstopped the Toronto Furies to the Clarkson Cup, the women’s equivalent to the Stanley Cup. In 2020, Sami Jo Small released her autobiography: Sami Jo Small: The Role I Played: Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team.
Rick Vaive turned pro in 1978 with the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA, a league that rivalled the NHL. When the league folded in 1979, Rick joined the Vancouver Canucks, but during his rookie season, was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. There, he truly made his mark. He is the first 50-goal scorer for Toronto, achieving that feat in three consecutive seasons. In 1982, he was appointed captain of the Maple Leafs, and held that role through to 1986. The following season, Rick was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks and continued his prolific scoring. He concluded his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres. Rick represented Canada at the World Championships in 1982 and 1985. In 2020, he published his autobiography, Catch 22: My Battles in Hockey and in Life: The Untold Stories of a Toronto Maple Leafs Legend.
To say that Kevin Shea is passionate about hockey is like saying that the Rocky Mountains are a series of big hills. He is the Editorial and Education Facilitator at the Hockey Hall of Fame, where he has worked in various capacities since 2001. Kevin developed and has taught a pioneering hockey course at Seneca College since 2003 and created and teaches a leadership program based around hockey to Indigenous communities in Canada’s remote north. He helped develop and is one of the principals overseeing Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer, a massive fundraising event that has raised more than $23 million for cancer research over the past nine years. Kevin also sits on the Toronto Maple Leafs Historical Committee with members of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, is an award-winning member of the Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) and moderates a weekly hockey video-podcast called ‘Hockey Time Machine’ that was recently spotlighted in the New York Times and on CBC’s ‘Metro Morning.’ In addition, he has written 18 books about hockey, with two more scheduled to be published in the fall of 2021.
